Time after time I come across females who are terrified of lifting weight for the fear of looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ask yourself, do i have a beard, an “Adam’s Apple”, or a voice so deep it makes James Earl Jones sound like a preschooler. If your answer is no, then you have nothing to worry about. The female sex does not have the hormones (mainly testosterone) needed for hypertrophy. Following are some main reasons why you should include weight training into your training schedule.

I have a fully referenced article that I am going to post in a week or two, but first I wanted to get you thinking.  Below I have suggested some of the reason’s I believe resistance training to be beneficial and even important for women, but I want to know your questions, concerns and thoughts.

Here are a few reasons why I think women should not be afraid to lift weights as a form of exercise.

1. Helps prevent Osteoporosis
2. Helps prevent type 2 Diabetes.
3. Promotes correct posture.
4. Eliminate unnecessary fat by using it as fuel
5. Increased overall strength levels
6. Cosmetics
7. Helps with sleep managment

Do you think weight training is good or bad for women? Share your thoughts and experience!

I look forward to answering all of your questions and debunking the myths that come with female weight training.

By James A. DeVries CSEP CPT, DFHP, PICP L1

For the remainder of the summer DCC will be reducing it’s Sundar hours by one hour.

Sundays will now be open from 12 – 4pm only.

Have you ever wanted your very own training facility?  Have you ever wanted to go to the gym, only to be bound by their hours and times?  Have you ever just wanted to train when no-one else is around?

At DCC we’ve thought of your concerns and we are doing something about it!

Introducing the Rolls Royce of Gym Memberships.  DCC’s Platinum Club Membership is the first of its kind anywhere.

We’ve taken all of the steps necessary to ensure that convenience is yours.  The great thing about the Platinum Club is that you can choose at which level (there are 5) you’d like to participate.  Once you choose the services (if any) that best suit you and your lifestyle, we give you the keys to the store! You heard me right.  You get your very own access code any day, any time.

DCC Platinum Club – Re-think Convenience

For more details or to book your tour to find out prices call 416-929-7812

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The ONLY Exclusive Membership you are ever going to need

The Platinum Club Membership

The Women’s Only Class normally held at 3pm, will change to 12:30 pm ongoing.  This change will take place beginning this week, July 18th.

Hey everybody!!! It isn’t too late to get into shape this summer and be the healthiest, strongest and fittest you have ever been!  To help you on your Journey Shannon Conrad, our Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Biosignature Practitioner is offering 15 % off all services, including Value Packages for the Month of July.

Shannon is also available for complimentary 10-minute sessions to discuss the many ways she can help you achieve your goals.  Hurry and buy up your sessions NOW to take advantage of this outstanding offer. 

Call and book a time to meet with Shannon today at 416-929-7812.

Purchase any DCC Membership in the month of July and pay just $365 for the year.

That’s right, enjoy the most unique training facility in the world for ONLY $1 per day 

What are you waiting for?  Take your fitness to the next level.  BEGIN NOW – Call 416-929-7812

regular initiation fees apply.

The fact of the matter is that once someone is on the path to a chronice diesease, such as diabetes or obesity, it is too late.  It has already cost the health care system millions of dollars and quite frankly, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” 

Recess™ is the first board game designed to teach kids the importance of fitness and nutrtion.  The players will experience practical application of various exercise forms, answer true/false and multiple choice questions about fitness and nutrition and learn through practice of proper and improper choices with regard to healthy eating.

Recess: The Board Game for kids

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We all know that the majority of amateur and professional sports out there are FAR from slow in nature.  This being said, once mastered, Olympic weightlifting can greatly increase an athletes OVERALL Speed, strength and explosiveness in any sport. 

That’s the beauty of it…..its transferable to most sports.  As an athlete, giving your command centre (hips) the ability to be the main source of where power is generated, will make you a stand out in terms of a wide variety of aspects of that particular sport.  Depending on the sport and/or the position of the player, things such as tackling power, speed, vertical, torque, kicking etc etc can be improved ten-fold with the correct utilization of explosive weight training.

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Your chance to blog and ask questions:

Over the coming weeks, our coaches and staff will be blogging on many different topics from various forms of strength training and training for women, to nutrition, the importance of therapy treatments to the importance of neurotransmitter balance in the brain. 

We encourage YOU to use the blog on the site to your benefit!  Respond, ask questions, provide feedback.  Every 3 to 4 weeks (depending on the response), we will upload a new article written and researched by one of our very own coaches.  Our aim is to generate a discussion that will provide education for those interested and help us stay sharp in our quest to provide you this information.

Now is your chance to be apart of the growing community!  Blog now! (hint: just click on the “comment”  directly under the date at the left)