ARTICLES AND MEDIA

  • Featured in The StarPhoenix

    Thursday, December 24th, 2009

    Mid-life women should lift weights
    v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y

    Jenny Lee, Canwest News Service
    Published: Saturday, November 01, 2008
    Bad enough that women typically lose five to seven pounds of muscle in their 30s. Throw in menopause a few years later, and the scenario gets even worse. The sad fact is, women have a harder time staying strong and fit than men.
    “If [...]

  • Featured in The Calgary Herald

    Thursday, December 24th, 2009

    Mid-life women benefit from lifting
    weights slowly

    Jenny Lee, Canwest News Service
    Published: Friday, October 17, 2008
    Bad enough that women typically lose five to seven pounds of muscle in their 30s. Throw in menopause a few years later, and the scenario gets even worse. The sad fact is, women have a harder time staying strong and fit than men.
    “If [...]

  • Featured in The Vancouver Sun

    Friday, December 26th, 2008

    How to stay strong: Lift weights s-l-o-w-l-y

     
     
     
     

     

     
    Bad enough that women typically lose five to seven pounds of muscle in their 30s.  Throw in menopause a few years later, and the scenario gets even worse. The sad fact is, women have a harder time staying strong and fit than men.  “If you eat a steak and [...]

  • Featured in The Vancouver Sun

    Thursday, December 25th, 2008

    Weight room exercises great for mid-life women

     
     
    Strength exercises are important in addition to cardiovascular workouts   

    Monday, October 13, 2008
     
    Women in mid-life have specific fitness needs.
     
     

    Here are a few exercises Surrey certified strength and conditioning specialist Michelle Roots of Core Conditioning put together specifically for women in mid-life:
    BACKS AND BABIES
    Does your lower back hurt? “If you haven’t [...]

  • Global Morning News Fit Tips

    Thursday, November 27th, 2008

    Watch Michelle as the Fit Tips Girl on the Channel 11 Global Morning News weekday mornings at 6:50am!!

     
    Click on the link to view the fit tips online:  http://www.canada.com/globaltv/bc/morning_news/fittip.html

  • Eagles Go Back to Roots to Build Strength and Endurance

    Sunday, November 9th, 2008

    Original Story: www.kwantlenchronicle.ca
     
    By Jason Jung  
    Sunday, 07 October 2007
    The Kwantlen women’s basketball team is 10 minutes into practice and players are drenched in sweat, lying on the floor and gasping for air. These are the training results of Kwantlen Eagles’ new conditioning coach Michelle Roots.
    In efforts  to building a lean, mean basketball-playing machine, coach Kevin Van [...]