Health & Fitness

For the first time, Concrete Hero, the ultimate urban obstacle challenge, is coming to Vancouver. An event to raise funds and awareness for BC Cancer Foundation, Concrete Hero is a great way for anyone who wants to challenge themselves for a great cause and have fun doing it.

During his years living and travelling Asia, Vancouverite Josh Bloomfield explored parts of Cambodia and Japan using bike tours. Upon returning home, he noticed the lack of these earth-friendly tours locally. So in 2011, with just one other employee, Bloomfield founded Vancouver’s Cycle City Tours.

With March break around the corner, you’ll want to think of a few ways of keeping the young ones busy and active. Badminton Vancouver is offering their Spring Break Camp for eight to 16-year-olds who want to sharpen their skills during the break. Who better to teach them than two-time Olympian turned coach Anna Rice along with the Badminton Vancouver team.

Construction has begun on a $25-million aerial gondola tram in Squamish at a site between Shannon Falls and Stewamus Chief. The Sea To Sky Gondola is being built, financed, and operated by private developers and will take hikers and tourists 2,700-feet above Howe Sound in just eight minutes.

Want to know the latest exercise craze straight from LA? LaBlast Fitness! Eleven dance forms in one new workout. Three-time world dance champion, Emmy Award-nominated choreographer and consummate professional Louis van Amstel & host Natalie Langston sweat it out Dancing with the Stars style.

It’s been a long cold winter, but it’s almost time to bust out the two-wheeled menace and take to the beautiful streets of Vancouver once again. For participants in this year’s Ride to Conquer Cancer, benefitting the BC Cancer Foundation, it means getting back on the training wagon to gear up for the almost 250km ride ahead. Before we get back on the bikes, we need to make our presence felt where it counts – and on this Epic Impact Day, we will do just that

Meet Zahida, an avid endurance runner, taking on a brand new journey this year while training to complete her third full marathon with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada’s (LLSC) Team In Training (TNT). What brought her here is a personal story of hope.

Is your New Year’s resolution to get fit faltering? Give it a boost with the Vancouver Park Board’s 30 dollars for 30 days offer, a 31 percent discount off of their Flexipass.

On today’s episode what an adventure we have in store for you. Join host Natalie Langston as she heads up to the exclusive boutique hotel, Nita Lake Lodge in beautiful Whistler, BC for part two of the girl’s getaway special.

Celebrity guests, star of Bomb Girls Jodi Balfour and Arctic Air’s Emma Lahana join Natalie on her journey. Last week the girls took on yoga paddle boarding on the breathtaking Nita Lake. This week it’s Downhill Mountain Biking!