by Yard Athletics – Oct 8th, 2020 Next up in our spotlight of Yard Athlete Development; Blake Hayward. Currently playing his collegiate hockey in Montreal at McGill University, Blake has been training at the Yard for several off-seasons, continuing to develop at a ferocious pace. Where did you grow up playing hockey? I grew up in Kitsilano playing hockey for … Read More
by Yard Athletics – Oct 2nd, 2020 Yard Athletics is extremely fortunate to be able to offer such a wide range of training sessions each week. In addition to our 1:1 and 2:1 personal training, we have our Bone Yard, Junk Yard and Yard Sale Group Classes, which each offer a unique approach to strength and conditioning. We’re also very … Read More
by Henry Gould – Sept 23rd, 2020 Food trends come and go with reckless abandon. In the mid to late 2000’s it was pulled pork on everything, yam fries and chipotle mayo that reigned supreme. Since then we’ve had a poke revolutions, “natural wine”, desserts with non-traditional ingredients (miso ice cream anyone?) and chefs fermenting anything that wasn’t nailed down. … Read More
by Yard Athletics – Sept 17th, 2020 We wanted to shine a very special community spotlight this week, as one of our #YARDHARD faithful is running in the 2020 Terry Fox Run this Sunday, September 20th. Dr. Debbie Samsom is a clinical psychologist and longtime Yard devotee, who also moonlights as a hardcore marathon runner. Over the last few years … Read More
by Henry Gould – Sept 16th, 2020 As much as we like to pretend we’re above clickbait, “listicle’s” and Top 10 lists, we’re really not. At least not me…! Ranking the best movies, albums, TV shows, restaurants and other forms of pop culture is inherently intriguing as it plays on our pattern seeking behavior as humans; we want to know … Read More
by Henry Gould – Sept 9th, 2020 Late summer and early fall is when tomato season starts to hit its stride. Given the amazing weather we’ve been having (with no sign of let up) it’s likely that people’s back yard tomato plants will continue to produce well into September. If you grow tomato plants at home, you’re probably getting sick … Read More
by Yard Athletics – Sept 2nd, 2020 It’s officially September :(… but it still feels like summer! The sun is shining and the forecast for the next week is sun, sun, sun, which makes the transition to Fall a little easier. It’s also time for the next edition of 20 Questions. You know, you love it, you gasp in excitement … Read More
by Yard Athletics – August 19th, 2020 At Yard Athletics, we are always striving to get to know our community better. Whether it’s in the gym or through our LEGENDARY 20 Questions series (Vogue’s “73 Questions”?? That’s too many questions! Who has time to read all those questions?? Buh-bye Vogue!) we don’t want the people who come through our doors … Read More
by Yard Athletics – August 12th, 2020 It has been a MINUTE. We deeply apologize for the 20 Questions series hiatus; as you can imagine it’s been a hectic few months! We’ve been churning away in the content factory, firing out great recipes and health and wellness news for your daily interest, but now is the time to bring back … Read More
by Henry Gould – August 6th, 2020 We all know the feeling. It usually happens after a big thanksgiving dinner, backyard summer BBQ, or one of those parties where someone ends up ordering 20 pizza’s for 25 people. There’s too much food, it all looks amazing, and you end up overeating to the point of feeling sick. That feeling of … Read More
