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Whether you are passionate about fitness, hiking, cycling, or simply looking for the latest sports trends, you've come to the right place. Discover our captivating articles that cover a multitude of topics, from expert advice to recommendations for the best equipment. Stay at the top of your game and fully enjoy your outdoor adventures with our Experts’ help.

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Boating Safety Guide

Whether aboard a kayak or standing on your paddleboard, the joy of boating comes second to safety.

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How to Choose Your Smartwatch: Key Criteria You Shouldn't Overlook

Smartwatches are no longer reserved for tech enthusiasts. Whether you enjoy running, hiking, or simply want to live a more active lifestyle, a smartwatch can transform your daily routine. With so many smartwatch models on the market, making an informed choice can seem complicated. By clearly understanding your needs and the available features, you will be able to find the watch that suits you perfectly.

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How to choose the right running shoes

Wearing the right running shoes while working out can make all the difference in terms of performance and long-term benefits.

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Essential Criteria for Choosing Your Kayak

An Inuit creation, long ago the kayak was used for hunting and everyday getting around. Today, these small, self-contained craft are most often used for recreational purposes, to the great delight of the increasing number of outdoor adventure lovers.

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Technical Clothing: The Ultimate Guide to Purchase, Use, and Care

There was a time when being active in the great outdoors could be something of a hassle, but no more. Nowadays, thanks to the continually improving quality, efficiency, and light weight of technical clothing, you can suit yourself up to get the most out of your outdoor adventures—whatever the weather.

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Fitness Resolutions: Starting the New Year Off Strong

The holidays are a time of hearty meals, family bonding and drink-heavy evenings. After this period of slight excess—mild indulgence, some might say—we often start the new year with “get in shape” at the top of our list of resolutions.

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What to Eat Before and During a Half Marathon: Useful Tips

Marathons and half-marathons are often considered the ultimate goal for runners. The finish line is like the final exam after a season of training.

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Running

Run Smart: Preparing to Avoid Common Running Injuries

If you’ve taken a break from jogging due to injury, bad weather or a packed schedule, and you’re itching to get back up to speed in time for spring, that’s great! Just be sure to take your time to do it right.

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Level Up: Intermediate Running Plan To Push Your Limits

If you have successfully completed the beginner program and would like to go on to a more demanding level, you’ve come to the right place!

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From Purchase to Care: Expert Guide to Camp Stoves

If you think buying a good camp stove is as easy as boiling water… well, think again. You have to consider a number of things, all of which depend upon how you intend to use your future outdoor cooking companion.

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How to Gear Up for Winter Running

Finally, the cold weather has arrived. Thinking that you should put a halt to your outdoor running until spring?

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Running

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Expert Advice on Choosing and Using Water Filters and Purifiers for Camping and Hiking

Whether you're out on a daylong hike, a week-long camping expedition or a trek around the world, it's often tempting to quench your thirst with water from a tap or a nearby stream. However, that water may be contaminated by micro-organisms like bacteria, or human or animal waste. What's the solution? Taking a good water filtration or purification system along with you.

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Clothing essentials for comfortable camping in cold seasons

If there were ever seasons during which multi-layering is appropriate for the great outdoors, it would have to be fall and winter. Given the great variations in temperature that can occur in a single day, and since we go through both active periods (getting to the campsite) and passive periods (resting in and outside the tent); dressing appropriately is more challenging than ever.

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Strategies for Making Time for Sports in a Busy Schedule

As your career flourishes, you’ll find yourself spending the majority of your day juggling your time between work, meetings, family and friends. But are you finding it difficult to include fitness activities into your schedule? Don’t fret, you are not alone. To help, we’ve put together a simple and easy-to-follow plan to help you incorporate fitness into your day without taking away from your vibrant social life, your sleep or your work.

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Hydration Backpacks for Trail Runners: A Must-Have Accessory

No matter where or how you stay active, your body needs regular hydration in order to perform well and maintain a constant temperature.

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Trail Running

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Camping Sleeping Mattresses Uncovered: Your Ultimate Guide to Purchase, Use, and Care

A practical accessory if ever there was one, a sleeping pad acts as an insulating cushion under a sleeping bag against the possibly cold, hard ground beneath. In short, it can easily make the all difference between waking up refreshed or full of aches and pains.

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Camping

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Essential Gear for Fall and Winter Camping

As the summer draws to an end and the temperature drops, camping is not all aid-back. To protect against the elements and to keep warm at night, a minimum of accessories are necessary. Here are our suggestions.

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Camping

4 Experts Tips for Finding the Perfect Sports Bra

Because sports bras are usually hidden beneath tank tops and t-shirts, it’s easy to be tempted to replace them with whatever everyday bra we have on hand, but that would be a huge mistake.

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Essential Tips for Preparing for Long Bike Rides

With the mercury steadily rising, cyclists across the country are itching to jump onto their bikes. You’ve taken the time to look your bike over properly (or have it done by a professional), and you’re excited to hit the road. You know what precautions to take for fun and safe cycling, but do you know what you need for a ride that’s longer than just an hour or two?

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Everything You Need to Know About Insulated Clothing

To deal with the winter weather, we do not always want to bundle up like the Michelin man. The alternative? Insulated, warmer, thinner clothing that moves with you. So here are some tips for choosing a parka, jacket or anorak… to protect yourself adequately against the bitter cold.

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How to Stay Active at Work

Have you ever heard the expression “sitting is the new smoking”? This may seem like an exaggeration, but it’s not. Studies show that maintaining a seated posture for long periods can have devastating effects on your health. If you have sore shoulders at the end of the day, a neck that cracks, if your legs are numb or if you notice you’re constipated, it’s time to slip some healthy new habits into your work day!

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Explore Hikes with Breathtaking Views

Quebec is a magnificent and grandiose province, rich in natural beauty and water options, all of which offer breathtaking views for hikers.

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Hiking Made Easy : A Practical Guide To Your First Outings

Outdoor lovers know that enjoying a great hike is all in the preparation. Whether you’re heading out on an afternoon, all-day or five-day excursion, take the time to prepare yourself well so that you get the most out of it.

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The 5 Most Beautiful Destinations for a Kayaking Adventure

Set a foot outside, walk, ride a bike and breathe the fresh air to become one with nature. These are some comforting activities that give us a little break from our everyday life. It’s charming and exhilarating, but sometimes it’s nice not to have our feet on the ground anymore. Especially if it means discovering different rivers in the Province of Quebec.

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Fall Hiking: How to Dress to Stay Dry and Warm

Finally, fall is here! While the new season means cooler weather that is ideal for outdoor fun, the change in seasons naturally introduces new challenges regarding outerwear.

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Tennis for Beginners: Proven Tips for a Smooth Beginning

Once a sport reserved for the elite, today tennis is accessible to everybody. An excellent exercise for the body and mind, it improves cardio, concentration and even tactical thinking.

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Tennis

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Improve Your Cycling Performance With Yoga: The Benefits Explained

It’s the last hour of an outing and you feel tension in your neck and your lower back hurts during climbs…One of your colleagues, a cyclist, suggests practising yoga, which he says solved his problems. As he is not the first to make this suggestion, you are determined to try it this time! A glance at a cyclist's greatest all-round ally.

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How to Fit Swimming Into Your Routine

With the arrival of fall and a return to our winter habits comes the ideal moment for switching up (or starting!) your workout routine. Rediscover the athletics behind a fun summer pastime: swimming.

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