I came across an article on the Internet the other day called “What You Forgot to Ask Your Personal Trainer” and thought to myself: “I should answer those questions!” If you’re already one of my clients, you’ll know the answer to most of these questions – when it comes to training and fitness, I’m an Continue Reading

Dans le domaine de la santé physique et de la mise en forme, la compétition est forte. Pour faire une carrière en tant qu’entraîneur privé, il faut se démarquer des autres. Alors qu’est-ce qui fait que je suis différent? C’est ma façon de penser, ma philosophie. Au travers mon apprentissage des arts martiaux, j’ai pratiqué Continue Reading

For the first time, the Burke Cleland Personal Training Studio mentored a student from Algonquin College’s program “Fitness & Health Promotions”. Jason Tyndall was really friendly and did a great job training and consulting with clients, writing programs, and shadowing Burke and Stephane.  Jason wants to be a personal trainer and will be finishing his Continue Reading

Year after year, I see people work hard to achieve their fitness goals and it fills me with pride to know that I could help them along the way. In this article, I’d like to celebrate their successes as I close off 2013 and look forward to 2014. Francine Francine came to me looking to Continue Reading

You might have heard about high intensity interval training over the last few years. After all, a lot of people talk about it as a great way to get awesome weight loss results. But what is it? And how does it work? What is High Intensity Interval Training? High intensity interval traing combines two highly Continue Reading

I’m thrilled to announce the launch a group high intensity impact training program, or HIIT Group Training. It’s the perfect way to take your training to the next level! HIIT Group Training is ideal for you if you: Are a busy professional Are serious about making a lifestyle change Enjoy exercising with small groups of Continue Reading

Francine’s Personal Training Success Story Francine had two objectives when she started training with me: lose weight and reduce pain. A personal training success story for her meant the continued ability to live her life to the fullest – more travel, and more dancing with her husband long into the future. She just needed a Continue Reading

Active recovery is one of the most important personal fitness habits you can develop. It helps to keep you strong and limber for your workout days and, more importantly, makes it easier to keep in the habit of regular exercise. This last point is particularly important because exercise habits are developed over time, and so Continue Reading