Articles & Recipes
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Toronto Cycling Club Recommends Mountain Trek
Recently Toronto journalist Trish Synder attended Mountain Trek to write an article for Reader Digest’s “Best Health” publication. She was so taken with the program she also decided to do a blog post for her Toronto biking club that explained why even fit road cyclists should visit Mountain Trek.
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Electrolytes: Myth-busted!
Here are five quick myths that Mountain Trek guests learn about electrolytes and ones that every active person should know.
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Your votes are in – we’re going to JAPAN!
Recently Mountain Trek asked our alumni and Facebook fans to vote on where we should go for our overseas hiking adventure in 2014. Guess what won?
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Summer Salad Dressings
It's time to put more life into your salads. Spruce them up with these two delicious Mountain Trek dressings.
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A Daily Account of the Mountain Trek Program
Recently we asked two visitors to the Mountain Trek to document their daily revelations, pains, challenges and successes. Each was given the same list of questions over the six days and they’re responses are an excellent snapshot of how people change throughout the program.
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Q&A with Client Phil Lanni
Why has Phil kept coming back to Mountain Trek every year for over a decade? “I like the adrenaline of pushing myself to the point where I feel I just can’t go any further – and then I do.” Read more about Phil’s story.
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Why It’s Important to Choose Water Instead of Soda
Have a read of the following and you decide what you’d rather drink: Coke or Pepsi…or plain ‘ol (and free) water.
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Top 5 Fitness Apps
These apps may lack the personality of someone like Mountain Trek’s head guide Kirkland Shave, but they can still act as your personal trainer, nutritionist and motivator.
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Cheese Pesto Balls
This snack will fool you. It’s cheesy and delicious and you’d never guess these Cheese Pesto Balls are low in calories, high in fibre and packed with flavour. This healthy snack is great for a mid-afternoon bite or to munch on while out on the trails.
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CNN features Mountain Trek
Atlanta-based CNN posted an article about how Mountain Trek is one of the best get-fit retreats in the Americas. In it, Kirkland is quoted as saying: “People are tired of sitting on the beach with a Mai Tai…A week without hearing a car can blow someone’s mind.”
