Ottawa Athletic Club Recipe of the Week April 8th, 2020 Probiotic boosting and detoxifying! See below for the full recipe. Prep Time: 2 Mins          Cook Time: 3 – 5 Mins        Total Time: 7 Mins          Yields: 1 Cup INGREDIENTS Makes 1 cup 1 cup of boiled water 1 tbsp raw apple cider vinegar 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice (about 1–2 wedges) 1/2 tsp lemon zest ¼ tsp ginger 1 tbsp raw local honey A touch of cayenne pepper INSTRUCTIONS Boil the water and then add all ingredients. Give it a few stirs and drink up!   Printable version Source The post Apple Cider Vinegar Immune-Boosting Elixir appe ..read more

Ottawa Athletic Club Recipe of the Week April 1st, 2020 Anti-oxidant rich and Immune-boosting! See below for the full recipe. Prep Time: 15 Mins          Cook Time: 45 Mins        Total Time: 1 Hour INGREDIENTS 2 cups BPA free can organic chickpeas 2 medium beets boiled (save a few TBS of the water) 3 tbsp tahini paste 2-3 garlic cloves chopped (depends how garlicky you want it) Juice of 1 lemon and lemon zest 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp coriander 1/4 tsp paprika Sea salt and black pepper to taste Cilantro to top INSTRUCTIONS Place the 2 beets unpeeled in a saucepan ..read more

Ottawa Athletic Club Recipe of the Week March 18th, 2020 Give Your Immune System A Boost! See below for the full recipe. Prep Time: 2 Mins          Cook Time: 3-5 Mins        Total Time: 7 Mins          Yields: 2 cups INGREDIENTS 2 tbs room temperature water and a little more if needed 1 tbs turmeric 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp black pepper 1/4 ground ginger 1/8 tsp cardamom powder 1 tbs softened grass-fed ghee/butter or coconut oil 1 tsp honey or maple syrup INSTRUCTIONS Boil 2 cups of any kind of your favourite milk (grass-fed if it’s dairy of course) to a gentle simmer. Add the above paste t ..read more

Ottawa Athletic Club Recipe of the Week March 11th, 2020 High Quantities of Vitamin A See below for the full recipe. You can also pick up a hard copy from our Welcome Desk. Prep Time: 10 Mins          Cook Time: 25 Mins        Total Time: 35 Mins INGREDIENTS 2 lbs winter squash, peeled, deseeded and chopped 2 shallots halved 2 TBS grass-fed butter 2 cups apple cider vinegar 1 tsp salt Rosemary and black pepper to taste INSTRUCTIONS Melt butter in a skillet with rosemary over medium heat After the aroma of the rosemary and butter have filled the room (a couple of minutes) add squash, shallots ..read more

  Respect is one of the words most often associated with karate, and for a good reason. We care about it a great deal. Karate practitioners are taught to bow when they enter a dojo when they greet their sensei when they start working with a partner and so on. This not only shows respect for the long tradition of the art and for all the practitioners who came before us, but it is also a great way to acknowledge the wisdom and knowledge that our instructors share with us. We bow to offer thanks for the opportunity to learn from each other. A proper bow, as Sensei Cody Diesbourg explains, shows t ..read more

Ottawa Athletic Club Recipe of the Week March 4th, 2020 High In Good Bacteria See below for the full recipe. You can also pick up a hard copy from our Welcome Desk. Prep Time: 5 Mins                  Yields: 15 – 20 Pancakes INGREDIENTS 2 cups whole rolled oats 1 cup coconut milk or whole organic milk 2 eggs 1 banana mashed or 1/2 cup organic apple sauce 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 tsp maple syrup 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder INSTRUCTIONS Combine ingredients in a blender and blend them up until super smooth. Get your pan hot ..read more

Robert’s OAC Fitness Journey   This year all of our personal trainers will have the opportunity to share some great fitness stories with you!  So join us every 1st Monday of the month for Transformation Story here at the OAC! For the month of March, Personal Trainer Veronique Roberts has chosen to feature her client, Robert Hurst! What was your life like before you began your fitness journey at the OAC? When I started my Fitness Journey with the OAC I was starting a new job after undergoing cancer treatment for a tumour in my cheek. The year before I had undergone surgery to remove the tumour ..read more

Team Triumpher Harry Briggs Before starting with Team Triumph I always enjoyed chasing a goal. In the early days, this was often a mountain, my favourite trip being a ski de Randonnée on the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt. When my daughters arrived my running started, completing a couple of marathons and the 54 mile Caledonian Challenge. However, a knee injury brought this all to a crashing halt. So I turned to yoga and mountain biking when we lived in Brazil. Arriving in Canada, my daughters and I were spectators in Mont Tremblant’s half Ironman in 2018 and were both struck by the atmos ..read more

Ottawa Athletic Club Recipe of the Week February 26th, 2020 A fantastic Source of Protein See below for the full recipe. You can also pick up a hard copy from our Welcome Desk. Prep Time: 5 Mins          Cook Time: 0 Mins        Total Time: 5 Mins INGREDIENTS 1 cup raw or oil-free dry roasted nuts of choice -almonds, pecans, walnuts, brazil nuts or hazelnuts 1/2 cup raw seeds – sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds 1 cup unsweetened, un-sulphured dried fruit of choice – apricots, dates, figs, prunes, pears, apples, cherries or raisins 1/2 cup 70% or above chopped dark chocolate chips 1/4 tsp sea sal ..read more

Ottawa Athletic Club Recipe of the Week February 19th, 2020 Deliciously Rich In Vitamin A See below for the full recipe. You can also pick up a hard copy from our Welcome Desk. Prep Time: 20 Mins          Cook Time: 30 Mins        Total Time: 50 Mins INGREDIENTS 3 cups – local pumpkin or squash cubed ¼ cup red lentils 2 small – onions, diced 1 14oz can BPA free diced tomatoes 2 cloves -garlic, crushed ¼ teaspoon – turmeric ground ¼ teaspoon – paprika A pinch of garam masala For the Topping: 1 tablespoon – ghee (clarified butter) ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds 2 sprig curry l ..read more