Yuri Elkaim | Online Fitness Trainer

Exercise has been a part of my life since I was born!
In fact, it’s been a part of yours as well, even if you don’t know it. After all, you did crawl, then learn how to walk, ride a bike, run every now and then, and so forth, right?
As human beings, our bodies were designed [...]

Sounds like a weird title, right?
You might be asking yourself, “Yuri, what on earth are you talking about?”
Well, let me tell you.
What I plan on doing in this blog post is comparing two similar concepts that have nothing to do with each other – food and team sports.
The Individual vs. the Collective
I’ve played soccer my [...]

I want to share something really important – and funny – with you today.
Last night, I was at U of T,  training our soccer team in the Athletic Centre, when one of our guys did something absolutely ridiculous!
I confronted him immediately and there’s a VERY valuable fitness training lesson to be learned from this situation.
I [...]

I need to stop coaching soccer.
It’s going to give me a heart attack.
We’re here in Langley, BC for the university soccer championships and we just finished our first game – what a heart wrencher.
We (University of Toronto) played the University of Victoria Vikes (the Canada West champions) and earned a huge 2-1 victory. In all [...]