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Healthy Eating Active Living Healthy Eating Active Living/HEAL and Tara Postnikoff provides personal training, individual nutriti

HEAL™ is a Toronto-based company specializing in coaching people to Healthy Eating and Active Living. Started in 2006 by Tara Postnikoff, Registered Nutritional Consultant, Certified Personal Trainer, and NCCP Trained Coach, HEAL™’s mission is to improve clients’ health and well-being through natural nutrition and exercise. HEAL™ is the Nutrition provider for the Toronto Triathlon Club.

Medal Monday 🏅On Saturday Sabrina and Matt raced the Lakeside sprint tri.  Matt took 4 mins off his swim and more import...
09/14/2026

Medal Monday 🏅

On Saturday Sabrina and Matt raced the Lakeside sprint tri.  Matt took 4 mins off his swim and more importantly felt in control and got out of the water not feeling fatigued!  Sabrina did the race for fun (initially intended to race with her dad) and had a PR and came in 3rd place in AG.  Her dad also raced the Tri-A-Tri on Sunday, improving his swim by 1 min and 14 mins on the bike!  Way to go!

Andrea completed the Sea-to-Sky Gran Fondo on Saturday, a 122k ride from Vancouver to Whistler that really starts to get fun (ie hilly) after 75k.  Andrea broke her collarbone during a bike crash in her season opening Duathlon in May.  She worked really hard to recover and build her endurance and shoulder capacity back up to be able to complete this event!

Paige raced the Island Longboat 10k on Sunday here in Toronto.  Paige is just 4 weeks out from her first marathon (Chicago) so racing a 10k all out with that much fatigue is actually rather hard.  Paige PR’d the distance with near perfect pacing on a hot/humid day.

Well done team!!

It’s a BIG race weekend locally and globally! Good luck to the HEAL team (Andrea, Sabrina, Matt, Paige) racing a Lakesi...
09/11/2026

It’s a BIG race weekend locally and globally! Good luck to the HEAL team (Andrea, Sabrina, Matt, Paige) racing a Lakeside Tri, Island 10k, Sea to Sky Gran Fondo!
And good luck to our friends doing Georgina marathon and 70.3 Worlds in Nice!!

For athletes who want more from their training than a finish line.Your 2027 goals don’t start on January 1. They start w...
09/10/2026

For athletes who want more from their training than a finish line.

Your 2027 goals don’t start on January 1. They start with the decisions you make now.

Whether you’re looking for 1:1 coaching + nutrition, a focused consultation, or a training camp to take your preparation to the next level, let’s build a plan that brings your training, nutrition and recovery into sync.

Let’s talk about what you want to accomplish in 2027.

We're coming into race season for many triathletes and marathoners. Nailing your race prep week(s) is important so you s...
09/09/2026

We're coming into race season for many triathletes and marathoners. Nailing your race prep week(s) is important so you show up at the start line healthy and fresh.

Here are so Do's and Don'ts to help you succeed.

Is there anything you have trouble doing or not doing during taper and race prep week?

09/08/2026

Come ride with us in 🇪🇸 next spring! Now is the time to be planning your next cycling adventure. We have 3 double occupancy rooms left.
We’re staying in Banyoles and have amazing riding outside our front door. There is a pool onsite and a lake nearby.
Join us!
Phaedra K | Triathlon Coach for Midlife Women

Phase 3- getting back to “movement”I got released from the Aircast on Thursday and am learning how to walk again.It’s so...
09/02/2026

Phase 3- getting back to “movement”

I got released from the Aircast on Thursday and am learning how to walk again.
It’s so interesting how dramatically your body can adapt in just a few weeks. After four weeks in a walking cast, my gait had completely changed, and after six weeks, I’ve lost so much muscle.
Walking felt… foreign.

Before getting out of the cast, I was counting down the days until I could swim and bike again and walk freely. I couldn’t wait to feel that training feeling I’d been missing.
I’ve now done a couple of easy swims (99% pull) and a few easy spins. I was craving that workout feeling for six weeks, but no, most of what I felt was loss.

Friday, while swimming, I was very aware of the fitness I’ve lost over the past six weeks.
Yesterday, I was sweating up a storm at 100 watts on the bike—an effort that would normally be an easy recovery ride.

Frustrating. Depressing. Aggravating.

I knew this part would come.

People have asked me throughout this process if I was mad, frustrated, depressed, etc. And honestly, for the first two weeks, and then the four weeks after that, I was really focused recovery, on the next benchmark: What could I do? What was the next milestone? What could I look forward to?

Now that I’m moving again, comparison-itis is coming in HOT.

Logically, I know this is part of the process. I know I’ll get back to where I was. But I can feel the pull toward the negative thoughts now.

I knew this was going to be hard, and I still have a long way to go. And I think that’s something I need to acknowledge rather than fight.

I can be frustrated. I can be sad about where I’m at right now. I can be disappointed that something that used to feel easy is suddenly hard.

And then I can work on flipping the script again and again.

Because we don’t do this sport because it’s easy.

We do it because we love the challenge.

So I’m going to embrace what I can do, give myself some grace when I need it, and remind myself that this is just another phase of the process.
One step at a time. Literally.

How do you tackle recovery from a big setback?

HEAL athlete Profile: Meet SabrinaSabrina came to HEAL in the summer of 2024 with a pretty simple goal: she wanted to r...
09/01/2026

HEAL athlete Profile: Meet Sabrina

Sabrina came to HEAL in the summer of 2024 with a pretty simple goal: she wanted to run faster.

She caught the triathlon bug, during COVID, while swimming and biking at her parents’ cottage. In 2023, she signed up for her first Try-a-Tri. She loved it. A month later, she raced again and won her age group!

Suddenly, that competitive spark from her figure skating days was back! By September, she was lining up for her first Sprint, with no wetsuit, a borrowed hybrid bike and old running shoes, and loving every minute!

Sabrina found HEAL through IG and joined my track group. She then came to the TTC Newbie Camp I was coaching in 2024. Seeing my coaching in action gave her a chance to experience the approach firsthand. From there, we started working together, first in a consultative role while training for ITU AG Sprint Worlds in Australia, and then as a coached athlete, with the goal of completing Ironman Ottawa this past August!

But when asked what she's most proud of, she doesn't point to the Ironman finish line. She's proud of the dedication it took to get there. The hours. The effort. The consistency. The commitment to the sport while working two jobs and balancing everything life throws at you.

One of her biggest lessons has been learning that not every swim, bike or run is going to be your best.

As a coach herself in figure skating, Sabrina is used to telling her athletes that, but experiencing it firsthand has been a different lesson. The workouts that don't go to plan can sometimes teach us more than the great ones, if we're willing to learn from them.

She's learned that commitment isn't just about motivation. It's about making time for the things that matter, managing your schedule and showing up even when you're tired or busy.

Her next goals? Racing in both of her home countries, the Philippines and England.

When she's not triathlon training or coaching at the rink, you might find Sabrina park roller skating, which is essentially skateboarding with two skateboards strapped to your feet.

Sabrina’s advice to new athletes:
“You just have to be willing to start. And then keep showing up.”

Bring on 2027!

he tri-season is still going strong!Tomorrow Hector races the Wasaga Beach Sprint Tri. One of our favourite races of the...
08/28/2026

he tri-season is still going strong!
Tomorrow Hector races the Wasaga Beach Sprint Tri. One of our favourite races of the season!
Good luck Hector! Have a great race!

Its sock-tastic Friday! We're launching fun and colourful socks to match our 2026 Kit! These mid-calf height performance...
08/28/2026

Its sock-tastic Friday! We're launching fun and colourful socks to match our 2026 Kit! These mid-calf height performance crew socks from Outway are great for bike, run or causal wear!

Pre-order yours now (for delivery in 4 weeks) https://forms.gle/R5vsLXzaVC2SCeyv6

Avail in 2 sizes!

Brighten up your day with fun, fast socks!

Lessons from endurance training that help during recovery.Whether it’s a marathon, a 70.3, or something longer, enduranc...
08/20/2026

Lessons from endurance training that help during recovery.

Whether it’s a marathon, a 70.3, or something longer, endurance racing requires you to break things down into smaller chunks to get through training and race day.

You don’t approach a marathon by focusing on the entire 42.2 km ahead of you. You break it down into smaller chunks, 5 km at a time, and keep moving toward the bigger goal.

While an injury might not give me the same endorphin boost or sense of accomplishment, bringing my endurance athlete mindset to recovery and rehab is helping me focus on the long game, one step at a time.

If I focus on when I’ll be back to the same fitness I had before the crash on July 19th, I’d be depressed and overwhelmed. If I focus on all the potential fitness gains I’ve lost over the last five weeks, I’d be frustrated and angry.

I’m allowed to feel those feelings, but I don’t want to dwell on what I can’t change or control.

The plan can change without the goal disappearing. My original training plan isn’t happening right now. That doesn’t mean the bigger goal is gone. It means the path to get there has changed.

So right now, I’m choosing to focus on smaller goals:

-->Daily walks. Now that I have the walking boot, I’m up to ~4,000 steps per day versus just 600 during the first week.
-->Daily mobility. All the inactivity is creating new imbalances.
-->Upper body and core strength 3x/week. Building strength and seeing small wins helps keep me positive and will help when I’m back to training.
-->Breaking recovery into phases. My next check-in is August 27th, just 8 days away. Hopefully, I’ll be able to kick this air-cast to the curb, focus on ankle rehab, and get back into the pool and onto the indoor bike while extending my outdoor walks.

And just like training, progress isn’t always linear. There will be good days, frustrating days and setbacks. One bad day doesn’t erase the progress that came before it.

Unlike a race, I don’t have an end date or physical finish line.

But just like endurance training, I don’t need to know exactly how I’ll get there. I just need to focus on the next benchmark, adapt when I need to, and keep moving forward.

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