CBC
Sep 08, 2021
Brian D'Souza, Sara Hodson and Moe Hedayat speak with Stephen Quinn about frontline workers and the responsibility they are about to take on.
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FitBiz Weekly
Aug 23, 2021
Sara Hodson, CEO of LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic, has been elected to lead the national trade association, representing more than 6000 fitness facilities across Canada.
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Cloverdale Reporter
Aug 18, 2021
A Semiahmoo Peninsula fitness expert has been named president of the Fitness Industry Council of Canada.
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CTV NEWS
Aug 03, 2021
Sara Hodson, who is part of a fitness industry working group that consults with the provincial government, expects if Henry does want gyms to require proof of vaccination in the future, it would be discussed with stakeholders first.
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canfitpro
Jul 23, 2021
Almost half of all Canadians experienced weight gain over COVID. As our provinces are re-starting and re-opening, we are going to gain members who are focused on weight loss. As fitness professionals, it is our responsibility to support and guide our members while also providing evidence-based programming, information, and tools.
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canfitpro
Jun 21, 2021
When we look back on the pandemic and how it affected our physical and mental health, we will be able to gather a great amount of insight to understand how and why we move. This is evident in what happened when the world entered lockdown in March 2020, and we took NEAT out of our lives – and how we can help our members and clients put it back in.
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Global News
Jun 19, 2021
Sara Hodson, from the Fitness Industry Council of B.C., explains how the industry is welcoming the public back to high-intensity fitness facilities across the province.
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Vancouver Sun
May 29, 2021
After the B.C. government announced a restart plan last week, the phone has been ringing off the hook, said LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic President and CEO Sara Hodson.
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Surrey Now - Leader
May 27, 2021
“The U.K. is reporting that group fitness is back 600 per cent – this is a massive increase,” Hodson said. “People are flocking back to fitness. We see that fitness in B.C. will be a thriving industry in two, three, six months from now.”
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canfitpro
May 14, 2021
Together we will move. The last 14 months have proven something fundamental to Canadians. Our health has never been more important. Health is wealth. And it is the only currency we need.
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iPOLITICS
Apr 12, 2021
Diabetes Canada, Heart & Stroke and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society also all endorse the idea of allowing Canadians to shave exercise membership costs off their tax bill. “We are thrilled to have these health advocates on board,” Sara Hodson, the Fitness Industry Council’s federal advocacy lead, said in a press release in late March.
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Global News
Mar 14, 2021
“I don’t think it’s the role of the fitness industry to necessarily dictate what the consumer needs to provide in order to enter our facilities, it really is our national mandate from the Fitness Industry Council of Canada to get people physically active,” Sara Hodson with LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic said.
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Peace Arch News
Mar 05, 2021
LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic CEO Sara Hodson pitched idea to deputy prime minister.
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Franchise Canada
Jan 04, 2021
Community and staff engagement spell success for Vancouver-based LIVE WELL franchisee Kent Howie.
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healthing.ca
Nov 20, 2020
Healthing.ca spoke to Sara Hodson, a clinical exercise physiologist and the CEO of Live Well Exercise clinics, to get tips on how people diagnosed with Type II diabetes can start exercising.
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Authority Magazine
Feb 20, 2020
With a 16-year career in chronic disease and exercise, Sara is a leader in the movement of clinically-based medical fitness programs.
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Burnaby Now
Sep 12, 2019
LIVE WELL is a medical fitness clinic that’s built on the belief that exercise is medicine.
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Global News Regina
Sep 10, 2019
SPARKS METHOD™, a medical fitness clinic, opened its doors in Regina on September 9th. Its goal is to use exercise and healthy lifestyle coaching to help clients manage and prevent chronic diseases.
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Regina Leader Post
Sep 08, 2019
While raising her family, Brenda Yungwirth put her children first and her own health last, but as she aged and became aware she was at risk for heart disease, she knew that needed to change.
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Weight Watchers
Sep 06, 2019
Sometimes we just need to mix things up, so for advice on how to start a new fitness routine, we turned to Sara Hodson, founder and CEO of Live Well, a Vancouver-based exercise clinic concept. She breaks her advice down into five simple steps.
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Best Health
Jul 16, 2019
“We’ve had patients come off their blood pressure medications, stop taking insulin and go off antidepressants,” says Sara Hodson, president and founder of LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic, whose 11-year career in chronic diseases led her to found the private clinic. It isn’t just about the amazing, long-term effects of exercise; it has an instantaneous effect on our health.
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Franchise Canada Magazine
Apr 22, 2019
Tory Brooks-Hill and Andrew Taylor, owners of LIVE WELL Vancouver locations in East Van and Kerrisdale, are featured in this article about being in the business of caring for seniors
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BC Business
Mar 07, 2019
LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic CFO Morna Creedon Sileika was honoured as one BC's most influential women in Corporate & Entrepreneurship
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BetheBoss.ca
Nov 30, 2018
A first in the fitness industry, Canadian fitness brand LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic has proven what many medical professionals have said for years: that many chronic conditions can be treated more effectively with exercise than medication.
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Globenewswire
Nov 22, 2018
Gym members see significant reductions in blood pressure, weight within 6 months of joining powerful exercise and healthy lifestyle coaching program
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Globe & Mail
Oct 30, 2018
Founder and president Sara Hodson on LIVE WELL'S new in-house training course for kinesiology grads to groom them to become certified clinical exercise physiologists to coach members inside LIVE WELL clinics.
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Globe & Mail
Oct 01, 2018
Entrepreneur John DeHart, whose latest venture is LIVE WELL Exercise Clinics, continues to analyze the market and his competition to find new products and services that will help the business grow.
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Globe & Mail
Oct 01, 2018
When John and Gayla DeHart bought into LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic, they did their research and were attracted by the company's raving fans: numerous, happy and recurring customers with memberships to the gyms.
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BetheBoss.ca
Jul 05, 2018
LIVE WELL President and Founder Sara Hodson got the idea for her chain of clinics while working in cardiac rehab. To increase access to exercise for these types of patients and others, she opened her first LIVE WELL clinic in 2011, the first of its kind in Canada.
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Vancouver Sun
Jun 22, 2018
BC's former heatlh minister and retired doctor credits LIVE WELL with helping shift her sedentary lifestyle
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Toronto Sun
Jun 15, 2018
“We have many members who came to us suffering from depression and anxiety who have been able to reduce or get off anti-depressants and get their lives back on track via regular exercise,” says Sara Hodson, founder and president of LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic.
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Kerrisdale Insider
Jun 09, 2018
Individuals with chronic health conditions can exercise in a fun and safe way at LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic Kerrisdale (pg. 14)
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BetheBoss.ca
Jun 02, 2018
Founder and President Sara Hodson on why she started the company, the secret sauce behind LIVE WELL'S culture and how LIVE WELL is different from its competitors
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IMPACT Magazine
May 11, 2018
Surrey’s Ted Myrah walks away from depression, diabetes and obesity thanks to LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic
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What She Said Radio
Apr 23, 2018
Broadcasters Christine Bentleyand Kate Wheeler on How Canada’s LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic uses #exerciseasmedicine to prevent and treat chronic disease, with founder Sara Hodson. https://www.livewellclinic.ca
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The Globe & Mail
Mar 30, 2018
Traditional gyms aren’t designed with people with chronic conditions in mind. But LIVE WELL strives to meet the needs of those who may not feel welcome at commercial gyms by delivering evidence-based exercise programs specific to each individual’s condition.
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The Surrey Now-Leader
Feb 22, 2018
Expanding Surrey-born company is brainchild of city’s 2017 Business Person of the Year, Sara Hodson
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Globe & Mail
Nov 13, 2017
How John DeHart is applying the lessons he learned growing his first business to his new venture LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic.
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The Surrey Now-Leader
Nov 02, 2017
Sara Hodson of LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic and others celebrated at annual gala hosted by Surrey Board of Trade
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Inc. Magazine
Aug 11, 2017
LIVE WELL co-founder John DeHart is interviewed about building healthy habits in himself, and in his customers
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Globe & Mail
Aug 06, 2017
LIVE WELL'S John DeHart talks about why he has franchised his companies.
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The Heart Monitor
Jul 01, 2017
LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic's medical director Dr. Ali Zentner was interviewed on why yoga can help reduce stress and lower your blood pressure.
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Finanical Post
Jun 28, 2017
LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic is a combination of founder Sara Hodson’s passion for exercise and health, and serial entrepreneur and co-founder John DeHart ‘s franchising know-how
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Best Health Magazine
May 01, 2017
According to some experts, fitness can cure much of what ails us. Read on for your prescription for a longer, happier, healthier life
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Langley Times
Apr 04, 2017
Dubbed the anti-gym, LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic opens in Langley, offering customized fitness created by exercise physiologists
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The ValleyVoice.ca
Mar 19, 2017
Traditional gyms catering to fitness-focused Millennials are a dime a dozen, but Langley now has an innovative new boutique gym for boomers trying to stave off aging
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The ValleyVoice.ca
Feb 17, 2017
LIVE WELL Abbotsford’s focus is healthy habit formation and making sustainable lifestyle changes.
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Retirement Ready Magazine
Jan 31, 2017
LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic founder and president Sara Hodson talks about using exercise as medicine to fight aging in the Lower Mainland. Turn to page 41.
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Abbotsford News:
Jan 13, 2017
LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic Abbotsford owner Julie Elliott wrote an article in The Pulse health supplement, about using exercise as medicine. (Click to page 10 to read how good exercise can be for your body.)
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Novus TV
Nov 01, 2016
LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic was profiled by Novus TV. Watch Founder Sara Hodson talk about how to stay active and healthy as you age
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Globe & Mail
Oct 03, 2016
LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic co-founder John DeHart offers tips on how small businesses can best manage cash flow
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Business in Vancouver
Sep 29, 2016
“Why you do what you do is just as important as making money,” says John DeHart, co-founder, LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic and Nurse Next Door.
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DAIMANUEL.COM
Sep 23, 2016
LIVE WELL founder and president Sara Hodson shares her expert tips on getting healthier and becoming less sedentary
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National Post
Jun 17, 2016
“People don’t come in excited by exercise. Most people come in to us having remotely exercised in their life, or having never exercised in their life.” Sara Hodson’s solution was to create a business that married fun, motivational exercise, with highly supervised tracking of clients’ medical progress.
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Business In Vancouver
Mar 29, 2016
“What’s good for the economy is good for the body and good for the environment,” said Dr. Ali Zentner, medical director at LIVE WELL Exericse Clinic. “For example, this country only spends 10% of its health-care dollars on prevention, but the average Canadian spends the last decade of his or her life suffering from some form of chronic disease.”
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Breakfast Television Vancouver
Apr 09, 2013
BT Vancouver’s Live Eye Host Dawn Chubai spends a morning at LIVE WELL Exercise & Medical Clinic to learn why exercise IS medicine for those living with diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Watch the video!
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