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VICE: Inside Powerlifting's Most Controversial Gym
Feb 13, 2018
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, Mindfulness, Powerlifting, Sports
VICE: Inside Powerlifting's Most Controversial Gym
Feb 13, 2018
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, Mindfulness, Powerlifting, Sports

I travelled to Westside Barbell in Columbus, Ohio which has has become legendary for its brutal form of strength training. The gym's founder Louie Simmons attracts people from around the world to study with him, but the gym's unconventional methods and some members' views on steroids have brought controversy to Westside.

Feb 13, 2018
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, Mindfulness, Powerlifting, Sports
VICE: Getting High On Your Own (Air) Supply
Dec 7, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, breath, med, Mindfulness
VICE: Getting High On Your Own (Air) Supply
Dec 7, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, breath, med, Mindfulness

Yogis, shamans, and meditators have been using breathing techniques for centuries to induce altered states of consciousness. And for some, breath work is the preferred way to get high.

Dec 7, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, breath, med, Mindfulness
VICE: Will Cheap Space Travel Make Us Healthier?
Nov 14, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, Nature
VICE: Will Cheap Space Travel Make Us Healthier?
Nov 14, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, Nature

American Astronaut Don Thomas has orbited the earth 700 times and thinks that if more people saw the planet the way he has the better off the world would be.

Nov 14, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, Nature
VICE: Fake Surgery Can Have Very Real Effects
Oct 25, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, Nature
VICE: Fake Surgery Can Have Very Real Effects
Oct 25, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, Nature

In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine Researchers note: “the act of performing surgery itself has a profound placebo effect”  

Oct 25, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, health, Nature
VICE: Less Nature In Our Lives Has Really Bad Consequences
Oct 19, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Meditation, health, Nature, Mindfulness
VICE: Less Nature In Our Lives Has Really Bad Consequences
Oct 19, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Meditation, health, Nature, Mindfulness

Urbanization has increased levels of mental illness. and researchers have been looking into the possible effects of a nature deficit on our mental health.  

Oct 19, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Meditation, health, Nature, Mindfulness
VICE: Leeches Are Bizarrely Good for Human Health
Sep 27, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Meditation, health
VICE: Leeches Are Bizarrely Good for Human Health
Sep 27, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Meditation, health

For most of us, the only relationship we've ever had with leeches was cringing during that scene in Stand By Me when the kids go swimming in a pond only to find their junk being sucked by the bloodthirsty devils. But we might have been wrong to be terrified. According to modern research, leeches are undeserving of the Stephen King treatment...

Sep 27, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Meditation, health
VICE: Everything I Know About Mindfulness I Learned From Pulp Fiction
Sep 25, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Mindfulness, Meditation
VICE: Everything I Know About Mindfulness I Learned From Pulp Fiction
Sep 25, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Mindfulness, Meditation

I've always loved this one scene in Pulp Fiction as a case study in applied mindfulness: Shortly after performing a kidnapping, gangster Vincent Vega, played by John Travolta, of course, accidentally blows the head off the victim sitting in the back of his car...

Sep 25, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Mindfulness, Meditation
VICE: Employees Should Get Paid to Exercise Together
Sep 14, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Meditation, fitness, running, Words
VICE: Employees Should Get Paid to Exercise Together
Sep 14, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Meditation, fitness, running, Words

Group workouts are good for a company’s bottom line.

Sep 14, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Meditation, fitness, running, Words
VICE: We Have Some Mindfulness Tips for Donald Trump
Sep 11, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Mindfulness, Meditation
VICE: We Have Some Mindfulness Tips for Donald Trump
Sep 11, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Mindfulness, Meditation

Hopefully this video ends up saving us from a Nuclear War.

Sep 11, 2017
Vice, Video, Tonic, Mindfulness, Meditation
VICE: This Rooftopping Photographer Tells Us About His Near-Death Experience
Aug 28, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice
VICE: This Rooftopping Photographer Tells Us About His Near-Death Experience
Aug 28, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice

Rooftopping photographer John Tablate is better known by his Instagram handle, ASVPShooter. He's captured stunning views of Toronto's skyline from the tops of skyscrapers and construction cranes, but he's also risked his life and those of others to do so. We met up with him on a roof to find out why.

Aug 28, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice
VICE: Our Culture of Comparison is Making Us Petty
Jul 3, 2017
Vice, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Tonic, Tonic Talk
VICE: Our Culture of Comparison is Making Us Petty
Jul 3, 2017
Vice, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Tonic, Tonic Talk

Talking mental health, mindfulness, and general life hacks with Simon Sinek, acclaimed author and one of the most-watched TED speakers of all time.

Jul 3, 2017
Vice, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Tonic, Tonic Talk
VICE: This Skateboard High School Turns Students Into Entrepreneurs
Jun 14, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice
VICE: This Skateboard High School Turns Students Into Entrepreneurs
Jun 14, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice

Toronto's Oasis Skateboard Factory offers a new take on high school to students who have had trouble making it through the traditional academic system. We check out the school and hang out with a student who just opened his own skate shop.

Jun 14, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice
VICE: Tonic Talks with Simon Sinek
Jun 13, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Tonic, Tonic Talk, mindfulness
VICE: Tonic Talks with Simon Sinek
Jun 13, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Tonic, Tonic Talk, mindfulness

Talking mental health, mindfulness, and general life hacks with Simon Sinek, acclaimed author and one of the most-watched TED speakers of all time.

Jun 13, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Tonic, Tonic Talk, mindfulness
PODCAST: George Mumford Talks Teaching Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant Meditation
May 4, 2017
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness
PODCAST: George Mumford Talks Teaching Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant Meditation
May 4, 2017
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness

George Mumford's road to becoming an influential author & mindfulness coach to Micheal Jordan, Kobe Bryant & other pro sports legends was filled with peril.

He grew up in the Boston in the 60s during a time of massive racial tension, constantly having to be on his toes & aware.

In College, he roomed with future NBA legend Dr. J. George was hoping for a similar destiny until his athletic career was cut short...

May 4, 2017
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness
VICE: Riding For Jesus: Inside South Carolina's Christian Biker Gang
Apr 6, 2017
Vice, Video, Culture
VICE: Riding For Jesus: Inside South Carolina's Christian Biker Gang
Apr 6, 2017
Vice, Video, Culture

We head to Columbia, South Carolina, to meet James Johnson, the founder of the Disciples Motorcycle Club. At first glance, his crew could pass for Hell's Angels-big beards, leather jackets, black Harleys-but Johnson's club is filled with folks who have devoted their lives to Christianity.

Apr 6, 2017
Vice, Video, Culture
VICE: Kobe Bryant's Mindfulness Coach Teaches Us How to Reach 'Flow State'
Apr 1, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness
VICE: Kobe Bryant's Mindfulness Coach Teaches Us How to Reach 'Flow State'
Apr 1, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness

George Mumford taught NBA superstars Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant the techniques of mindfulness. He tells us how to stay in the moment and achieve 'flow state'.

Apr 1, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness
PODCAST: Kevin Drew Talks Meditation, South Park, Narcissism & Pain
Mar 11, 2017
podcast, health, fitness, Mindfulness
PODCAST: Kevin Drew Talks Meditation, South Park, Narcissism & Pain
Mar 11, 2017
podcast, health, fitness, Mindfulness

Kevin Drew was always a friend of mine, even before he met me.

I got my dream job in the summer of 2002, managing an indie record store.  That was the year Toronto exported itself to the world. I did my part for the revolution...

Mar 11, 2017
podcast, health, fitness, Mindfulness
VICE: How to Take a Punch Like the KGB: We Train With a World Renowned Systema Instructor
Jan 24, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness
VICE: How to Take a Punch Like the KGB: We Train With a World Renowned Systema Instructor
Jan 24, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness

Systema is an ancient Russian martial art that was taught to the KGB, the main security agency for the Soviet Union. We went to train with a world renowned Systema instructor in Toronto and later recovered at a traditional Russian banya.

Jan 24, 2017
Vice, Video, Daily Vice, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness
PODCAST: Demo Castellon Talks Working with Jay Z, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake And The Pitfalls Of Success
Dec 4, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Culture
PODCAST: Demo Castellon Talks Working with Jay Z, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake And The Pitfalls Of Success
Dec 4, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Culture

Madonna, Jay Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Wyclef Jean, Ludacris, Rihanna, Nelly Furtado... the list is long but only the tip of the iceberg of who this man really was. Despite working with some of the greats as an engineer & producer, Demo is most proud & passionate about people. Everyday people with the same challenges and dilemmas that he faced as a kid in mean Miami, dreaming of artists he hoped to work with one day...

Dec 4, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Culture
PODCAST: Mango Peeler Talks Running, RomComs, Creativity, Iverson & Power Songs
Aug 19, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness
PODCAST: Mango Peeler Talks Running, RomComs, Creativity, Iverson & Power Songs
Aug 19, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness

He cannot be described in words. You can only  talk about him in colours. 

I met Mango Peeler - I don't really remember his real name - for the first time almost 5 years ago. We immediately clicked, and would jam out ideas on movement, athletics, art, clothing and philosophy over the course of several coffee sessions...

Aug 19, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness
PODCAST: Chris "Hambone" Hammell Talks Unlikely Friendships, Marathons, Barbershops & The LA Underworld
Aug 4, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness
PODCAST: Chris "Hambone" Hammell Talks Unlikely Friendships, Marathons, Barbershops & The LA Underworld
Aug 4, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness

14 years ago I was working at a record store in Thornhill, Ontario. I vividly remembering racking copies of the Goldfinger's "Open Your Eyes" at the time. The cover of that record featured a rough looking tattooed guy who looked like he had just been punched in the face. 

About 10 years later, I met that guy. And even though it got off to a rocky start, Chris Hammell has become one of the major influences on my life...

Aug 4, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness
PODCAST: Angelina Talks Dope Athletes And The Rise Of CBD
Feb 4, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Culture, CBD, Drugs
PODCAST: Angelina Talks Dope Athletes And The Rise Of CBD
Feb 4, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Culture, CBD, Drugs

Angelina is a sweet, strong and extremely disciplined athlete. To be exact, she’s a fighter who has competed in Muay Thai tournaments before large crowds in China & Thailand.  In between fighting, training and working her day job as a hair stylist, Ang also bakes cannabis edibles.

Feb 4, 2016
Podcast, Health, Fitness, Mindfulness, Culture, CBD, Drugs