The following players have been announced as representing the Andrew Agencies League at the Senior AA Provincials in Stonewall from July 15th-17th. Name Positions Team Matt Degagne P, IF Brandon Cubs   Keith Van Wellegham P Brandon Cubs Eric Zamrykut P, IF Brandon Marlins Eric Lypps C Brandon Marlins Dustin Asham IF Candian Tire Cardinals Joel Krentz P, IF Candian Tire Cardinals Luke Whelpton P, OF Candian Tire Cardinals Kevin McNarland C, OF Candian Tire Cardinals Adam Hartman P, IF Candian Tire Cardinals Kurt Wallace IF Candian Tire Cardinals Brody Pinkerton P Candian Tire Cardinals Jeff Neufeld OF Candian Tire Cardinals Clark Whelpton C Candian Tire Cardinals Jason Rae OF Joe Beeverz Young Guns George McNeill IF Joe Beeverz Young Guns Sean Dryden P Joe Beeverz Young Guns Mike McFadden OF Rivers Comets Buddy Mayert P, IF Rivers Comets Darren Whelpton IF, OF Rivers Comets Ryan Shaw P Rivers Comets Kyle Kostesky P, C Rivers Comets Head Coach Aaron Tycoles, Rivers Comets Assistant Coach Chris Campbell, Joe Beeverz Young Guns  

Want to have your next oil change done for FREE?! On The Run Mobile Oil Change Service, a new business in Brandon, has partnered with www.bdnmb.ca to give away a FREE oil change to three lucky contestants! All you have to do to enter is 'LIKE' or “SHARE” the link on our Facebook page. Draw date will be Thursday, July the 28th at 5:00 pm. Good luck. Ever wondered "how can I get my oil changed without having to wait in line at a quick lube or leave my vehicle overnight at a dealership?" Well if you are like most people, yes you have thought this! On The Run Mobile Oil Change Service has come up with a solution, they will come to where YOU are and get the job done quickly and professionally! They will take the pain right out of your next oil change and replace it with a big smile Book your appointment today in 3 easy steps! 1. Call, message or email them and give them a few quick details about your vehicle and book the appointment. 2. Make an arrangement with their team on where they will grab the keys. 3. Make payment. The benefit of using their service: - No need to take time out of your day to go out and get an oil change! - Have the ability to have your oil changed in your driveway or anywhere! - They do all our work fast, efficient and spill free! - They go the extra mile to make sure every customer and their vehicle are treated with the best service and courtesy!  

For the first time in 23+ years fans of the Brandon Wheat Kings will have a new play by play announcer to listen to as earlier today the Wheat Kings released a brief photo statement from Kelly McCrimmon saying they are sorry to see Bruce Luebke move on. It went on to say that Bruce had been a great voice of the Wheat Kings and that he had served as a real ambassador for the organization. Bruce had been the “voice” of the Wheat Kings since 1993 when he replaced outgoing play by play man Darren Dreger who moved from CKLQ radio over to CKX-TV. Prior to joining the Wheat Kings Luebke had spent time as the voice of the Weyburn Red Wings of the SJHL. In other Wheat Kings, it was reported yesterday that Josh Guenther, the Wheat King trainer of the past 3 seasons, has accepted a job to become the new Athletic Therapist for the Red Deer Rebels of the WHL.  

The 3rd Annual Awesome Race for Breath will be held Saturday, October 15, 2016 at The Town Centre, Brandon, MB. Based on a popular TV Show, the Amazing Race, teams of two will receive clues to pit stops around Brandon in a fun and create fund-raising activity for the Manitoba Lung Association. Teams wanting to participate will be required to fund-raise a minimum of $200 to earn a spot at the starting line. Just like the television show teams will encounter bump cards, roadblocks, U-turns, and other detours to complete before racing to the finish line. Last year at a pit stop, inside a local coffee shop, teams were required to memorize and write down all 25 flavors of coffee sold in alphabetical order. They were provided with three minutes to study the list and then write them down. If they were not correct on the first attempt they were allowed to go back to study the list but were given less time each time they went back. Team categories have been broken down into three different participation groups: Celebrity/Media, Corporate and individual (friends/family). The top three teams in each category will be awarded prizes donated by local businesses as well as gold, silver or bronze medals in their respective divisions. The race will take place Saturday, October the 15, starting at 9:00 am at the Town Centre where teams will first be required to drop off their donations and pickup their passport and race t-shirts. Race time is slated for 10:00 am sharp. All money raised from the Awesome Race for Breath goes to programs and support and education services for people coping with lung disease. For more information on this event including registration or sponsorship.

Looking to lose weight and tone your body? ? Train like a gymnast. I always talk to people who are wanting to lose weight, who tell me they started running and are trying to drop 30 pounds. My heart goes out to them but we are all guilty of doing this at some point in our lives. Not only is running hard on your body's joints and muscles through the repetitive movement and impact, but now they are doing it with what equates to an extra 30 or maybe 50 pound back pack on them. Why do we do this? Simple. It costs nothing and we can all walk upright on our feet so we go with what we know. No one wants to pay for a gym membership and walk around not knowing what to do, so we go to our comfort zone, even though it's boring and kills our body so we quit the next week because it's not enjoyable. Is there a better solution? Absolutely. Resistance training provides so much more benefits for your body and weight loss goals. Whether it's using your own body weight, dumbells, kettle bells, or whatever, overloading your muscles is the way to go. Let me explain as simply as I can. When you strength or resistance train, you overload your muscles. They break down and with proper nutrition and rest repair themselves and get bigger and stronger. This adaptation allows them to grow and develop. When this happens you begin to build lean muscle tissue. Lean muscle tissue incinerates calories like you wouldn't believe so you create a viscous cycle. The more you strength train the more lean muscle you build so the more calories your body burns on a daily basis. There is no pounding on your joints and you start shredding fat as it's converted back into calories your lean muscle is screaming for. It is proven that when you strength train, your body and metabolism is fired up for 39 hours after. This is called EPOC. Post Exercise Calorie Burn. Like anything in life, if you don't use it you lose it. This is true with your muscles. Atrophy or loss will set in. Look at someone's leg after they have a cast on for 6 weeks! ! The opposite happens with running or walking. When we do this it puts our body in a very catabolic state. This means breaking down, which is the opposite of anabolic (building up), as in anabolic steroids. In the absence of strength training, our body and muscles continue to break down which means less lean muscle tissue, which means less calories burned. In fact, 2 hours after running your metabolism and caloric burn is back down to normal. Not to mention that you will have to jog for an hour to burn the same calories you will doing high intensity interval training with weights in half the time. This is because when you do LISS (Low Intensity Steady State) training, like jogging for 40 minutes to an hour; you have to go at such a light intensity to keep the pace that your heart rate plateaus at about 50 to 60 percent of your maximum. Your body reaches LISS very quickly and stays there for the duration of your run. The worse part of LISS is that it converts or changes fast twitch muscle fiber into slow twitch. This not what you want! ! Unless your chosen sport is shuffle board I guess. Don't get me wrong, their is an aerobic benefit to your heart and lungs when you jog, but they don't out weigh the costs, for someone looking for weight loss. I know for a fact through the use of a heart rate monitor on clients and myself that I get closer to max HR for a longer time doing HIIT training with weights, which will give you a better aerobic benefit. Not to mention the lean muscle tissue you build that incinerates calories and the boosted metabolism for a day after. Add in the functional strength that helps you do better in every sport you play and life in general and it's a no brainer. There's a reason why gymnasts are the best athletes in the world. You can add MMA fighters to the mix if you want. They have the best strength, stamina, endurance, balance, flexibility and power pound for pound of any human being on earth. This is because they spend their day either holding up their own body weight, plus, or throwing others body weight around. To end, after reading this if you still are not convinced that you need to change your training methods, are still scared to go to a gym, or just plain love to run please do yourself one favor. . Stop going on the slow, tedious runs that take for ever and start doing HIIT anaerobic training where you sprint full out for 20 seconds then rest for 2 minutes. You will get far more benefits from this type of training in less time and it will save you the pounding. So step out of your comfort zone, join a gym, get a program from an expert, and get some results for a change! You pay a mechanic to fix your car when you can't yourself, so why would you think you can fix your body and health when you don't know how. You are a way better investment than your car will ever be!