How to Combat the Nutritional Decline of Fruits and Vegetables
According to research published in the American Society of Horticultural Science, today’s fruits and vegetables are lacking in vitamins and minerals. It cites studies in the journal of the American College of Nutrition (ACN) and the American Journal of Agricultural Sciences (AJAS) that have found an alarming decrease in the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables over the last seventy years.
Performance Lab PL-Immune Review: Give your immune system a boost!
We review the highly impressive and newest supplement from Performance Lab - PL-Immune™. We cover it all from the ingredients to recommended dosages, pros and cons, and if it’s worth your time and money to try it for yourself.
The Ripped Vegan: Can You Build Muscle on a Vegan Diet?
Vegans bodybuilders exist. So the question isn’t really, can you build muscle on a vegan diet? We know you can. But how and what are the best ways to get everything you need from a vegan diet to maximize muscle growth. We take a look!
How to Get The Most out of Rest Days
For as many times as I've said to clients "don't skip leg day", it is by no means the most important training day. Don't get me wrong, I know all too well the importance of a grueling leg day, but I'd like to offer this advice instead: don't skip rest day!
Collagen 101: What Is It and What Is It Good For?
Who isn't taking some form of collagen supplements these days? It seems like everyone from bodybuilders looking to bulk up to new mothers looking to speed up postpartum hair growth are taking collagen supplements. So what is this stuff and what is it good for? And what factors make one collagen supplement better than the others?
Carb loading before a big race? Here’s how to do it!
Carbohydrate-loading, also called carb-loading and carbo-loading is a fairly simple and easy-to-follow nutritional strategy to enhance your athletic and sporting performance during endurance events (90 + minutes) by increasing the amount of glycogen (the body’s preferred fuel source) stored in your muscles and liver.
Performance Lab Sleep Review: For deep and more rejuvenating sleep
I review Sleep supplement by performance Lab – an impressive all-natural sleep aid designed to not only help improve your sleep patterns but to promote nightly mind-body cell renewal for peak next-day performance. I cover everything from the ingredients, the pros and cons, some interesting facts on sleep and my own 3-month experience of taking the sleep supplement.
Female Body types: How best to eat, train and supplement for your body type
Understanding your body type can help you to maximize your exercise routine, diet and supplement regime allowing you to set goals that are both realistic and attainable for your body type whether it’s to build muscle, burn fat, or become more flexible and agile. Here’s how.
Life After Sport: Fighting Post-Athlete Depression
Lots of ex-athletes struggle with depression, body image, eating disorders, and missing the reward of winning when they exercise on their own. Whether you were an elite athlete, a professional athlete, a college athlete, a student athlete, or even an Olympic athlete, life after sports can be challenging with a host of mental health issues.
How to build a successful Fitness Instagram account
It’s never been cooler or more financially rewarding to be fit and thanks to social media platforms like Instagram, you too can turn your hobby or profession into a profitable and rewarding business. Here’s how to build a successful fitness Instagram account.
Eat and Train like an Olympian
Ever wondered how Olympians train and eat in order to reach their peak physical performance? With so much pressure riding on each and every athlete taking part to perform at their best, finding the perfect training and diet plan is essential and could be the difference between simply taking part and taking home the Gold medal.
How Sleep Affects Athletic Performance
Sleep is absolutely essential, especially for athletes and high-performing individuals. It allows our bodies and our minds time to recuperate, rebuild and repair from all the stress, stain and damage we cause on them when we're awake.
How to Optimise Intermittent Fasting for Fat Burning
Fat Loss is one of the many benefits of intermittent fasting (IF), but it isn't some fad diet with sketchy science. Actually, it isn't a diet at all! Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that breaks the three-meal-a-day status quo and frees our bodies from the burden of non-stop digestion so that they can focus on other tasks, one of which is to burn more fat in between meals.
Glutathione: For Hangovers, Hamstrings, and More
While glutathione has many anti-aging abilities, a steady supply of glutathione is not a guarantee. As we age, our glutathione production begins to slow, and cell damage amasses. Poor nutrition, illness, and stress can also contribute to glutathione deficiency, and these low levels of glutathione can be destructive to our health. Read on to learn more about this powerful antioxidant and how we can get more of it!
How To Prevent Joint Pain
Joint health is essential to pretty much every activity we do, from working out and playing sports to all your regular daily activities like carrying the shopping bags, walking, bending over and standing upright. Being physically fit, having a balanced diet, avoiding injuries, and getting plenty of sleep will help you stay healthy and keep your joints healthy too.
Exercises for a Slimmer waist and Stronger Gut Microbiome
While many of us exercise to slim down our waistlines, we may not realize just how beneficial this is for our gut microbiomes. Following exciting new research studies, many people have started to turn their attention away from their waist circumference and are focusing on their gut health instead. Here’s what you need to know!
Collagen vs. Whey: Which Is Better for Building Muscle?
Whey protein has long been the staple protein for most protein shakes, bars, and powders. Nowadays, however, there are many different types of protein available, and collagen supplements are staking their claim on the shelves of health foods stores and in the gym bags of many athletes and even bodybuilders. We take a look which is best all-around muscle builder.
5 Training Methods to help you break through a weight training plateau
You're eating well, training hard, and giving your body sufficient rest, yet you're stuck in a rut. What gives!? Unfortunately, weight training plateaus happen to us all. Whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or Mr. Olympia, you will no doubt have or will experience at least a few weight training plateaus along the way. Loss in strength, failure to hit rep counts, irritability, lethargy, frustration, lack of motivation, and little to no progress are all telltale signs that you've hit a training plateau.
Pre-sleep nutrition: Boost muscle recovery before bed
Sleep and recovery go hand in hand. Nothing is more restorative than a good night's rest. Athletes are no strangers to the "optimize everything" mentality that's often needed in the gym for optimal athletic performance and constant PR-shattering. Now, you may be able to optimize your sleep schedule and nighttime routine to improve your training sessions the next day without sacrificing sleep. Meet pre-sleep nutrition, your key to boosting overnight recovery and muscle growth.
Lysine, Tyrosine, and Beans, OH MY! Amino Acids and how to get 'em!
Amino acids are a group of 20 organic molecules that are the building blocks of proteins. Just as protein can be found in nearly every area of the body, amino acids are vital to the healthy functioning of nearly every tissue in the human body.