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What You Should Eat After A Cardio Workout

06/12/18

In this article, we’ll take a look at what you should eat after your cardio workouts, depending on the intensity levels and duration of the workouts themselves. What should you eat after a moderate cardio? ‘Moderate’ is generally a session that lasts for 30- to 45-minutes, and could include activities such as running or an […]

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Part 1-How to Build Muscle By Calculating Your Daily Caloric Intake (Even On A Vegetarian Diet!)

13/12/18

Protein is an essential nutrient necessary for not only building muscle, but also for losing fat. Gaining muscle might be your objective, so in this multi-post series, we’ll tell step-by-step how to build muscle, starting with this article that will teach you how to calculate the number of calories you should consume in order to […]

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Should Your Fitness Trainer Give You Diet Advice?

10/01/19

In today’s post, let’s discuss boundaries. Let’s pose the following question: should fitness trainers dole out diet-related advice? Are trainers qualified to do so? Perhaps the best way to answer this question – or at least gain a better perspective to it – is to invert it: Is your dietician qualified to tell you how […]

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Part 4-How Vegetarians Who Want To Build Muscle Can Reach Their Protein Intake Levels

21/12/18

In our comprehensive series of posts centered around building muscle, we’ve already covered how to calculate your ideal caloric intake, and its optimal breakdown into protein, fat, and carbohydrate intake levels. But what about vegetarians (and their many variations)? Where can they tap into sufficient protein sources? In this article, we’ll take a look at […]

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Part 2-How To Build Muscle By Calculating Daily Protein and Fat Intakes

14/12/18

In the first post in this series, we explain the first step in building muscle, which is calculating your caloric surplus – up and beyond your daily maintenance caloric intake level – that’s necessary for you to gain muscle at the rate that you want. In this article, we take things further, and break down […]

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This application is amazing!

19/08/17

“I’ve never found an app that will give such a premium feature like food scanning in their free version. That fixed my decision to choose this over other diet/food log apps & I’m happy I did! The database supposedly has 600,000 items but so far, I’ve found everything I’ve scanned! Dymatize protein powder, Advantedge bars, […]

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Banish The Body Shame

10/01/19

Body image is so prevalent in our culture, and by default, so is body shame. Even if you are the type of person that tries to steer clear of body image-related drama, it’s very easy to get caught up in other people’s body image issues. If you’ve ever had a family member tell you about […]

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Better sports performance while on keto?

12/12/22

If you’re looking for motivation about the keto diet and sports, keep reading! As your body adapts to ketosis, you’ll be able to burn more stored fat to fuel your workouts. During low intensity endurance exercises, athletes following a keto diet will burn more than twice as much fat as those sticking to a diet […]

How long does it take to burn off YOUR favourite junk food? Instructive infographics

15/12/15

An infographic reveals the amount of exercise required to work off fast food including KFC, McDonald’s and a Pizza Express Margherita pizza – and women have to work out longer than men. Read the full article at: www.dailymail.co.uk This instructive infographics teach us about the amount of exercice required to burn junk food. A good way […]

Motivational Tips 9 And 10: Use The Occasional Lack of Motivation To Your Advantage

18/02/19

In this series of posts about motivation, we’d already given you eight tips on how to get motivated and stay motivated. In today’s post, we’re breaking the top ten barrier by giving you two more tips that will help you stay excited as you reach your goal – no matter what that goal might be. […]

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Part 3-Building Muscle By Calculating Daily Carbohydrates Intake

17/12/18

In our previous posts, we looked at the surprisingly technical process of building muscle by first calculating optimal daily caloric intake levels, and determining the necessary daily amount of protein and fat necessary to reach your target goal. In this article, we’ll tell you how to meet your daily carbohydrate intake level. As a reminder, […]

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