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A Sedentary Lifestyle Is More Dangerous Than Heart Disease, Diabetes And Smoking

06/03/19

It’s common knowledge that exercise does a body good. Previous studies have demonstrated that exercise contributes to increasing longevity. But a recent study conducted by the Cleveland Clinic and published in October 2018, illustrates the true value of exercise: according the senior author of the study and a clinic’s cardiologist, a sedentary lifestyle is more […]

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Study Shows That There Are No Limits To The Benefits of Exercise

06/03/19

Previously, we discussed a recent study that measured the effects of a sedentary lifestyle. The study yielded surprising results, namely that being sedentary had a greater risk of death than cardiovascular disease, smoking and diabetes. Researchers of the study believe that being unfit and sedentary should be treated as a disease, which needs a prescription. […]

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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Fitness Trends For 2019

21/12/18

An annual survey of fitness and health professionals was conducted by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and its findings illuminate the top trends in fitness and health. The survey includes answers from more than 2,000 pros from all over the world who represent all commercial, corporate, community and clinical sectors of the industry. […]

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Get Motivated With Mantras

10/01/19

Getting fit and staying fit requires a certain amount of discipline. In the quest for fitness, many people focus on the obvious: nutrition, exercise and weight training, dieting – the usual suspects. One of the more overlooked aspects of getting fit is the mental component involved. Motivation is key is goals are to be reached, […]

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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 […]

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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The Truth About Protein Supplements : Muscle Building Or Fat Gaining?

13/03/19

Protein shakes, and other protein supplements, are ubiquitous. They’re sold at fitness centers, nutrition stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, and online. It’s common practice to down a protein shake at the gym, or at home following a workout. Protein supplements hold promise that they’ll optimize muscle-building, which ties in neatly with the premise that weight training […]

Motivational Tips 7 And 8 : Ponder And Reach Out

18/02/19

Continuing our deep dive into the subject of all-important motivation, in this post, we’ll give you two more tips that will help you stay focused and reach your goal. Motivational tip #7: Think about your goal on a daily basis As we had already mentioned in a previous post, physically writing your goal down and […]

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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 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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