“Carbs make you fat!” “Carbs just turn into sugar!” “Carbs cause diabetes!” You’ve most likely heard – and maybe even have thought of – these carb accusations. These are just a few of the most common misconceptions about our beloved carbs. Let’s face it, carbs are awesome. So I wanted to help clear some of […]
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You get to the gym, and maybe have an idea of what muscle groups or exercises you’re going to hit, but you’re not sure where to start.. Which exercises or muscle groups should you hit first? Should you warm up with cardio? How long should the workout be? Let’s unpack some of the basics when
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Of the many misconceptions that exist about not only vegan diets, but also healthy nutrition, one of the most common between the two is that they’re expensive. This has been a main reason people use to justify why they cannot eat a more healthy diet, or sometimes even a vegan diet, for years. The claim
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Ah meat, the rotting flesh from a dead body! Packed with nutrients like protein and iron, vitamins and minerals, surely seems like a nutritional powerhouse! Plus, our ancestors ate meat. And people have continued to, throughout history up to now, so it must be healthy right? It must be something we as humans are naturally
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“Vegans are skinny, weak, and frail!” Something you might have heard before, or maybe even believed yourself. This has been a common misconception about vegans for just about ever. The idea that, without eating the dead, rotting flesh of once living beings, there’s just no way vegans can have strong bodies, bones, brains, or muscles.
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Fiber! The nutrient that is one of the silent heroes to our health, yet, most people don’t even realize it, nor do they eat enough of it! Shockingly, in America, roughly 95% of people aren’t eating enough fiber. Only getting up to around 15g per day, when the recommended intake is around 25-30g per day.
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Fat loss is easily one of the most common goals people have when it comes to their fitness and health. There are several different types of fat in the body, but for this article, we’ll be focusing on what is known as subcutaneous fat, which is the fat everyone’s always focused on – the one
Why am I not motivated?! How do I get motivated?! Do I need to be motivated all the time in order to stay on track? Common questions I hear from time to time, and also ones I used to ask myself, as well. What exactly is motivation, and how do you “get” it? Motivation exists
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We’ve all been there.. You get to the gym and maybe have an idea in mind of what you want to accomplish, but have no real game plan. Maybe you just want to make more GAINS, or improve performance and strength, but how? What exercises should you do? How many sets or reps? Also, how
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Have you ever approached an exercise and wondered how many repetitions should be performed? Maybe you just wing it, and go till exhaustion, or failure. This can seem effective at first, but probably won’t get you very far. The real answer to how many reps you should do for a given exercise is.. It depends.
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