How You Should Eat During The Holidays
Halloween and Thanksgiving have come and gone. How did you do with your eating plan? Are you the type to just engorge all out on the holidays, or do you keep a cognitive journal and accountability for...
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Build a Balanced Bikini Body with IFBB Pro Breena Martinez
Truth: You won’t get a balanced bikini body by under eating and spending countless hours on the treadmill. Contrary to popular belief, lifting weights will not give you a “manly” physique. As a...
View ArticleBanana Vanilla Protein Pancakes
Say goodbye to frozen waffles. We’ve got your new favorite high-protein breakfast option. In a Blender combine: 1/2 cup old fashioned oats 1/2 scoop vanilla flavored CutCake Protein from Gains in...
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Train Your Mind for Peak Performance
What is Flow? Flow is the state of achieving optimal performance by being completely absorbed in the present moment. Individuals who have experienced the state of flow describe it as “being in the...
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When is the Best Time of the Day to Train?
With the popularity of 24/7 fitness centers and home gyms, one can seemingly get in an exercise session whenever convenient for their lifestyle. While it’s good to get in the reps whenever you can,...
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Is Bread DEAD?
Bread is often vilified when it comes to reducing fat, building muscle and overall health, but is bread really all that bad for you? We’ve been eating bread for thousands of years, yet, millennia...
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Staying on Track While Injured
The last time I threw my back out was over two years ago while pushing my deadlift limits. I knew I shouldn’t have tried that last set. My recent lower back spasm occurred while just messing around...
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CBD Builds Muscle
As a pro figure competitor and mother living in a small rural town, I often find myself getting pulled in a million directions, whether it be chasing my goals in sport, trying to maintain children’s...
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Mass Gain Supplements
Scrolling through any bodybuilding, weightlifting forum or page as a relative beginner can be quite a daunting experience. In addition to being thrown various kinds of supplements that supposedly helps...
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Turning Weak Points Into Highlights
We are all unique in our own special ways. This is not just a quick personal development pep talk, but to gently say that along with our individual physique strengths we also have our particular weak...
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Green Chile Egg White Cups
Super convenient for meals on the go, killer macros, easy to prep in bulk, and oh so tasty! 12 Round Wonton Wrappers 1.5 cups Liquid egg whites from carton 1 small can of diced green chiles 1TBS...
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Can Ground Ginger Reduce Muscle Pain?
Foods for Athletic Performance and Recovery We’ve explored the use of spinach for athletic performance and recovery, attributed to its “anti-inflammatory effects.” But most athletes aren’t using...
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Heba Ali’s Insane Beach Workout!
Heba Ali, the 22-year-old Jordanian and CEO of Evolve Nation, is taking the fitness world by storm by digging deep into the mental psychology of fitness and sharing it with the world. Doing so has...
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It’s a Family Affair: 7 Healthy Things To Do Together
Families come in all shapes and size. Mine happens to be me, my wife, two sons (15 and 13), and two twin daughters (9). However your family looks, you are living life together. While getting healthy is...
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The Gladiator Diet: How Does the Plant-Strong Diet Stack Up?
What did the gladiators eat? Never thought we’d get the chance to know…until now! Recently, the remains of dozens of Roman gladiators were discovered in a mass grave in the country that is now...
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Vegetarian Muscle Power, Strength, Endurance
Plant-Based Athletes Historical examples of successful plant-based athletes range from the gladiators in ancient Rome (as I wrote about in Iron Man in the Fall issue) to the Tarahumara Indians who...
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Deload To Forge New Ground
While you might hear some hardcore lifters shout “No days off” the truth is the majority of us need our rest. Many of us work really hard in the gym pushing ourselves to the limit. While our...
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Should Quarterbacks Bench Press?
This question crosses my mind every time a Quarterback gets sacked and breaks their collar bone. My point of reference is Nick Foles, QB for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He broke his collar bone in...
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Banned Substances!
. HEALTH FOOD STORES SELL BANNED SUPPLEMENTS! . For the most part, parents, coaches, athletes, and fitness-minded individuals, ranging from high school to mature age, do not intentionally consume...
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The Secret to Building Monster-Sized Forearms
Who doesn’t want bigger arms? All men do. After all, nothing speaks more about strength and masculinity than arms that look like they’re as strong and as sturdy as tree trunks. But, the minute you look...
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