This week we are continuing on the topic of carbohydrates, but I’m going to discuss their use in post workout meals. After a good workout your body is exhausted and needs time to repair and recover. Even your local gym-rat can tell you that protein is a must have after your workouts as it helps repair and build new muscle.
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One day, you wake up and decide that you are going to be more active about your physical health, so you walk your butt right on over to the nearest fitness center. You sign up and meet the trainer that will kick your butt into a physical specimen! Heading home, you get this warm feeling knowing you’re taking the right
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Last week, a tragic accident occurred where a 14 year old girl is now dead. It is believed that the energy drink known as “Monster” may be the cause of this death. She supposedly drank two 24 oz. Monster energy drinks before her death. The autopsy report attributed her death to “cardiac arrhythmia due to caffeine toxicity.” Should we begin
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In my last blog I talked about the two types of carbohydrates; simple carbs, and complex carbs. In that post we went over the difference between the two, how they are used, and why. If you need a refresher, follow this link to “Complexed About Carbs.” Here is the kicker about carbs… Our body doesn’t need much of them to
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On Monday, Tom wrote an awesome blog about women and heavy lifting. I wanted to inform you about a discussion I had with a person who was misinformed about heavy weights. I wasn’t going to blog about this, but I felt that heavy lifting can be easily forgotten and spoken about too negatively. About a month ago, I was at
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If you have ever gone to a gym, you have most likely seen numerous occurrences of men lifting heavy weights and women lifting dinky, colored weights. I have been told far too many times by my female clients “I don’t want to lift big weights because I don’t want to bulk up or put on too much muscle.” It’s thought
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The following topic was actually a request from a few subscribers, and we would like to encourage more subscribers to make requests! Carbohydrates can be very complex, but I will try to keep them simple for you. Now, if you didn’t catch the joke in that opening sentence, I’ll lay it out straight for you. There are two types of
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Winter is coming! The days are shortening, the mornings are darker, and there isn’t much day light to do your normal outdoor activities. So now you’re left doing them in the cold, dark weather. But hey, there’s nothing wrong with that if you are still getting the job done. Some people prefer to work in the cold. Some believe that
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The saying “No Pain No Gain” is one of the most commonly used expressions when it comes to getting results in the gym. If it doesn’t hurt, you aren’t working hard enough. That type of attitude may just end your active lifestyle a little sooner than expected!! Although there should be some discomfort in the muscle during exercise, there is
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Aside from the impending “Machine Apocalypse” cardio machines are notoriously untrustworthy, and people love to fall for their trickery because it makes them feel good about themselves. What I’m getting at here is not to believe the calorie numbers the machine spits out at you. Yeah, you burned calories for the hour you were on the treadmill, but it wasn’t
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