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Calculate How Many Calories You Need to Eat
At some point during your athletic career or personal life, it's likely you will want a strategy to lose, maintain or gain weight. It may seem overwhelmingly complicated to determine [...]
The Big 3 for Losing Belly Fat
If you want to be taken seriously as an athlete, you need to lose that flabby potbelly protruding over the top of your uniform. The extra weight you're carrying impacts [...]
Off-Season Conditioning Suitable for Every Athlete
Generally speaking, the off-season is supposed to be used to recover from the long season. However, some athletes fall into the bad habit of overeating, focusing only on strength training [...]
How Do You Lose Belly Fat?
Did you know it takes approximately 250,000 crunches to burn one pound of fat? Do all the abdominal exercises you want, but if you truly want six-pack abs, take a [...]
Manipulating Carbohydrate Intake to Build Muscle and Burn Fat
In a perfect world, it would be easy to simultaneously build muscle and lose fat, but can we really "have our cake and eat it too?" Depending on our individual goals, [...]
3 Essential Tips To Build Muscle Faster
It's an age-old training question, one that has puzzled athletes for years: how can I build muscle and add lean body mass faster? (See STACK's answer.) Muscle building can seem [...]
5 Tips to Kick-Start Your Metabolism
How often have you heard someone say they can't lose weight because they were born with a slow metabolism? I'd be willing to bet that if you haven't said it [...]
Calling All College Students: Get Fit With Steve Cook's "Big Man On Campus" Online Trainer
Steve Cook, fitness model and Optimum Nutrition athlete, designed the Big Man On Campus, a lifestyle and weight training system for college students. Avoid the freshman 15, and get lean [...]
Find the Right Zumba Class for You
Tired of the same old boring workout? Heat things up with the popular Latin-inspired dance program, Zumba. Zumba offers eight different classes, each catering to a specific experience level. Find [...]
5-Point Checklist and Sample Plan for Off-Season Training Programs
Any experienced coach knows that successful off-season training programs lead to successful seasons. If you're a serious athlete in any sport, the off-season is a terrific time to showcase your [...]