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Athletic Benefits of Hot Yoga
Hot yoga is one of the most popular fitness crazes in the last few years, but does it give any benefits beyond regular yoga or other workouts? Hot, or...
Pre-Game Nutrition: What to Eat Before You Compete
Athletes are always told to "eat well" the day before and day of a competition so that they have energy to spare for the intense physical activity they...
WNBA Star Maya Moore’s Small Diet Change That Produced Big Results
Just before the 2013 season, Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore spent three weeks living and training with WNBA veteran Kara Lawson—and not just to work on her 3-point shooting (Lawson [...]
How Food Affects Your Muscle-Building Hormones
Building muscle takes the proper balance between optimizing hormone function, quality thought out training and a diet aimed at supporting both, aka the...
How to Build a Performance-Fueling Smoothie
Pre workout Smoothie Now that it is summer it's a perfect time to discuss one of my favorite food options: smoothies! I love smoothies because of their...
3 Unlikely Ways to Lose Fat
There are hundreds of weight loss diet plans and supplements out there that claim to help individuals lose fat. Although some weight loss diet plans and...
The Truth About Eating Before Bed
"Eating before bed makes you gain fat." Sigh. Eating right before bed does not make you gain fat, and quite actually will not only help you build...
3 Ways to Boost Your Workouts With Carbs
The Other Anabolic Window: Carb Timing and Glycogenolysis Protein timing has been all the hype. So much so that many people are making a name for...
STUDY: High Protein Diet, Short Lifespan?
Research recently published in the journal Cell Metabolism suggests a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet may shorten life span. In the study, the researchers fed 858 mice 25 different diets with various ratios [...]
5 Rules You Must Know Before Taking a Fish Oil Supplement
Background In the late 1980s, some of the first field tests of high-grade fish oil supplements took place with athletes in California. Dr. Barry Sears, Ph.D, a former staff scientist [...]
