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4 Hearty and Healthy Dips By Joe Wilkes Beachbody When aren’t we going on and on about how you need to eat more vegetables? They’re full of fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, and low in calories and fat. And one of the best ways to eat them? Raw. So you’re trying to be a good camper, with [...]

‘Chocolate, Banana, Almond Butter’ Ideal for breakfast or post-workout recovery! With smoothies anything goes. You can just about add any ingredient you desire and blend it right in. The smoothie is also a great way to ingest many supplements in powder form. These particular ingredients were specifically chosen for their nutrition content. The banana adds [...]

Flax Seed Oil Health Benefit and Information Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of research and reading up on flax seed oil and its many health benefits. All the health benefits of flax seed oil had me convinced pretty quick, and I had bought myself a 6 months supply of flax seed supplement in no [...]

Homemade MuscleTech Cell Tech, EAS Phosphagen Learn How make Your Own CellTech and phosphagen Dirt heap I’m sure some ‘people’ won’t be happy about this, but I’m also sure regular folks like you and I will enjoy this. Practically everyone’s heard of cell tech, and many probably spend quite a big chunk of money buying [...]

Confused? Let us separate the gristle from the meat. By Samantha Heller, R.D. If you want to build muscle or lose weight, there’s nothing more important you can add to your diet than protein. But the concept of “protein” can be confusing, even to me, and I’m a nutritionist. Between all those pro and con [...]

;;;From Feeling a little chunky? Here’s how to eat fat and still have a waist like Mr. Peanut’s Like sex, coffee, and beer, peanut butter is one of the “bad” things in life that are actually good for you. Sure, it’s high in calories, but that’s because it’s packed with the same healthy monounsaturated fats [...]

Hill running has a strengthening effect as well as boosting your athlete’s power and is ideal for those athletes who depend on high running speeds – football, rugby, basketball, cricket players and even runners. To reduce the possibility of injury hill training should be conducted once the athlete has a good solid base of strength [...]

Reprinted from http://www.brianmac.co.uk/ The use of an HRM to set exercise intensity is based on sound physiological principals – as the work increases, oxygen consumption (VO2) and heart rate increases in a linear relationship until near maximal intensities. Heart rate is easier to measure than oxygen consumption and the relationship between them has been established, [...]