Both shakes and whole foods have their benefits and disadvantages. Finding a combination of both is the best option for your health. Use a protein drink after your workout or when you’re in a rush. However, to help your body function well, stick to the real meals as your general protein source. It feels so
Healthy digestion is crucial for a strong immune system and for a long life. Almost all people are affected by different types of digestive disorders. Every so often we might experience bloating, indigestion, gas, constipation or diarrhoea. Do you recognise any of these symptoms? Often we don’t pay attention to them or don’t see them
You picked out a killer playlist, stretched thoroughly and then gave 150 percent in your workout. So now you’re done, right? Not so fast. The food you eat within the first few minutes after a workout is one of the most important and underrated parts of training. In order to help your body recover faster,
Losing weight doesn’t always have to be about deprivation and denial. Successful, sustainable weight loss is far more attainable when you focus on the quality of food rather than the quantity. Eat wholesome, nutritious, (and even calorie-filled) foods and you’ll be far more satisfied and content on less. Many of the foods people think are off-limits
By its very definition, weight training is hard work. Certainly if you are doing it correctly! Building strength and muscle requires the physical application of consistently overloading the body with heavier and heavier weights in order to stimulate an adaptation and growth. When the pounding of the weights has stopped though, the body really has to get
Ignoring hunger and getting to the point where you're so ravenous you could eat the entire refrigerator is not good on many levels. Aside from the headaches, dizziness, and stomach pangs that go along with waiting too long to eat, it also makes you eat tons more than you would if you were just moderately hungry, and
A ketogenic diet is a low-carb high-fat diet that has proven to be helpful to the body especially in the area of weight loss and fitness. For this reason, a lot more people are reducing the amount of carbohydrate in their diet and eating more healthy fat. While this is highly effective especially when the
When I first started working out, I was having a challenging time figuring out what type of meal plan worked. You need to keep your body efficient while training, so it's best to consume the right food for optimum performance! But it can be confusing figuring out a proper diet for a workout. From the
Featured in this article are 10 tips to really increase leaving the plateau behind, and increasing muscle mass. When training you reach the point where completing 3 sets of 10, and traditional straight sets, become maintenance as opposed to growth. Also, no matter what supplements, how many times you train or for how long, you
Pre-workout meals are whole food meals that should be eaten 3 hours before workout. When eating the right foods and amounts, these can include benefits like: More Energy During Workouts – Increasing your glycogen store before a workout can help improve your energy levels significantly. An intense workout can be very difficult to handle if you have
