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Antioxidants 101

Antioxidants 101

Antioxidants, substances that help prevent the damaging effects of oxidation on cells throughout your body, are plentiful in many foods, primarily fruits and vegetables. Because there are beneficial interactions between antioxidants and other components of foods, health authorities say that… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Food, Health
Understanding Supplements for Maximizing Body Building Workouts

Understanding Supplements for Maximizing Body Building Workouts

Guest Post: Katherine Flowers of BodyTrack Choosing the right supplement to optimize your workout can be difficult. Most individuals believe everyone needs to take in every single nutrient in order to help them build their muscles. This is actually far… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Health, Lifestyle, Personal Care, Strength Training, Weight Loss
Personal Trainers: Get the Competitive Edge

Personal Trainers: Get the Competitive Edge

Guest Author: Katherine Flowers of BodyTrack Working out without someone to guide you can be very challenging. You might be trying to motivate and push yourself more each day without seeing any progress on the scale or without improving your… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health, Health, Lifestyle, News, Personal Care, Strength Training, Weight Loss
Conflicting and Misinformation About Weight Loss

Conflicting and Misinformation About Weight Loss

We continue each year to confuse people about the benefits of exercise as it relates to weight loss. In a nutshell, the healthcare system’s bland and undocumented recommendation to be active is a simplistic and ineffective approach to obesity. Please… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Exercise Safety – Good vs. Bad Pain

Exercise Safety – Good vs. Bad Pain

So there I was…. ready to partake in a good lower body workout. I had everything I needed at hand: dumbbells – check mat – check stability ball – check music – check motivation – check appropriate exercises all lined… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Strength Training, Weight Loss
Expert Advice on Keeping Fit this Winter

Expert Advice on Keeping Fit this Winter

As the nights grow longer and colder you’ll probably find yourself less enthused with the idea of exerting yourself through exercise. With summer’s pressure to have the perfect “beach body” well behind you and the desire to wrap up with… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health, News
Kettlebells, Massage and Nutrition

Kettlebells, Massage and Nutrition

Hi everybody! Seth Coyne here from youthfulblueprint.com. With so many different perspectives and opinions and beliefs in the health and fitness world it’s useful to learn from many different people. That’s why today I’m interviewing Holly Mersy author of hollymersy.com.… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Strength Training, Weight Loss
3 Deceptively Easy Ways to Counter the Dangers of Too Much Sitting

3 Deceptively Easy Ways to Counter the Dangers of Too Much Sitting

Before the advent of agriculture 12,000 years ago, all humans were what archaeologists call hunter-gatherers, people who spent most of their time in search of food. If future archaeologists were to look at us now, they would surely call us… 0 Shares | | Posted in Books, Fitness, Health, Lifestyle, Videos
Review: The 5 Major Vegetarian Protein Powders

Review: The 5 Major Vegetarian Protein Powders

If you’re sensitive to dairy- (whey) or egg-based protein products, it can be hard to get enough protein in your diet, unless you eat plenty of meat. Spirulina and chlorella are often touted as complete proteins, and for having a… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Medicine, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Weight Loss
Three Variations of Exercise Ball Crunches for Advanced Exercisers

Three Variations of Exercise Ball Crunches for Advanced Exercisers

Exercise ball crunches are one of the best exercises for targeting the abs, but like any exercise they may stop losing their effectiveness as you get stronger. If regular exercise ball crunches are failing to make you sore, don’t waste… 0 Shares | | Posted in Strength Training