3 Ways To Stay Sane While Enjoying Your Workouts And Food
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3 Ways To Stay Sane While Enjoying Your Workouts And Food

Dealing with good nutrition is challenging, especially with all the information out there, which can often be very confusing, but here’s how you can approach nutrition in a more sustainable manner. 1. Start Slow We’re typically in the biggest pain and want to rush to “work” when we discover how we look and feel. After…

Everything You Need To Know About Exercising As A Female
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Everything You Need To Know About Exercising As A Female

Here’s the truth: Females are not the same as males physiologically speaking, and in sports, that is important. Whether you are talking about sports performance, body composition, health or overall well-being, understanding how being a female affects you in sports and play can be a big game changer. What Makes A Female So Different? The…

Nutrition For Training After Prolonged Periods Away From Exercise
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Nutrition For Training After Prolonged Periods Away From Exercise

Due to different circumstances (Busy at work, Family Commitments, A Freaking PANDEMIC), we might choose be forced to stay away from training for weeks, sometimes months.

Thankfully, time from training is not forever, and we will be able to train again. As we head back to training, here are some considerations to make, and how to use nutrition to support them.

Running At The Fat Burning Zone: Will You Really Burn More Fat?
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Running At The Fat Burning Zone: Will You Really Burn More Fat?

Pop in to any major fitness organization like the well respected American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and you will notice a training guide for cardiovascular fitness using heart rate zones. This has sparked the question: “Can running in the fat burning zone really help me to burn fat?” To help answer that, we need…

Time Saving Strategies To Eat Well Even When Life Throws A Whirlwind At You

Time Saving Strategies To Eat Well Even When Life Throws A Whirlwind At You

One of the hardest, but most important things to do in life is to manage our time, and unfortunately, as we face new transitions in life, so will how we manage our time. Thankfully, the food industry has advanced to a point where we can spend as little as 30 seconds to prepare a full meal, allowing us to stay healthy and still deal with the important things in life.

This Could Be Why You’re Not Losing Weight After Training Hard.
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This Could Be Why You’re Not Losing Weight After Training Hard.

We have all been there. 6 days a week, training at least an hour a day, joining fitness classes, doing lots of cardio, or burning your training at hardcore HIIT sessions, hoping to burn the calories and look amazing. Alas, after all the hard work, it feels as if nothing has changed. You step on…

Between Fat and Carbohydrates, Which Fuel Should I Use For My Runs?
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Between Fat and Carbohydrates, Which Fuel Should I Use For My Runs?

The running community often ask to clarify if they should fuel their run using carbohydrates or fats. Some of these debates have even caused friendships to end and relationships to sour. I attempt to provide some insights for this question with evidence based nutrition today to hopefully help some of you get better answers!

All Your Common Protein Questions Answered
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All Your Common Protein Questions Answered

As somebody starting out on your fitness journey, you might hear a lot about protein, and have questions, but nobody to answer you. I have compiled some of the common questions received on protein and posted it into one big FAQ so you can find all your protein related questions answered here.

3 Supermarket Tips To Help You Shop For Groceries In 10 Minutes Or Less

3 Supermarket Tips To Help You Shop For Groceries In 10 Minutes Or Less

With the entire world going on various methods of stay home protocol to practice physical distancing, many of us have been taught and encouraged to stay home as much as possible.Unfortunately, this also means that the supermarket is now one of the potential hotspots where a cluster may form. To avoid becoming part of the cluster, you need to learn how to shop in the supermarket fast, and leave faster. Here’s how.

5 Ways a Solid Sports Nutrition Plan Will Improve Your Endurance Performance
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5 Ways a Solid Sports Nutrition Plan Will Improve Your Endurance Performance

While other athletes can stop and grab their nutrients in between rest period, endurance athletes are constantly on the go. Not only does this increase their energy output, it also means the amount of fuel they carry may have a direct effect on their performance – carry too many fuels and you’ll slow down. This means that an endurance nutrition plan before race must be properly strategized beforehand, or the athlete may risk performing poorly. Here are 5 ways a solid nutrition strategy will help endurance athletes improve their performance.