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.

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.

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.

Counting Calories is troublesome AND inaccurate. Here’s what you can try instead
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Counting Calories is troublesome AND inaccurate. Here’s what you can try instead

There we go again. You open your calorie counting app, recording what you ate for the day, measuring your food, tapping the numbers in so that you’re kept accountable to what you eat. It’s your fifth time using the app now and you’re wondering if you’re eating enough.”What a hassle!” you thought, as you record…

Why you should consider NOT trying the diet that helped him lose 20kg in 3 months
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Why you should consider NOT trying the diet that helped him lose 20kg in 3 months

Timothy recently went on the miracle diet X and lost 20kg in 3 months. Glenda and Josiah, who were looking to lose weight, saw the transformation Timothy had and were hyper impressed. As such, they decided to give miracle diet X a go. After all, after trying for so long, they are now desperate for…

Are Carbohydrates still relevant? All you need to know
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Are Carbohydrates still relevant? All you need to know

In recent years as we all try to lose weight, carbohydrates seem to have come under fire as many worry about the potential weight gain. Others might be more concerned about the health effects that comes along with the consumption of carbohydrates. This article aims to share what carbohydrates are and what its relationship with…

Weighing scale for weight loss success? Maybe, maybe not
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Weighing scale for weight loss success? Maybe, maybe not

You’re excited to start hitting the gym to burn off all those fats you’ve gained over last Christmas. You step on the weighing scale, and decide that you’re going to lose a few pounds by training hard for a month. A month passed, you’ve diligently worked out everyday for a month, keeping up to the…