Four years ago, my husband and I moved our little family from Belgium, where we were studying just outside of Brussels, all the way to Phoenix, Arizona. The difference between the two is like night and ... Continue Reading
Dehydration Ruins Your Golf Game, And All Other Sports Too
If you are familiar with walking the greenway or playing a full round of golf, you know all too well that you can become quite thirsty very quickly. Whether your thirst comes from the heat of the sun, ... Continue Reading
9 Articles For Vegan Athletes
Are you a vegan and an athlete? Tired of hearing the old line, "Where do you get your protein?" If so, this one's for you. Here are 9 articles that prove you can build muscle without eating a T-bone steak ... Continue Reading
Calorie and Carb Cycling: Breaking Through Your Diet Plateau
For most people, starting out on the road to dropping body fat and looking phenomenal with your shirt off, pants off, or naked (hey now) is simple. Well, at least from the waist up and the quads down. That ... Continue Reading
Is Coffee Good or Bad for Your Testosterone?
No matter where you look, it seems you can find talk about the effects of consuming coffee and its principal ingredient, caffeine. One literature review declared caffeine a clear win for athletic ... Continue Reading
Beta-Alanine Improves Sprint Performance
Can beta-alanine improve your workout and your results? Science says yes. Beta-alanine has been gaining popularity as a performance supplement. It’s an amino acid that our diets don’t typically supply in ... Continue Reading
Pumpkin Party: The Surprising Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds
Have you noticed that most celebrations revolve around food and alcohol? It’s hard enough to stay on track during Halloween without my favorite booser friends yelling, “C’mon! It’s just one drink!” or ... Continue Reading
CreaPure vs. Kre-Alkalyn: Which Is Better?
Creatine monohydrate is probably the most successful athletic supplement in history. Science has shown incredible benefits through creatine supplementation ranging from greater strength to better brain ... Continue Reading
10 Simple Tips for Avoiding Halloween Weight Gain
Halloween is my favorite holiday. You get to be anything or anybody you want, celebrate without family stress, and total strangers give you candy. What’s not to like? Well, I suppose the constant ... Continue Reading
How to Time Your Protein Intake to Build Muscle
How much protein do you consume after your workout, and when? Meal timing is a topic that seems to elicit thousands of different opinions. A recent study published in Nutrition and Metabolism sheds a ... Continue Reading
3 More Things You Need to Know Before Buying Supplements
When it comes to supplements, the old phrase “buyer beware” holds true. You need to know your facts before you purchase vitamins, minerals, and other supplements. In the previous article regarding the ... Continue Reading
Handmade Dreams: Dale Buchanan of Dale’s Raw Foods
Dale Buchanan likes things his way. And that’s a good thing for the raw food industry and as an example of how to run a small business successfully. As the owner of Dale’s Raw Foods, Dale started with ... Continue Reading
Put Down That Steak: You’re Eating Too Much Protein
How much protein should a strength athlete eat? I’ve heard recommendations ranging from 1-1.5 grams per pound of body weight per day. But that’s a huge range, and putting down that much protein is no easy ... Continue Reading
4 Things You Need to Know Before Buying Supplements
The vitamin and supplement industry has been around for a long time (who knows, maybe General Patton ingested a multi-vitamin before he crossed the Rhine!). It is also not going away. Because the ... Continue Reading
Red Bull vs. Straight Caffeine: Which Is Better?
Over the last decade, energy drinks have become a huge market in both the sports world and the general public. Athletes use them to improve performance on the field, whereas the average Joe may pick one up ... Continue Reading
Clean Eating Challenge: 2 Weeks To a Tighter Trunk
We all wants six-pack abs and we want them fast. This isn’t actually going to be a blueprint to get them in just two weeks. What this outline will do, however, is kick your journey to a tighter midsection ... Continue Reading
2 Acronyms Every Athlete Should Know: IF and BCAAs
You've probably heard about intermittent fasting and BCAAs right now, but do you know exactly why they are beneficial for athletes? If you don't, or if you just want to learn more, here are 6 articles that ... Continue Reading
Rethinking Recovery Nutrition: What You Eat Before Your Workout Affects You Post-Workout
When I talk to nearly anyone who studies sports nutrition and fueling these days, almost inevitably the topic of “nutrient timing” comes up. It is a relatively new way to look at how to provide your body ... Continue Reading
Cold vs. Room Temperature Water During Workouts
Hydration is vital to an athlete’s performance, and usually the liquid consumed is cold, because not many people find a warm beverage to be refreshing during a workout. Few studies have investigated how ... Continue Reading
7 Reasons Doing a Challenge Makes My Life Better
When I signed up for my third Whole Life Challenge, I wasn’t sure I even wanted to do it again. The Whole Life Challenge (WLC) is an annual game that started at my gym. Every year for an eight-week period ... Continue Reading
How the Glycemic Index Lies to You
In 1981, David Jenkins and his student Thomas Wolever published their research on the effect that consuming carbohydrates had on one’s level of blood sugar. In 1981, David Jenkins and his ... Continue Reading
How to Build Muscle Mass on a Plant-Based Diet
With celebrities like NFL running back Adrian Foster and former President Bill Clinton embracing a vegan lifestyle, more and more health-conscious individuals are shifting towards a plant-based diet. ... Continue Reading
Super-Fun Recipes for Chia Seeds, the New Superfood
Chia seed is an ancient superfood that is currently experiencing a glorious renaissance thanks to its huge nutritional impact in such a small and easy-to-use package. “Chia” is actually the Mayan word for ... Continue Reading
The Right Way to Lose Fat: What to Eat
Let’s set the record straight from the outset: the goal of any weight loss, pound-shedding, “trimming,” or whatever-you-label-it program is body FAT loss, not necessarily scale-weight loss. So, bubble-wrap ... Continue Reading
