How many times have you said, "I'll eat more vegetables on Monday," or "I'll go to the gym five times next week" only to fall short your plan? These statements are usually backed by well-meaning ... Continue Reading
Should You Track Your Nutrition?
Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles directly in the comments below ... Continue Reading
You’re Not Overtraining, You’re Under-Recovering
“Overtraining” is a buzzword that is tossed around the fitness community. It’s the result of pushing your body past its threshold, and it causes symptoms like fatigue, apathy towards workouts, persistent ... Continue Reading
Alkaline Diet for an Athletic Edge
At its core, nutrition is so very basic: eat whole foods and avoid processed garbage. But when you look at how nutrition can improve performance, things get more complicated. Human performance can ... Continue Reading
A 12-Week Fat Loss Plan: Phase Three
If you’ve completed phase one and phase two of this program, hopefully your body is beginning to thrive and crave real food and smart exercise. There aren’t any huge changes in phase three. Instead, we ... Continue Reading
Soup for Sustenance: Golden Beet and Pancetta Borscht
Borscht (or Borsch) is a fantastic root vegetable soup that originated in the Ukraine. It was used to supply sustenance and a well-rounded supply of nutrients for hard-working people who needed to maintain ... Continue Reading
Healthy Healing: Nutrition for Surgery Recovery
A freak accident or momentary lapse in concentration during intense training is all it takes for injuries to happen. Some injuries could stall your progress for months and even require surgery. If you’re a ... Continue Reading
A 12-Week Fat Loss Plan: Phase Two
If you’ve been following part one of this series, hopefully you’ve realized something important about leaning out: it’s not rocket science. The key is getting to know your body and what works for you. ... Continue Reading
A New Method to Step Up Your Spice Game
Our bodies appreciate variety in the kitchen as well as in the gym. If I don’t spice things up, my meals get stale and stop providing the best of what I need to fuel my body and workouts. Our ... Continue Reading
Good Versus Evil: Food Is Not a Competition
Clients often ask me to list foods that are good and bad. I don’t like doing that. Assigning a moral value to food isn’t a healthy idea. Good versus evil leads down a road that makes it impossible to enjoy ... Continue Reading
A 12-Week Fat Loss Plan: Phase One
You’ve spent hundreds of dollars on programs, books, and workout videos. You’ve stuck to plans for 2-90 days, only to burn out and resort to old ways. Maybe you’ve stopped believing fat loss is possible ... Continue Reading
3 Musts of Athletic Success: Progression, Support, Nutrition
Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles directly in the comments below ... Continue Reading
10 Commandments of Muscle Mass for Women
“Don’t get too bulky.” “If your shoulders get too big, you’ll look like a man!” “You’re too skinny, you need to eat!” “There’s no way she’s natural, she is definitely using steroids.” If you’re a female ... Continue Reading
What People Eat Is None of Your Business
Everyone has a pet peeve. My mum, for example, has a beautiful Belfast Bridge sink in her kitchen. White, gleaming, and straight out of Downton Abbey. Gorgeous. From the way she gnashes her teeth when I ... Continue Reading
Practical Alternatives to Processed Protein Bars
Learning how to eat better is one of the keys to long-term health and happiness. It may even be the most important thing we need to do in order to kick ass for as long as possible. I am a huge fan of ... Continue Reading
Gut Problems? New Technology May Have Answers
Food intolerances, allergies, and gastrointestinal problems are some of the most prevalent nutrition issues we face today. While we know a lot more now than we did ten years ago, there is still work to be ... Continue Reading
Lean and Powerful: Nutrition for Marathon Training
When most runners decide to tackle a marathon, they usually either find a training plan online or hire a coach to help get them to the start line in the best running shape as possible. This is a great ... Continue Reading
Your Diet Is Not Normal: Here’s Why
The differences between us change everything, from how we digest food to how we recover from exercise. In "You Are Not Normal: Here's Why", I discussed how individual differences affect how well a training ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 1
Welcome to our brand new weekend roundup, Three of the Best! Every Sunday, we'll post up Breaking Muscle's top three articles of the week. These pieces have caught your attention throughout the last seven ... Continue Reading
Let’s Talk About Diet, Part 1: Quantity Versus Quality
I hate talking about diet. The subject usually hits on the same frequency and sensitivity as politics or religion. But of course, just as it goes with most small talk, when someone figures out what I do ... Continue Reading
5 Simple Ways for Meat Lovers to Eat More Vegetables
A couple of months ago, the vet told my wife and me that our hound dog was ten pounds overweight. Even though I help humans with weight loss, I could not look at this situation objectively and think ... Continue Reading
Are Fruit Juices as Bad as Soft Drinks?
Many studies show that a high soft drink intake is associated with an increased energy intake and an increase in body weight. Soft drinks consumption is also correlated to a decreased intake in calcium and ... Continue Reading
Get the Lowdown on Low-Carb: Is It for You?
I remember the first time I heard about low-carb diets. It was sophomore year and my family was in the book section at Sam’s Club. My parents discussed the new diet they planned to start the following week ... Continue Reading
How to Eat for All-Day Energy and Athletic Performance
Everyone has likely tried multiple diet styles, modalities, or meal timing practices. There are thousands of different diets put out by “experts,” and books about weight loss line the shelves at the ... Continue Reading
