I hit the gym 6 days a week, I am on a diet, I do cardio daily, No pain no gain… Does all of this sound familiar – a causal link drawn between exercise and weight.
Whats true when it comes to the numbers displayed on the screen of your favorite piece of cardio equipment? Have you heard the saying, “don’t believe everything you read“? Read on to figure out if the number of calories that you actually burn during exercise equate with what the machine tells you!! Probably not, as […]
Let me give you real life situations where the food choices were not ideal. Our goal was to build muscle or to lose weight or to burn off fat. We all worked out pretty hard, trying to eat right but occasionally life got in the way and we made poor nutrition choices. Not all the […]
One of the great arguments in fitness and nutrition that may never get settled is whether or not to do cardio on an empty stomach. “Fasted cardio”, say its proponents, will allow you to burn more fat than if you eat beforehand. Let’s look at the pros and cons of this approach. The fasted cardio […]
Many people think of exercise as a tool for weight loss, but it is so much more than that. Typically, most exercise works just fine for people under 30, but after that your growth hormone dramatically starts to drop. You can actually increase your growth hormone naturally through specific types of exercise, but nearly ALL […]
Working out should be something that is both fun and beneficial. The body responds almost immediately to proper training, but it also responds to improper training. Improper training can lead to aches and pain down the road, or even muscles tears. Are you working out the right way? Misconception #1: Cardio Has To Be Torturous […]