My university had this giant staircase outside of the gym. I’d see people out there just about every day, and at every time of day, running up and running back down. While I often looked at them in awe and kept on walking by, one day it I ended up searching online what are the benef...
You’re already going to be nervous enough for competition day and the last thing you need to do is forget to eat, let alone try to eat, and not know what to eat before a CrossFit Competition. You need fuel and glycogen for your muscles and for your body to pro...
When our bodies don’t produce enough of the right enzymes to break down a food we can develop a sensitivity or a full blown intolerance to a food, food ingredient, or an entire food group. While inconvenient, then chances of you feeling better by recognizing these sensitivities and/...
Fat often gets a bad rap in the diet world for being bad for you. While you can manipulate your body composition and greatly improve your health with dietary fat, it is often confusing when we think to ourselves, ‘how many fat grams should I eat a day’? This is where our nutrition s...
When you’re on a nutrition improvement journey, the pressure and expectations we put on ourselves can often make it feel like there is no room for error. How could there be? You’re working for something, you’re changing, you’re prioritizing new things and often paying for new things,...
Prepared salads can often be a waste of money. While you might pay for convenience, you could just as easily make a salad at home while saving a few bucks along the way. The secret of how to make salad taste good? That comes down to the ingredients you put in it, and trust us, it ta...
The IFBB & NPC recently introduced a new competitive category, the wellness division, to the lineup of already impressive bo...
Weight loss can be hard! It can also be extremely frustrating when you’re not losing weight with diet AND exercise. Combining the two is a great start, but we’ve lined out some common mistakes that we see often to help you get through the weight loss plateau.
Cold therapy has been all the rage lately for health-conscious and active people. From cryotherapy tanks to baths with ice, to k...
“Stacy at the office puts cinnamon in her water to lose weight,” my friend said to me the other day. “Do y...
