This Exercise Takes 20 Minutes, And Will Save Countless Hours In The Gym
Most gym goers interested in fat loss will spend hours slogging away on a treadmill or elliptical week in and week out. They’re often surprised when they don’t see many changes after so much exercise. The truth is, if your goal is to melt fat and get lean, you don’t need this much endless cardio. If…
Do This One Simple Thing At Each Meal To Lower Calorie Intake
If your goal is fat loss, you need to ensure you’re doing one thing each and every day: eating fewer calories. You must expend more calories than you consume each day to see a significant reduction in fat. But this can be hard. If you’re busy, time isn’t on your side. Your scarf down a…
Creating A Plan For The New Year
This is the time of year when all the New Year’s resolutions begin. Everyone starts off with a can-do attitude and it seems like nothing will stand in their way. But just like every year, life happens. They get busy and finds ways to discontinue their resolution efforts. That’s why most resolutions (and anything for…
Diet Or Exercise: Which Impacts Weight Loss More?
You get to hear some pretty interesting conversations when you work in a gym all day. One that comes up time and time again is how exercise affects weight loss. Many believe that if they just exercised more (whether that be cardio, strength training, etc.) they would have their dream body. But is that the most…
Calorie Counting Made Easy
One “diet” method that will stand the test of time is calorie counting. If you’re goal is weight loss or fat loss, the amount of calories you eat each day will have the biggest outcome on your progress. With today’s technology, there are countless apps you can use to log your foods. They usually provide you…
One Easy Strategy To Decrease Your Calories Immediately
In the world of weight loss, calories are king. Study after study has shown that calories and weight are correlated (1,2). The number of calories you eat on a daily basis is the biggest determinant of seeing any drop in weight. But if you don’t count calories, it can be hard to know how many…
A Guide To Habit Based Nutrition
One of the biggest mistakes people make when beginning a diet is trying to overhaul everything at once. For instance, most people cut out all carbohydrates on day one of a low-carb diet. Everything’s fine at first, but a few days later they feel irritable, sluggish, and persistent cravings. They eventually can’t take it anymore,…
The Value Of Habit Building In Health And Fitness
I began lifting weights in high school around 2005. I was on the varsity soccer team, and strength training was a part of our pre-season. Obviously, I was unfamiliar with resistance training at the time, but as I did it more and more I grew to enjoy it. Once I entered college, I became preoccupied…
Eat The Foods You Love And Still Lose Weight
There are hundreds of diets flooding the nutrition industry today with the sole purpose of helping people lose weight. The bad thing is, these diets come with a strict set of guidelines to follow. One diet will tell you not to eat “this” while another says don’t eat “that”. Cravings persist when we’re in a…
The Key Ingredient To Success
This week I’ll be heading down to Orlando for the National Strength and Conditioning Association National Conference. This will be my first time going, so I’m pretty excited. It should be a great weekend filled with lots of learning. Before I left, I wanted to write up a quick article for you. This is something…