When speaking of nutrition strategies, low carb and high carb diets have been getting most of the attention. With higher carb diets gaining more and more popularity recently. Protein on the other hand, has generally been spread equally throughout the day without too much change. In …
Tell us about your brand, what makes it different? What are you most proud of? I’m most proud of what makes us different and that’s our longevity. Lee Labrada is the only other industry survivor who’s been in business longer than I have, and that’s by less than two years. Lee and I are …
From our start a decade ago, EVL was built on a passion for nutrition, health, and performance with a work hard and play hard mentality from the gym to wherever fitness lives! We’re committed to being your trusted nutrition partner and always evolving to ensure our products are the most innovative, highest …
Main | Nutrition | Supp Stack | Water & Sodium | Training & Cardio | Posing | Stage Presence By the time you’ve reached your final week of contest preparation, dieting has taken over from training as the ultimate key to success (or failure). You’re counting carbs and fat grams as meticulously as an auditor scours the books of a sketchy start-up company, …
Intro to Fitness Nutrition | Food as Fuel | Calories and Food Labels | Protein | Carbohydrates | Fats | How to Eat to Lose Weight | How to Eat to Gain Weight | Exercise and Nutrition | Supplements Where does your journey to greater health and optimal performance begin? It’s not by kicking …
After a summer spent in tank tops and shorts, there comes a day when you put on the sweat pants and start bulking up. It’s grow-time! So, all you need to do is cram all the protein, carbs, and fats you can into your face, and work your ass off in the gym, right? …
What is Strongman? | Strongman in a Normal Gym | Nutrition for Strongman | Strongman for Bodybuilding | Bodybuilding for Strongman Despite its name, strongman training isn’t just a sport focused on getting strong. It’s about getting better at pretty much every measurement of athleticism: explosive power, mental toughness, conditioning, and yes, strength. Hit strongman-style workouts without changing a single thing …
The Starting Line | Main | Week 1 Kris Gethin doesn’t leave anything in his diet up to chance. Whether he’s undergoing a dramatic transformation, building muscle, getting shredded, or throwing himself into entirely new athletic undertakings such as the Man of Iron triathlon prep, he makes sure his nutrition is dialed in from day one. …
Brand-new supplement brand Remix Nutrition™ launched in July as a special partnership between Gym2k.com and Hostess Brands, LLC, with protein powder flavors like Hostess® Twinkies® and Hostess® Chocolate CupCakes. Where Remix really shines is in making fitness and supplementation more fun. Some people enjoy nerding out on the finer points of nutrition science. Others just want …
Depending on the hemisphere you live in, you may be entering either winter or summer. Many pathogens become more prevalent in winter, with the cold and flu being common examples. Sickness can occur at any time, however, and people with a suppressed immune system, such as the elderly, the highly stressed, and even those …
In just a few short years, RSP Nutrition has risen from a promising new brand to one of the most popular brands available on Gym2k.com. How and why? Look no further than their differentiated product assortment that fuels healthy, active lifestyles. Gym2k.com users love the ingredient profiles of RSP products packed with clean, effective …
Sticking with your diet is easy—if all you do is stay home and cook your meals. The fact is, no one has that sort of lifestyle, and at times, you may be on the run all day. So, how do you keep from caving and grabbing something from the vending machine or a fast …
Walking into the 600,000-square-foot Optimum Nutrition plant in Downers Grove, Illinois, is an intense sensory experience to say the least. The sheer scale of the facility brings to mind the last scene from “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” where the Ark of the Covenant is wrapped and placed among other shrink-wrapped specimens. But with …
Q: What’s the simplest way for an older lifter to improve their nutrition? To be clear, I’m not a Ph.D. nutritionist or a registered dietician. But I am a lifter who knows and listens to a lot of smart nutritional minds and has seen great results come from doing so. So take what I …
Subscribe To Podcast | More Episodes Listen To Podcast Episode #50 Podcast Episode 50: The Foundations of Fitness Nutrition. Registered dieticians Douglas Kalman, Ph.D., and Susan Hewlings, Ph.D., pull up to the table to discuss what they ate for breakfast, how the rest of us should navigate the perils of mealtime, and their new …
Let's take a trip back in time. How far? Back before the gym was cluttered with dudes with camera crews, and stick figure lifters who strain harder for a selfie than they do during a set of squats.Back then, before the … [Read More...]