When you think of supplements for athletes, protein powders, pre-workouts, and creatine may come to mind. Those will all help your workouts, but workouts are just part of the picture. Yes, you want to optimize your performance in the gym, but helping your body function its best 24 hours a day is ultimately what …
Should You Take Protein and Creatine Together?
Sometimes your supplement stack can seem overwhelming. So many ingredients to balance with the foods you’re eating and the exercise you’re doing every day. Inevitably, you find yourself taking multiple supplements at the same time, but how do you know if that harms their effectiveness? Two products that elicit lots of questions are protein …
4 Immune-Boosting Supplements You Should Be Taking Every Day
Staying healthy takes a multi-pronged approach. It starts with regular exercise, a nutritious diet, adequate sleep, and stress management. Supplements can also help ensure you and your immune system are running at 100 percent when the day comes that you need them to be resilient against the world at large. Never has that been …
How Many Calories Should You Consume?
Although calorie counting seems cumbersome and is often ignored, calories in and out remains the number one factor affecting weight loss or gain. When you’re active in the gym and want to build muscle or lose fat, it’s ideal to eat the most that you can while still getting results. So, caloric intake is …
Ask the Supplement Expert: Should I Drop My Multivitamin If I Use a Superfood
The past several years has seen a significant rise in the number of green (or sometimes red) powders on the market calling themselves something along the lines of “superfoods.” They go by countless brand names, but generally, you know one when you see one. And their names often imply—and sometimes their marketing claims directly—that …
How Frequently and How Long Should You Train?
More is better—or is it? Those of us striving to build extreme amounts of muscle far beyond what the average gymgoer would ever aspire to live by the motto more is better. A 300-pound bench press is better than benching 200 pounds. It’s better to have 18-inch guns as opposed to 14-inch peashooters. And …
2 Reasons Why Women Should Consume More Protein
One of the never-ending controversies in fitness and health revolves around protein intake. What’s too much? Am I getting enough for my goals and activities? Should I eat a pound of chicken a day? Today we’re answering all of those questions, focusing on the question of protein consumption for active women. We believe in …
The Science of Muscle Recovery: How Long Should You Rest Between Workouts?
Back in the day, I used to throttle myself in the gym. Russian squat routines. Deadlift specialization programs. And, of course, my high school days, when I benched three times per week and maxed out every Friday. (Because you never know—you may have gotten stronger that week!) I’ve trained and pushed myself a lot …
How Much Protein, Fat, and Carbs Should You Eat to Gain Weight?
Protein Protein is an important part of your weight-gain diet, but there’s a point after which more protein isn’t necessarily better—it’s just more. You can find weight-gain diets that suggest you eat 2-3 grams of protein per pound of body weight, or even more, but registered dietician Doug Kalman, Ph.D., says beyond a certain …
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Why You Should Ditch Your New Year's Resolution In 2019
It’s that time of year again. “A New Year, A New You” talk is on every news feed, detox programs are flooding daytime television, and millions of people are flocking to the gym. Although New Year’s goal-setting is a positive and healthy way to improve your health and fitness, research shows only about 9 …
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5 Health Foods You Should Stop Throwing Away
Every day, millions of people toss the equivalent of a multivitamin in the trash. It happens every time someone slices off those extra bits of vegetables and throws them a compost pile, or just throws them away, period. When they do, they’re throwing away some serious nutritional benefits. Many (but not all) edible tops, stems, […]