With your triceps still recovering from last week’s bombardment, we are moving to your legs. Your repertoire of natural bodyweight exercises should be expanding and we look forward to your transformation by the time December rolls around. Beware, will be moving to some light weight related challenges soon so prepare yourselves. Here is this weeks [...]
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February 28th, 2010
Protein Bars
Protein bars have been promoted highly in magazines for their great taste and excellent sources of protein, but in reality do they give you the benefits that you truly need? Most protein bars typically have 20-30 grams of protein and are usually either low or moderately high in carbs ranging anywhere from 20 to 40 [...]
February 21st, 2010
Week of February 21st 2010 – The “Cry-cep”
Tricep exercises are crucial if you want powerful, strong and toned arms because the fact is that the tricep makes up two thirds of your arm muscle. Yes that is right, two thirds of your arm is actually the tricep muscles. Although there are many tricep exercises to choose from without a doubt the best [...]
February 21st, 2010
What You Need to Know About Proteins, Fats, and Carbs
Understanding the components of a healthy diet plan is an important part of making positive changes to your health. We’ve included some quick tips for you to provoke a conversation, or for you to seek out additional information. • Protein Proteins are nutrients that help build and maintain healthy muscle, skin, and organs and are [...]
February 15th, 2010
Week of February 15th 2010 – Hate the Eight
So now that Valentine’s day has passed, we hope that the unmistakable sound of a belt buckle hitting the floor was not followed up with uncontrollable giggling. We’re here to help you to block out the laugh track replaying in your mind by tossing you into our latest challenge. Perform this one at least 4 [...]
February 15th, 2010
Nutrition 101: 8 Simple Nutrition Rules to Build Muscle, Lose Fat & Get Stronger
How you look is largely influenced by what you eat. Lack of muscle mass, high body fat, lack of energy at work or at the gym, bad skin, digestive problems, … All of that can be caused by unhealthy nutrition. Since there’s a lot of confusion about what to eat and why, here are 8 [...]
February 8th, 2010
Week of February 8th 2010 – Valentine’s Crunch
Well it’s less than a week before Valentine’s day and you’ve waited a year before realizing that if you are lucky enough to have someone in your life, that you will be standing naked in front of them within the next 7 days. (If you play your cards right)! Let’s GO!!!! 1. Standing sideways bend [...]
February 8th, 2010
Choosing Protein Wisely
By Connie Brichford – Medically reviewed by Niya Jones, MD, MPH Our bodies need protein to build strong bones, muscles, skin, and cells. Because we can’t store protein in our bodies the way we can store carbohydrates, we need to make sure we eat enough protein every day. But is all protein created equal? Alexa [...]