We are living in the age of "non-fat" as if fat is the big evil in our diets. While that may be true for the altered hydrogenated oils which are in just about everything we eat including some soft drinks, the right fats are essential to optimal health
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Tags: athletic performance, body fat, bodybuilders, bodybuilding, cholesterol, coconut oil, endurance, fish oil, Health, inflammation, insulin, metabolism, MMA, Nutrition, Omega 3, protein
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Heavy metal blasting in the gym may get you amped up enough to lift heavy but the one place you wouldn't expect to find it in is your protein shake.
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Tags: arsenic, eas, Health, heavy metals, mike mahler, muscle milk, Nutrition, Ori Hofmekler, protein, protein powder, protein supplement, sunwarrior, Warrior Diet, warriordiet.com, whey protein
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Why do people become physically weaker as they age? And is there any way to slow, stop, or even reverse this process, breaking the link between increasing age and frailty?
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Tags: aging, blood flow, Health, insulin, journal of endocrinology and metabolism, metabolism, muscle growth, muscle loss, sarcopenia, university of texas medical branch, weight training
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Everything works...for a while as Dan John would say. If you are currently doing nothing, do something, anything. It will work since your body isn't used to the new activity.
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Tags: bootcamps, Cardio, cardiovascular, Crossfit, Dan John, Diet, Exercise, General Fitness, Health, Inline Skating, mountain bike, overweight, Running, strength, strength and conditioning, weight loss
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Have you seen "Ironman 2" yet? To prepare for that movie, Robert Downey, Jr. had to put on 20 lb in 3 months. Usually, it seems, when an actor has to put on weight for a movie role, he has to eat his way to more mass
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Tags: Exercise, exercise physiologist, Health, Ironman, ironman 2, kinesiologist, raging bull, robert downey jr, sherlock holmes, WebMD
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The Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports reports on the importance of vitamin D on skeletal muscles and the health problems associated with a deficiency. Others assert that vitamin D may actually be more beneficial than fish oils.
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Tags: arthritis, athletic performance, bone health, calcium metabolism, chronic health problems, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, fish oil, function of vitamin d, Health, journal of medicine, Nutrition, skeletal muscle tissue, skeletal muscles, sports medicine, ultraviolet rays, vitamin d deficiency
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You've heard that regular exercising helps make you look younger and may even extend your lifespan and improve the physical quality of your life. But how? What are the variables you can control or at least heavily influence in the healthiest direction?
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Tags: aerobics, biomarkers, blood pressure, bmr, body fat, bood sugar, cholesterol, david bunnell, diabetes, Exercise, fat loss, General Fitness, HDL, Health, LDL, life extension, maximum life foundation, metabolism, mike mahler, muscle mass, Press, sarcopenia, strength, strength training
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Last night was a CNS-tapping, high volume workout that was made harder by my actions of the previous day.
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Tags: bodyweight, CNS, DOMS, Exercise, General Fitness, Health, mobility, muscle pain, muscle soreness, Nutrition, Scott Sonnon, strength, Tabata, Tacfit, weightlifting
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The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has found that running shoes increase joint torque at the hip, knee and ankle. Folks, those are the prime joints used in running and you are destroying them!
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Tags: barefoot running, Born to Run, Christopher McDougall, General Fitness, Health, how to run, joint torque, Newtons, Nike, POSE, running injuries, Tarahumara Indians, Vibram Five Fingers
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When I finish a high volume or high intensity workout, the next thing I think about is what kind of salad I am going to have for dinner. Yeah, right.
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Tags: advice goddess, Charles Staley, dr michael eades, Health, meat eater, Nutrition, protein power, strength, strength coach, vegan, vegetarians
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