Post-Workout Meal Planning
Whether you've been working out for years or you've just started your personal fitness journey, there's no shortage of information about workout programs, diets, and pre-workout supplements. However, one crucial part of exercise nutrition that many people forget to think...
8 Simple Tips for a Metabolic Boost
Gaining weight can be far too easy at times, and losing it... Well, that's not exactly easy. When weight loss inevitably slows down, it's probably because you need a metabolic boost to kick things back into high gear... A healthy...
Eat to Lose Fat
If you've been trying to figure out how to eat to lose fat, then you already know it requires a caloric deficit to make any progress. Simply put, you need to burn more calories than you consume, and it's a...
Benefits of Nitric Oxide
"Sports nutrition is always evolving, but the basics will always hold true: You need adequate macronutrients to fuel your body. You can tailor your sources of those carbohydrates, fats, and protein based on your goal-muscle size, weight loss, athletic performance,...
Best Fat-Burning Exercises
You've probably heard that interval cardio is better than steady-state aerobic exercise for burning fat. You've also probably heard that doing 20-30 minutes of medium-intensity cardio after a weight workout is a great way for burning fat. So which is...
When to Do Cardio
The question of when to do cardio is an age-old debate among people working hard to burn the most fat possible. Some claim that doing cardio in the morning before breakfast is ideal while others say right after a weight-training...
Ignore Your Body Weight (mostly)
There's one common tool that everyone uses to measure weight loss: And on the surface, that makes sense—if you're tracking body weight, a scale gives you a measurable number to track. But if your goal is losing fat or gaining...
Control Food Cravings
Keeping your appetite under control can be a challenge, especially when you're trying to lose weight or during the holidays. Even if you're just trying to maintain a healthy body and avoid excessive weight gain, hunger pangs or a sweet...
Health Benefits of Dandelion Root
Although generally considered a weed because of its fast and invasive growth, Taraxacum officinale-ommonly known as dandelion-is actually a flowering plant with a complex root system. And despite its bad reputation among those seeking a certain landscaping look, there are...
HIIT to Be Fit This Holiday Season
It's that time of year. No matter how dedicated you are to your health and fitness, the holiday season from October through early January can get the best of you—or the worst, depending on how you look at it. Either...
Make a Plan to Live Healthy
The toughest part of starting a fitness journey is… starting. We all want to live healthy, but when you're set in your ways that may not prioritize health, it can be a big leap to start something new. In fact,...
Why You Should Use Brown Rice Protein
The ever-growing reality of our need to find sustainable protein sources means there are probably existing whole-food proteins that you haven't even considered. Rice is one of those foods, or more specifically, brown rice protein isolate is. And it's exactly...
Caffeine: The Good and The Bad
Caffeine is one of the most commonly used stimulants in the world, but that's mostly because of the extreme popularity of coffee, energy drinks, and other caffeinated beverages. Most people don't think about the health benefits of caffeine while they're...
Why the Right Fish Oil Matters
Fish oil is exactly what you'd think it is, and those fish-derived fats are one of the main reasons people consume fish as a health food. But not all fish are created equal—the best source of fish oil is cold-water...
What is Forskolin?
The first thing you're probably asking yourself when you hear the name is, "What is forskolin?" Unless you've looked specifically for it, you might not know anything about it. Forskolin is an herbal compound derived from the roots of Coleus...
Strive for Progress not Perfection
We all have something we envision as perfection in our minds. Whether that's the perfect body, perfect health, or a perfect significant other, it's natural to have something to fantasize about as being the absolute ultimate. But regardless of what...
ALCAR to Get Lean and Smart?
ALCAR is a potent version of L-carnitine, an amino acid with a long history of use by performance athletes and those looking to shed weight. ALCAR, or acetyl-L-carnitine is a modified form of the otherwise typical L-carnitine which is more...
Yohimbine for Fat Burning and More
Derived from Yohimbe bark, which is sourced from African evergreens, yohimbine has been used as an herbal aphrodisiac for ages. It's got a long history of giving a solid boost to male stamina and virility. Yohimbine for Fat LossPurified Yohimbine HCL...
Get Going with Green Tea
You've seen it in tea bags at the grocery store and probably in some of your favorite supplements, but what exactly is green tea? Green tea is derived from the same plant that produces black tea, but it's harvested and...
Burn More Fat with More Blood Flow
Losing weight takes a lot of work, and it doesn't always happen predictably. You've probably noticed that fat seems to melt away from some areas of your body slower than others. Luckily, you might able to burn more fat with...
Track Your Progress
The only way to really know if you're getting close to reaching your weight-loss or muscle-gain goals is to track your progress, and there are a few great ways to do that. You can track your progress with photographs, videos,...