March 4, 2010

  • How Acai Can Help Your Workout

    There are three major benefits to working out: You’ll lose weight, you’ll build muscle, and you’ll increase your energy levels. The great thing about these benefits is that once you get on the road to achieve these three things, it’ll keep your motivation up and you’ll want to continue exercising and continuing to feel great.
    To [...]

September 16, 2009

  • Stomach This: 12 Flat Ab Foods

    Exercise is the best way to lose weight, right? So, where are those beach ready abs? No matter how much you exercise, no many how many crunches you do a day, the key to getting that washboard stomach lies in the right combination of diet and exercise. By eating the right foods, you can actually [...]

August 18, 2009

  • The Importance of Stretching Before You Work Out

    Here’s what will happen if you stretch before a workout: Your muscles will get thoroughly exercised and will grow, leaving you stronger and healthier. And here’s what will happen if you skip your stretch and head straight into an intense workout: Your muscles may be damaged during your workout and you will be left IN [...]

  • What to Do if You Pull a Muscle

    There’s one thing I’ll say about pulling a muscle, and that is: It’s no fun. It’s not as serious as a break, so you won’t get the sympathy that walking around in a cast will get you (not that I wish that upon anyone), but it’s just serious enough that it can cause severe pain [...]

  • How to Deal with Muscle Strain

    An intense workout will leave you feeling strong, happy, motivated, healthy, and in some cases, on top of the world. Satisfaction from a good workout (plus the happy endorphins that are released during physical activity) may make you forget about the painful side of working out—muscle strain. But when the high wears off and your [...]

July 26, 2009

  • Rock Hard Abs – Tips For The Gym

    Harden your stomach and take a look at it.  Chances are, at this point, you can’t see your abs.  If you take a second to feel with your fingers, though, you likely have a six pack or something like it under those layers of fat.  Your goal at this point should be to not only [...]

  • Rock Hard Abs – Tips For The Kitchen

    If you’re like most guys, you want six shiny bumps where that big lump of lard hangs over your stomach.  At the very least you want to be able to take a walk down the beach without having to suck in your gut.  It’s about time you did something about it.
    Any workout plan for a [...]

July 5, 2009

  • What To Do About Poor, Sore Muscles

    What exactly is muscle soreness?  Muscle soreness can be caused by muscle damage, tissue damage, muscle spasms which results in overall micro trauma resulting in a type of cellular damage. This may be the leading cause of overtraining and being uncomfortable for a few days after training. And continual cellular damage over and over to [...]

April 23, 2009

  • Stop Workout Pain With Caffeine

    Many of us stop for a daily cup of Joe before hitting the gym in the morning, but it turns out there may be a real, true physical benefit to our attraction to this dose of caffeine before a workout: you are experiencing less pain during your workout with caffeine.  Though, it’s becoming increasingly [...]

February 28, 2009

  • Considering Creatine?

    I’m sure most of you guys who are into body building have heard of or tried out creatine supplements.  Nearly all of the body’s creatine supply is located within skeletal muscle where it assists in generating force which is why eating sources of skeletal muscle (fish and meats) provides us with creatine in our diets, [...]

February 16, 2009

  • Why You Should Eat Steak Whenever You Want

    What I’m about to say here may come as a shock to you health nuts out there…
    Here it is: red meat is actually good for you.  Yes, I’m well aware of the dangers of saturated fat and the risk to my colon health when overeating red meat, but my take on beef is a bit [...]

February 8, 2009

  • Whey Wonderful

    Protein is getting a lot of attention these days and rightfully so; it’s not only essential for building muscle, but upping the amount of protein in your diet will keep blood sugar/insulin levels stable through the day, making you less likely to have an unhealthy snack attack from sudden hunger.  Though there are plenty of [...]