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Last week we discussed the importance of fueling up before a workout - now let's discuss how to maximize your results by refueling post-workout! Many people are surprised to find out how quickly you should eat post-workout. To get the MOST out of training, you should refuel within 15-30 minutes of completing your workout. The reason being you have just strained your muscles for an extended period of time and now you need to repair those muscles. By refueling soon after your workout you will aid in the repair of your muscles and maximize your results. The question then becomes what is good to intake post-workout....

Nutrition is a huge part of fitness. It is important that your body has the fuel it needs to work efficiently. Timing your intake with your workouts can really enhance the quality of your workout as well as help provide the best recovery after a workout. In this post we are going to focus on what to eat before a workout! I want to start by saying that every person is different and there is no set rule for what you should be eating before a workout. Many people that work out early in the morning do not like to...

When you think about human movement and performance there is not very much in life that requires you to use just one muscle group. Even something as simple as standing is using hundreds of muscles and requires a strong core, legs, back and neck. If something as simple as standing requires more than one muscle why would we want to train just one muscle per day? Athletes need to be strong and efficient at using their body as a whole unit to perform specific skills. If an athlete was training one body part per day it would be unlikely that...

Wearable fitness technology (specifically the use of heart rate monitors) is one of the biggest fitness trends in 2017. Tracking your heart rate allows you to have a deeper knowledge of your fitness level. It also allows you to have better monitoring of the intensity at which you are working. Wrist trackers are becoming extremely popular and the technology used in them is getting better as well. A wrist worn heart rate monitor measures your heart rate through the blood flow in the area below the monitor. While this is an okay estimation of heart rate it becomes less accurate...

Many people believe that it is necessary to keep their heart rate high at all times during exercise but this is not true. Keeping your heart rate at the same rate makes you achieve steady-state exercise which we discussed when we talking about burning fat. Steady-state exercise is not the best for increasing cardiovascular performance or for maximizing calorie burning. The heart is a muscle and like the muscles in your body it achieves the best workouts when it is surprised. Keeping the muscles guessing increases muscle gain just like performing exercise are varying heart rates increases cardiovascular endurance. The...