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CrossFit Review & Alternatives
In 2014, during my final year as a full-time personal trainer, much of the personal training community branded CrossFit as the gym with sloppy trainers who don’t check or correct form, with a program beloved by cultish zombies who know no better than to do as instructed. This reputation was…
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Muscle Fibers 101 & Goal-specific Training
Our bodies are composed of three types of skeletal muscle fibers: (1) Type I: slow-twitch, high endurance capacity; (2) Type IIa: fast-twitch, large, powerful, medium endurance capacity; and (3) Type IIb: fast-twitch, large, powerful, and easy-to-fatigue (sometimes called fight-or-flight muscle fibers). Your muscle fiber composition ratio is dependent on a…
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Exercise, Training, or Ritual
Are you exercising, training, or performing rituals? You might consider the first two to be synonymous and the third, esoteric and totally foreign. However, I would argue that the first two are similar but distinct, and a lot of people might unintentionally be engaged in the third. Either way, I…
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Understanding and Manipulating Macronutrients
Our bodies require three types of macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. These nutritional categories are further subdivided based on variations in composition and nutritional content. Through understanding these variations, you can adjust your choices to better fuel and recover from workouts and improve your overall health. Calories per gram/macronutrient: Carbohydrates:…
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Why You Need an Exercise Log
An exercise log has three primary functions: it should contain a pre-written daily workout or workout of the day (WOD, as CrossFitters say); it can be used to track training output per training session; and it’s a way to compare weekly and monthly training progress. Although a written exercise log…
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It’s Tonic Time: Herbal Tonics for Health + Wellness
I am a huge fan of herbal tonics! Tonics are ancient medicines that can be traced back several millennia. If you search the internet, you might find that many sites make a common claim that tonics originated in specific areas of the world, which might very well be true. However,…
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7 Ways to Revamp Mental Clarity
“It’s a lack of clarity that causes chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal” Steve Maraboli wrote in Life, the Truth, and Being Free and the quote seems fitting. Under the sustained pressure and stress of our busy, modern lives, our minds can get congested, leading…
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Bodybuilding, Calisthenics | Gymnastics, Exercises, Fat Loss, Flexibility, Functional Exercise, Strength
Cycling Will Not Make You Physically Fit
As cycling explodes in popularity, reflected by Peloton’s IPO, SoulCycle’s intended IPO, and Amazon semi-joining in, it’s important to know that cycling in itself does not build a well-rounded body. In fact, it does the opposite. Cycling is an example of exercises that break the body down, rather than build…
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