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Bill Brown
Aug 05, 2016

How to Be Friends with Sugar

How to Be Friends with Sugar.  Sugar is a carbohydrate found in many foods. Carbohydrates are often regarded as a “family” of nutrients. Much like other nutrient families (i.e., protein and fat), carbohydrates contain a number of members, some of which are useful to our health, while others simply add empty calories. Confusion often occurs

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CATEGORIES: Blog, Nutrition & Health
Bill Brown
Aug 04, 2016

10 Myths About Yogis

  10 Myths About Yogis Bad Yogi Erin Motz wants to set the record straight: Yoga really is for everyone. Here she debunks 10 myths about yogis and their lifestyle. As a former yoga class wallflower, I consider myself an expert on the outsider’s image of the yoga community. As uninformed as it may be,

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CATEGORIES: Blog
Bill Brown
Aug 03, 2016

Leading sedentary lifestyle just as deadly as smoking

  Leading sedentary lifestyle just as deadly as smoking If you think of dangerous jobs, chances are things like mining, skyscraper construction, and fighting fires may come to mind. However, a team of international experts found that working on a computer in an office all day can be just as deadly as smoking. Given the

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CATEGORIES: Blog, Nutrition & Health
Bill Brown
Aug 02, 2016

The Workout All Women Should Be Doing But Aren’t

  It’s a common cultural assumption that cardio is the best workout you can do—but it turns out that type of sweat sesh is only part of the equation for achieving optimal fitness. And for women especially, there seems to be a resounding fear that lifting weights won’t result in a feminine figure but rather one that’s burly

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CATEGORIES: Blog
Bill Brown
Jul 29, 2016

What happens to your body after high-intensity interval training?

Everybody is going gaga for high-intensity interval training – and for good reason.   What happens to your body after high-intensity interval training? Research has shown that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) increases fat oxidisation, strengthens your heart, and drastically improves your anaerobic capacity. But what is it? HIIT is any form of short-term exercise that

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CATEGORIES: Blog
Ali Heck
Jul 28, 2016

Five signs you’re wasting your time in the gym

There’s roughly two types of people in every gym: the ones who use their membership about as often as that infomercial ab machine they bought – that is, totally never – and the ones who would wade through molten lava just to hit up the cross trainer every day. It’s easy to assume that those

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CATEGORIES: Blog
Bill Brown
Jul 27, 2016

Top 10 Apps For Getting The Most Out Of Your Fitbit

Top 10 Apps For Getting The Most Out Of Your Fitbit Fitbit as a manufacturer may not have many devices on the market, but they are easily one of the most well known names in the fitness tracking industry. And while their standalone dedicated app is fantastic, there are many third party applications that interface

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CATEGORIES: Blog
Bill Brown
Jul 26, 2016

Fit Workouts Into Your Busy Schedule With These Tips

We’re all busy and have many things going on. It’s possible to get overwhelmed, and we might decide that something has to be skipped. In many cases, our time in the gym or weight room is what gets chopped. We decide we need to take an extra rest day or resolve to double up on

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CATEGORIES: Blog
Bill Brown
Jul 20, 2016

Get Off The Treadmill And Try These Muscle-Building Cardio Exercises Instead

Get Off The Treadmill And Try These Muscle-Building Cardio Exercises Instead. Yes, cardio is boring and it hurts. It’s not the “fun” part of working out. But if you want to look good naked, and let’s face it, that’s probably why you’re working out anyway, cardio is a necessary evil. Yes, maybe you would rather be

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CATEGORIES: Blog
Bill Brown
Jul 13, 2016

9 Training Tips for Your First Obstacle Race

Sure, you’ve conquered 5Ks, 10Ks, maybe even a half-marathon or triathlon. But if you haven’t crossed the finish line of an obstacle race, we don’t blame you if FOMO has begun to set in. Some races might involve jumping through fire or scaling walls like a ninja, but no matter the course, you can expect

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