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Sleep More, Weigh Less

I often work with clients who for one reason or another, do not get enough sleep each evening. They generally have the time to sleep but would rather stay awake. Just like working out and eating healthy, you sleep patterns can make or break your results. Many people think that sleep is an optional thing and feel that they are more productive with more hours added to their day. The opposite is true! Check out this informative article on the importance of sleep and fat loss. It’s true: Being short…

Five Emotional Poisons Making You Look OLD & SICK

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Most fitness professional don’t have the courage to say what I’m about to say to you right now. It’s not that they don’t care, or have your best interests in mind… But it tends to be VERY uncomfortable territory. As you read through this take the time to “think” about whether or not these 5 emotional poisons have held you back, or hindered your health, like they have me and countless others! 5 “Emotional” Poisons Making You Look OLD & SICK #1: Guilt Guilt-driven people are manipulated by bad memories….

How Often Should I Eat?

as a personal trainer in las vegas people often ask me how often I should eat?

How Often Should I Eat? Let’s face it, since the dawn of man the rule for consumption of food was simply to eat to survive. Well our modern society and lifestyle has changed and flipped that simple process. Obesity rates continue to grow and will be affecting more than two-thirds of Americans in the next 5-10 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So you can see the simple rule has flipped and it appears that humans survive so they can eat. Through the years we have…

Strength Training Exercises Without A Gym Membership

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With your busy schedule, you don’t always have time to get to the gym. Whether you’re working full time outside the home, working from home, or a stay-at-home spouse or parent, your schedule is packed with things that you need to get done. That is understandable but that shouldn’t prevent you from being healthy and having the body you’ve always wanted. Strength Training Exercises without a gym membership can be accomplished right in your living room, or any other room in your house. No fancy gym equipment needed, and …[Read…

The Best Workout Programs For Busy Women

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Let’s face it… Trying to figure out the best workout programs for busy women can be a HUGE challenge! You have an active schedule and we know that you often have a busy life that keeps you dashing from place to place all day long. With a hectic schedule it is hard to fit in a visit to the gym. Plus the truth is, a lot of days you most likely don’t have the self-motivation get there. Waking up in the morning over an hour early just to cram in…

Carrageenan: The Natural Ingredient You Should Ban From Your Diet

Carrageenan: An unnecessary ingredient could be irritating your gut! By Leah Zerbe Sometimes eating something natural isn’t good for you. Many food manufacturers—even some makers of commercial organic foods—are adding “carrageenan” to foods like yogurt, chocolate, soymilk, and even ice cream to give the foods a thicker consistency and to make low-fat versions taste fuller. Derived from red seaweed, it’s often added to beverages to keep their ingredients from separating; you’ll find it in many nutritional shakes, milk products, and milk replacements. The ingredient even crops up in certain frozen dinners,…

The 4 biggest hormonal players in the fat loss game!

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Carbohydrates are the most misunderstood nutrients when it comes to fat loss. Far too many people, my past self included, have completely removed carbs from their diet in an effort to speed up fat loss. However, for most people, the best fat loss results actually come from consuming carbs, not completely cutting them out. A big reason for this is the specific fat burning hormones that only respond when carbs are strategically part of your diet. This is a critical point, because hormones flat out decide whether or not you…

Eggs And Cholesterol

On New Year’s Eve we had the pleasure of entertaining many of our closest friends and family members, quite a few who stayed and crashed at our place. Upon awaken, the obvious answer to the question “what’s for breakfast?” was eggs. You see, I like eggs and tend to eat a lot of them. I mean, who doesn’t love a good omelet, right? Now, I’m sure you’ve heard a time or two before that you should be mindful of consuming too many eggs as their cholesterol content is rather high….

The Journey Part 1: Prohormones & What They Can Do For You!

Prohormones the safe alternative to steroids

The Journey, Part 1: Prohormones; what can they do for me? Over the next few weeks we are going on a journey, we are going to explore prohormones and how they can have such a huge positive impact on our journey towards our goals. Along with learning about prohormones, also covered in future articles in this series will be the five most important aspects to anyone looking to improve their physique: smart training, sensible nutrition, supplementation, goal setting and motivation. These articles are here to help you understand how best…

The Journey Part 3: Training For Maximum Fat Loss

The Journey Part 3: Training for maximum fat loss: Welcome back, this is part 3 of the journey. We’ve now covered prohormones. You now know how they can help you with making lean muscle gains, and which ones are best to take. In this article we’re gonna start delving in to training for maximum fat loss. This will include what exercises to do, the reps, sets, and rest times, all of which will help you with getting shredded! Over the winter months you’ve been bulking, gaining muscle mass, getting stronger,…