Tag: Nutrition
What To Eat Before a Workout: These Foods Will Help You Perform Better
Fuel is everything. After all, you wouldn’t stop at the gas station and fill the tank of your Prius up with unleaded diesel. Your body works the same way; working out on an empty stomach isn’t always ideal, but without the right nutrition in your belly, you’re going to have a hard time putting your pedal to the…
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How Many Grams of Protein Are in an Egg?
Aiming to build muscle? Protein powder isn’t the end-all-be-all. A high-protein breakfast is part of the deal. Whether you like to eat before or after training, eggs are a quick and easy choice. Here’s how many grams of protein are in an egg, as well as everything else you need to know about your breakfast. Vegan? No worries….
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What Does Creatine Do? Here’s How the Mass-Boosting Supplement Actually Works
If you’re hitting the gym regularly, you likely want to become a better athlete — faster, stronger, more muscular, and even sharper mentally. Yes, you’ve got to eat, train, and sleep right. But the darling of everyone’s supplement stack helps amp those gains up. But how? What does creatine do? Creatine gives you a boost of energy for…
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6 Post-Workout Recovery Tips From Celebrity Fitness Trainer Don Saladino
While much of your fitness progress can be measured by what you do in the gym, your post-workout recovery strategy does more heavy lifting than you might realize. These strategies have grown in importance in recent years as we learn new ways to optimize our recovery time outside the gym to feel better inside of it. Everything from…
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What to Eat After a Workout — How to Find the Right Refueling Sources
You know what to do during your workout. You know your reps, sets, and the percentage of your one-rep max that you’re trying to crush. But lingering questions of what to eat after a workout may well linger in your mind (especially as hunger approaches). Here, you’ll get the skinny — and the bulked — on what to…
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What Is Creatine? Your Guide to One of the Most the Popular Supplements
When everyone at your gym is taking a particle supplement, you may have one of two instincts: it must be the best thing ever or this is too good to be true, so what’s the catch? But here’s the thing about the best creatine supplements — they’re the real deal. But what is creatine? In a nutshell, it’s…
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10 Best Natural Pre-Workouts of 2024
The best pre-workout supplements can provide physical and cognitive benefits, but formulations tend to vary wildly, with many containing artificial sweeteners, colors, dyes, and additives that may blunt their overall impact. Since more and more athletes are looking for clean supplements, we tasked ourselves with curating a list of the best natural pre-workouts on the market. Over the…
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What Is Clear Whey Isolate? Here’s the Science Behind the Buzz
You thought you’d tried all the protein powder the virtual supplement aisle has to offer. But recently, the internet has been abuzz with a new type of protein powder — clear whey isolate. An ever-increasing horde of probable gymgoers are searching for the term on Google. Well-known brands are on board, with Myprotein offering MIKE AND IKE® and…
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The Side Effects of Probiotics for Strength Athletes to Look Out For
Whether your main goal is to pack on muscle or pack more plates onto the bar, you’re likely cramming as much protein as you can into your diet. And while a high-protein diet is a generally safe approach, some gastrointestinal distress isn’t unheard of after all that whey protein powder in your shakes. Many people take probiotic supplements…
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Are There Foods That Burn Fat? The Science Behind the Weight Loss Claim
It’s happened to plenty of strength athletes. You’re scrolling your social media feed and come across posts listing out foods that burn fat — read: green tea and and apple cider vinegar — promising to shed fat from your frame just by eating or drinking them. And yet, there is a chasm of scientific difference between foods that…
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