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How to Lose Belly Fat Without Doing Crunches
How to Lose Belly Fat Without Doing a Single Crunch For years I was doing hundreds of sit-ups each night. I’d lie on my living room floor, sweating through my t-shirt and onto my carpet, knowing that if I just did one more set, the belly would be flat. It never happened. I complained about…
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Easy Meal Prep for People Who Go to the Gym
On Tuesday afternoon, I was stuck on my lunch. It was supposed to be chicken and broccoli, grilled. Rather, it appeared to be a science experiment gone awry. The chicken was rubbery and the broccoli was a sad gray mush. We’ve all been in that situation. You assume the role of the person who begins…
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How to Eat Healthy on a Tight Budget for Fitness
Eating Healthy on a Budget: The Fitness Guide to Spending Smart I recall one year being amazed at the price of organic chicken breast, my heart sank. I wanted to lose weight but my shopping list was becoming more of a car purchase list. Everyone’s looking at the $15 acai bowls and grass fed steaks celebrities…
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Best Foods to Eat After a Workout for Recovery
You have completed your final set. You feel like you are a jelly leg, your shirt is drenched and you’re hungry. You step outside of the gym’s entrance and the queries start. Do I grab a shake? Should I wait for my dinner? Have I lost that hour if I don’t eat right away? It…
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How Much Protein Do You Need to Build Muscle?
You have just completed a strenuous exercise session. You go home. A protein drink is shaken. You look at it and think maybe that’s not enough. For years I have been estimating my macros. I had dry chicken breasts in tupper jars. I gave the expensive powders purchase a try. I actually got fat, not…
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What to Eat Before a Morning Workout on Empty Stomach
What to Eat Before a Morning Workout 5 AM hits hard. You get out of bed and bump into something. You’re looking at a kitchen counter. You know that you need energy for the gym. You also recognise that consuming the wrong food can make you ill. Getting up early means a strategy to train.…
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Quiet Home Workouts That Won’t Disturb Neighbors
Quiet Home Workouts: How to Exercise in an Apartment Without Waking Your Neighbors Introduction It is 7:00 AM. You’re looking to get an exercise session in. Your subordinates are in need of rest. Apartment fitness isn’t as easy as it sounds. You’re attempting a quick jumping jacks routine, but then you hear the broom handle smack…
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Beginner Home Workout Plan for First Month
The 4-Week Home Workout Plan for Beginners (No Equipment Needed) For three weeks, I could never get my eye in the back of my head to put my running shoes on. They gathered dust by the door, and I always thought to myself, “I’m making a promise to myself to get fit.” We’ve all been…
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How to Stay Motivated to Workout at Home Alone
Stay Motivated to Workout at Home Alone There’s a laundry basket in an angle of the room. The arm rest has a TV remote. The fridge is a distance of 10 steps away. This is what it is like to work out alone at home and stay in touch with your workout. No one is there to…
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Best Exercises for Small Apartment Workouts
For three years lived in a 400 sq ft studio in the city. The walls were thin, my neighbor downstairs worked night shifts and the floor was hardwood. I found out pretty early that a normal plyo session will get you a note taped to your door quicker than abs. It has nothing to do with foldable…
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