All this talk about recovery and post workout nutrition would be incomplete without mention of Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs for short). As you may remember from your high school science class, amino acids are the building blocks of protein. The three BCAAs (leucine, isoleucine, and valine) are among the nine essential amino acids and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fat burning’
BCA what?
Posted in Diet/Nutrition, Post Workout Nutrition, tagged diet, exercise, fat burning, healthy diet, post workout nutrition, recovery on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Anatomy of a protein shake
Posted in Diet/Nutrition, Post Workout Nutrition, Recipes, tagged diet, exercise, fat burning, healthy diet, post workout nutrition, recovery on October 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With all of this talk of post workout nutrition, you might be wondering what this looks like in action. Well, here I’ll break down exactly what my own post workout recovery looks like. I replenish with one of two options, depending on my time, budget, and schedule. The first option is Prograde’s Workout. I love [...]
Post Workout Recovery 101
Posted in Diet/Nutrition, Post Workout Nutrition, tagged diet, exercise, fat burning, healthy diet, post workout nutrition, recovery on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After reading the last post on Post Workout Nutrition, you may have found yourself wondering why you need to drink a recovery drink instead of eating whole food. As we mentioned last time, our goal with workout nutrition is very specific…we are looking to provide the body with two things: Protein to aid in protein [...]
Post Workout Nutriton
Posted in Diet/Nutrition, Post Workout Nutrition, tagged diet, exercise, fat burning, healthy diet, post workout nutrition, recovery on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Clients always ask me what to eat before and after exercise. While pre-workout nutrition is somewhat more personal and subjective (more on that in another post), there is a lot of research on the benefits of proper post-workout nutrition. Eating the right foods after your workout will: Help to replenish glycogen stores, which are the [...]
Boost your veggie intake overnight
Posted in Diet/Nutrition, tagged diet, fat burning, fat loss strategies, healthy diet, vegetables on May 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As I mentioned in the last post, if you start incorporating more veggies in your diet, preferably at every meal, then you’ll reap immediate rewards in the form of improved body composition. But I’m guessing that you, like me and every other person alive, are busy. No, I mean BUSY. Who has time for all [...]
Universal Principles of Dietary Superiority
Posted in Diet/Nutrition, tagged diet, fat burning, fat loss strategies, healthy diet, vegetables on May 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When it comes to losing fat, there are many different diets that can effectively help you do so. Some are healthy, and some not so much. However, good diets (read: diets that can be adhered to long term and which improve health by doing so) all share a few basic principles. Call them the universal [...]
Why should you strength train?
Posted in Exercise, tagged burn fat, exercise, fat burning, resistance training, strength training on April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Many of us have a vague concept that we should be strength training. But most people think of resistance training as just another form of exercise, and thus often ask why they can’t just jog instead. But in fitness, as in most things, you get out what you put in. And with strength training, you [...]
