So I recently started having plantar fasciitis type symptoms in my right foot for the first time in my life. I’ve never had foot issues before so I kept putting off doing anything about it thinking it would just resolve itself (despite warnings from my chiropractor that I needed to get some insoles ASAP). After bearing with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘recovery’
Insoles for happy feet.
Posted in Workout Equipment/Apparel, tagged athletic shoes, cardio, exercise, footwear, recovery on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Shoe-In Policy: Comfort is Paramount
Posted in Workout Equipment/Apparel, tagged athletic shoes, cardio, footwear, recovery, strength training on December 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ever find yourself agonizing about what shoes you’re going to wear? Well, when it comes to working out, agonize no more. This is your new mantra: If the shoe fits, wear it. Benno Nigg, PhD, professor of biomechanics and founder and direcor of the Human Performance Lab at the University of Calgary, Alberta, has some [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
