Weight Loss Nutrition

Body Types: Mesomorph, Ectomorphs, & Endomorphs Explained

Andrew Payne
Andrew Payne |
Do you have trouble losing body fat, yet seem to gain it after even the smallest slip up with your diet? Or does it feel like you can eat for days without gaining an ounce? It could have something to do with your current body type. But is it really that ...
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Nutrition

10 Foods That Are High in Healthy Unsaturated Fats

Jacqueline Kaminski
Jacqueline Kaminski |
As times change, so do new ways of thinking. With that, many new philosophies surrounding food and diet culture emerge. One of those beliefs use to be that a high-fat diet was the cause of many diet-related diseases such as heart disease. However, fats ...
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CPT Muscles

General Adaptation Syndrome in Fitness Explained

Kinsey Mahaffey
Kinsey Mahaffey |
The human body is amazing. It constantly responds to its external environment to overcome and thrive. If you picked up a slightly heavy dumbbell to perform biceps curls, using a weight that you could only perform 6-12 repetitions of and continued to do ...
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Nutrition

Intuitive Eating Explained: 10 Principles for Building a Better Relationship With Food

Jacqueline Kaminski
Jacqueline Kaminski |
Listen to your body. Understand real hunger pains. Eat when you're hungry, stop when you are full.
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Master Instructor Roundtable

Running 101: The Biomechanics of Running

National Academy of Sports Medicine
National Academy of Sports Medicine |
In this “Master Instructor Roundtable,” hosts Wendy Batts and Marty Miller share personal running stories, discuss common injuries associated with the exercise, important phases of training, recovery, and much more.
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Core Training

How to Get Rid of Love Handles: Dispelling Body Fat Myths

Nicole Golden
Nicole Golden |
Spare tire, breadbasket, muffin top, Jello pudding pack, and love handles are all terms synonymous with abdominal (belly) fat.
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Workout Plans

Kettlebell Workout: Try These Exercises for Improved Fitness

Kinsey Mahaffey
Kinsey Mahaffey |
It's not uncommon to see kettlebells at any gym, studio, or fitness equipment retailer near you. Even though kettlebells have been around for over 1,000 years, they only became popular for the average fitness consumer and personal trainer in the last 20 ...
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NASM CPT Podcast

Do Vibration Platforms Really Work?

National Academy of Sports Medicine
National Academy of Sports Medicine |
In this episode, host Rick Richey separates fact from fiction on vibration platforms. He details their intended purpose, cites a collection of professionally recoded data in their effective, share a few personal experiences with the device, and many more ...
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NASM CPT Podcast

NASM-CPT Podcast - Encore Presentation: Jake Olson

National Academy of Sports Medicine
National Academy of Sports Medicine |
NASM Master Instructor and host of the NASM-CPT Podcast, Rick Richey is joined by special guest Jake Olson. In 2017, Jake inspired the sports world as the long snapper for the USC football team.
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CPT

Blood Flow Restriction Training: A Fringe Training Method or Effective Practice?

Nicole Golden
Nicole Golden |
Blood flow restriction (BFR) training was initially developed in Japan in the 1960s and is also referred to as Kaatsu training. At first glance, BFR may appear to be an experimental and perhaps fringe training practice, yet it has received a lot of ...
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