This is a wildly interesting article over at Science of Us – “I’m Training for a Marathon. So Why am I Getting Fat?” – and with the Nike run in SF wrapping last weekend, it’s timely, too. The big takeaways from the piece can be applied to fitness and weight loss in general, so let’s […]
Burning nutrition question time! Ready, set, go. “What should I eat before and after a workout? And give me specifics, if you please.” Hey, good questions – and way to be direct. For our purposes, let’s assume you’re hitting an intense, interval-based Freestyle class like Throwdown or Fighter Physique. In either case, the operative words […]
So here you are, working out three, four, five, maybe even six days a week. You’re booking bags at Throwdown, huffing and puffing through cardio kickboxing, squeezing in a fighter’s on your lunch break, setting the alarm for Saturday morning boot camp. But the scale isn’t budging, and more tellingly, your pants aren’t getting any […]
We write all the time about nutrition – why it matters, how it’s the lynchpin to any fitness goals that include fat loss, blah blah blah. So here’s an obvious question. If nutrition is the most important thing, does it matter if I’m working out consistently? Ah yes, Daniel-san, it matters. And here’s why.
“Starting school has really thrown me off. I go straight to class after working out and only have time to eat on my way there as I’m walking. Any recommendations on snacks I can pack to eat on the go post-work out…?” One of our challengers posted this burning nutrition question a few weeks ago, […]