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INTERMITTENT FASTING 101

How many diets have you tried so far? 1000? for some of us keeping our bodyweight under control is really hard, is not even a matter of discipline anymore, but a metabolic one. A few years ago I really struggled with my weight, I have always been somewhat athletic but not always felt healthy or look as fit as I look today, I found really hard to keep my weight under control, for many many years I took the wrong approach on dieting, and that happened because of the lack of information back then, let me give you the background story so you can take a deeper look at the issues I was facing. I used to compete in real high levels in my favorite sport on earth, Muay Thai , now is very popular because of MMA and its amazing growth in the past 15 years, when I was competing it was more for the love for the sport than the money. I used to train between 4 to 6 hours a day 5 to 6 days a week, I had a nutritionist, a trainer and a physiotherapist, the whole works, my first years I was a wel
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THE FAMOUS PALEO DIET

Nowadays is very common to see health problems like obesity, diabetes, also heart problems such as hypertension and other degenerative conditions are among the most common ones, our sedentary lives are to blame on this.  But what if we could correct this condition by simply changing the way we eat, that principle is exactly what the paleo or paleolithic diet is based on, cutting all modern foods, processed, starch, fat, flour and sugar based packed foods, but not only that, to get into paleo you have to go back to all hunted and gathered foods that our ancestors used to eat. It sounds way too hard to achieve if go line to line on the diet, the point is to eat what our predecessors used to eat.  The other principle that you have to take in consideration is that under the paleo diet you must exercise regularly, this is a given for any dietetic regime if you really want to see results you have to work out.  According to the Wexner Medical Center of the Ohio State University in or
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YOUR BODY ON YOGA

Have you ever felt like you need a break from training? After many years lifting weights, kicking ass on the mats and the ring, pounding hammers, medicine balls, and other fun pieces of equipment to the floor my body started feeling tired, lots of times I got injured from all of those fun but brutal exercises. Right after my 29th birthday, the doctors told me that I had to stop the lifting and the pounding if I want to make it to 40 years old with my original knees, Did I listened? of course not! Just two months after that visit I got an ACL injury , very common for an athlete my age, and in my case needed surgery, so there I was angry all the time because all I wanted to do was keep on training. THE WIFE INTRODUCES YOGA 6 weeks before my surgery my wife asked me to join her on one of her Yoga classes since I was not lifting or even throwing a punch to anything I said yes. At first, I was like any other dude trying to look cool doing Yoga posses thinking that it was to
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THE 4 BEST TYPES OF PROTEIN FOR MUSCLE GROWTH

PROTEIN that magic word that the vast majority of the athletes consider amazing, for all of us protein intake is a big deal, for someone that is aiming to achieve specific fitness goals is fantastic. I always get this question at the gym, at work and even some cab drivers have asked me the same, what is the best type of protein for muscle growth? The answer to this is not easy, it all depends on how it works for you, but still, I want to give you the best answer as possible so I will start with the most common types of protein sources and protein powder you can find practically anywhere. WHEY PROTEIN is by far one of the most popular products in the market, there are way too many brands and flavours available that is really hard to choose the best, so instead of creating a product review out of this let's break the basics of this product, whey comes from milk, during the process of cheese making there is a liquid that separates itself from all the solids, the problem wi
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HOW EATING MEAT MADE ME GAIN WEIGHT

All right, before you guys start all about veganism and why you are never stopping eating meat and stuff like that, please read this first. I am not vegan, at least not 100%, but for a while, I have had a hard time keeping my weight as I wanted, in fact, I actually gained 10 pounds in a three month period out of nothing, or so I believed, the truth was that the fact that I was eating meat did not make me gain weight, but the meats and animal products I have chosen help me to gain weight consistently. When I was heavier I made a few mistakes, the first one was that I was eating all kinds of meat and animal products, without taking in consideration that meat is composed of two major nutrients, protein and fat, everything looks alright so far but the problem is some types of fat can actually kill you like saturated fats, some studies even show that saturated fats decrease muscle mass and create more fat instead. The second mistake is that I was eating the cheap meat that yo
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CROSSFIT VS CALLISTHENICS

From all the training methods in the world, one of the most popular in the past few years is CrossFit ,  developed by Greg Glassman created the regime back in 2000 and it focused on a variety of functional exercises designed to constantly increase strength, resistance, endurance and overall health. It combines weightlifting, gymnastics, running, rowing, HIIT and other types of training. After several years the CrossFit brand became global when Glassman signed the contract for the first CrossFit games back in 2007, now there are more than 13000 affiliate boxes across the US, Canada and Europe. Many years passed and then an athletic movent reborn essentially in the US, Callisthenics , a form of bodyweight exercises designed to increase strength, mobility, speed, flexibility and fitness, back in the day it was a military practice to take the soldiers to a superior fitness level, now is an urban movement and it is commonly known as street workout. Both types of training gained n
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7 OF THE BEST FOODS FOR WEIGHT LOSS

Some of us have very limited beliefs about the food we can include in our diet, sometimes we picture lettuce and more lettuce for the rest of our lives, others like myself when I just started in my fitness journey believed that some veggies and any kind of protein will do the trick. Luckily there are a broad variety of foods that actually are amazing to achieve your weight loss goals. Here is a list of 7 of the best foods for weight loss : 1. Whole eggs They are one of the best foods to eat when you are trying to lose those extra pounds, they are loaded with protein and good fats, they will make you feel full with very low calories. For some time eggs were feared because we thought they were related with high cholesterol in the blood, but new studies show that they neither increase cholesterol in the blood or give you heart attacks. 2.  Leafy greens Spinach, kale, collards and others, they are packed with antioxidants, fiber and good carbohydrates and very low calories
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