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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...

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 t...

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 probl...