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Benefits of Intermediate Fasting

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Intermediate fasting, also known as time-restricted eating, is a popular dietary trend that involves restricting the hours during the day when you consume food. While it may seem daunting to limit your eating window, the benefits of this practice are numerous and can have a significant impact on your overall health. One of the most […]

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Supersetting: Should You Superset Your Workouts?

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| Fitness, Health and Wellness, Technology

Supersetting is when you pair up exercises with no rest period in between, or the same rest period you would use for a single exercise. This is typically performed with two complementary exercises that use opposite muscle groups, though they can also be used to exhaust a single muscle group.   For example, pairing triceps […]

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Is Fish Oil Good for You? 5 Benefits of Fish Oil

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| Fitness, Health and Wellness, Nutrition

Fish oil as a supplement has exploded in popularity in recent years, and it now seems to be a blanket recommendation by health and fitness professionals all over the world; but is it really that good for you?  Why is Fish Oil Good for You? Fish oil is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are […]

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Steady State Exercise vs HIIT: Which is Best For You?

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Choosing between steady state exercise and HIIT (high intensity interval training) is a question many ask when they are new to exercise or want to improve their cardiovascular fitness, especially if they have preconceived notions about one they’ll like and one they hate.  While these two types of exercise are often pitched against one another, […]

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Interval Training for Beginners: An Interval Workout to Get You Started

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| Cardio, Fitness, Health and Wellness

Interval training is a great way for beginners and those looking to change up their routine to increase their overall fitness, speed, or simply stop workouts from becoming dull and boring. Interval training is a style of training where you work hard (or at least at a moderate rate) for a period of time (10 […]

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What’s the Difference Between Multigrain, Whole Grain, and Whole Wheat?

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When you walk down the bakery aisle at the store you’ll be confronted with a ton of different terminology simply for one brown loaf of bread. You’ll see multigrain, whole grain, and whole wheat bread, but what is the difference between these types of bread (and other food products), if any? And which is actually […]

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Dynamic Stretches vs Static Stretches: Which is Best for You?

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What kind of stretches were you told to do before gym at school? It the rules about which stretches are good to use and when seem to change each decade and often come with a warning about what will happen if you use the wrong one at the wrong time.  But do static stretches before […]

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Pros and Cons of a Keto Diet: Is Keto Right for You?

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The keto diet has become incredibly popular in recent years, but like other diets that involve cutting carbohydrates down severely, it has also been a subject of controversy. The keto diet, short for Ketogenic Diet, has proven effective in helping reduce epileptic episodes [link: https://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/news/study-shows-that-ketogenic-diet-may-be-feasible-and-effective-in-adults-with-epilepsy-12-04-2016#.XgHSLkf7Q2w] and as a fast weight loss diet, but is it […]

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Pros and Cons of a Paleo Diet: Should We Be Eating Like Cavemen?

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The paleo diet, also known as the caveman diet, is a diet designed around the idea that we should be eating foods in the same way our ancestors did in the paleolithic era, 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago. The diet, while based in a healthy way of eating, does have it’s criticisms.  What is […]

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Pros and Cons of Meal Replacement Shakes: Can They Be a Part of a Healthy Diet?

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If you’re looking to lose weight but you’re just too busy to meal prep your lunches or just want something easy you can take on the go, you may be considering meal replacement shakes. When you think of meal replacement shakes you may at first think of shakes for the aging population, but there are […]

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