Fitness Favorites
Fitness Favorites – Shop our Picks Gear Up. Fuel Up. Let’s Go.We’ve rounded up our favorite fitness products and supplements to help you crush your goals—whether you’re hitting the gym, training at home, or just getting started. From gear that actually works to supplements we trust, everything here is stuff we highly recommend to our […]
Health & Fitness for Men
Health & Fitness: For MEN As men, we are expected to be strong, confident, and to provide and protect…that’s a lot of pressure! I’ve always believed that to be your best mentally you must also be your best self physically and for many men it’s hard to feel confident when you don’t like what see in […]
How To Starve Fat Cells- Part 2
In my last article How to Starve Fat Cells I gave you a simple way to roughly calculate your carbohydrate needs based on calorie intake and activity level. To take it a step further, you should now make sure you’re choosing the appropriate types of carbohydrates for the time of day. Check out the picture above- […]
How To Starve Your Fat Cells!
You are born with all the fat cells you will ever have your entire life. When you “lose” fat you’re not actually losing the number of fat cells you have, but rather just making them smaller. This is because fat cells act as the body’s energy reserves, so when you consume too much energy (calories) […]
“Cheat” Meals!
What you eat behind the scenes is usually what dictates whether you get results that week or not. Stephanie and I recently realized after speaking with several different people that many of you out there think fitness professionals like ourselves, or even physique competitors live a life of working out 3 hours/day and eating only […]
The Best “Diet” Out There
DASH, Paleo, Weight Watchers, Atkins, The Zone, Jenny Craig, South Beach, Nutrisystem, Mediterranean, Beverly Hills…I mean the list of different diets out there goes on and on and on! These are just some examples of the most popular ones and absurd “fad” diets. I mean come on…the Beverly Hills diet??? Give me a break! Is […]
This is Making You Fat!
Aside from the obvious overeating and lack of exercise, there are some specific things you may be doing that’s making you fat that you may not even realize or consider! Skipping breakfast– Skipping the most important meal of the day will lower your metabolic rate for the rest of the day. Waking up not hungry […]
Fitness Meal Planning & Nutrition Coaching
Have you ever heard that your diet determines 80% of your fitness results? Are you busting your butt every week in the gym and not seeing significant changes in your physique? Then you are in need of meal planning! My name is Justin Check, NSCA certified personal trainer and certified fitness nutrition coach. If you’re […]
Use the Glycemic Index
Glorious carbs carbs carbs! The mind and body craves no other macro-nutrient more than those oh so satisfying carbohydrates…and for good reason. Your skeletal muscle, organs, and central nervous system are programmed to primarily run on carbohydrates making them crucial for optimal physical and mental performance. Have you ever tried going more than a day or two […]
Top 3 Reasons Why You’re Not Losing Body Fat
“I want to lose weight by eating nothing but moon pies, which have significantly less gravity than earthier foods such as fruits and vegetables” – Jarod Kintz “We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons” […]
