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Nutrition

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What Are the Side Effects of Pre-Workout?

You’re at the gym on an upper body day feeling energized and dialed in from taking your pre-workout supplement. Suddenly, something feels a little off in your body and you need to take a break. If you’ve ... Continue Reading

The Mediterranean Diet: Is It Right for You?

There may not be a single diet that’s best for everyone, but if the most common diets had to go head-to-head, the Mediterranean Diet would be a top contender. Year after year, the U.S. News and World ... Continue Reading

Food for the ketogenic diet.

What Is the Keto Diet and Should You Try It?

What separates a fad diet from a legitimate nutritional practice? If you’re trying to lose or gain weight, or make any kind of change to your general health habits, it’s a question you should ask yourself ... Continue Reading

Different types of pre-workout supplements.

Does Pre-Workout Go Bad? Here’s Everything You Need to Know

It’s training time, and you’re getting ready to crush your leg day workout. You reach for your favorite pre-workout supplement to pop into your shaker, but when you open your tub, something looks or smells ... Continue Reading

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How to Achieve a Calorie Deficit for Weight Loss, Safely

The concept of a calorie deficit sounds simple: if you want to lose weight, eat less than your body needs to maintain its current weight. That doesn’t mean it’s easy, though, or that all methods of ... Continue Reading

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Does Creatine Cause Hair Loss? Here’s What the Science Says

The best creatine supplements remain some of the most popular powders, gummies, and capsules for athletes thanks to an impressive amount of scientific evidence supporting its efficacy and safety across a ... Continue Reading

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When Is the Best Time to Drink a Protein Shake?

Across strength sports, athletes have all different approaches to nutrition. But one common unifier? Protein — and a lot of it. No matter your goals on the lifting platform, you probably have a love affair ... Continue Reading

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The Ultimate Guide to Body Recomposition

If you follow fitness, bulking and cutting may seem like all the rage. Many athletes and fitness enthusiasts aim for the singular goal of fat loss or muscle gain, alternating between the two to gradually ... Continue Reading

A person dumping a scoop of creatine into a shaker cup.

4 Creatine Side Effects You Need to Know About

If you’re heavy into tracking your nutrition to get the most out of your time in the gym, you may have tried or wondered about creatine. Creatine is a naturally occurring amino acid that plays a role in ... Continue Reading

Is Grass-Fed Whey Protein Right for You? Here’s How To Know

If you’re on a muscle gain or fat loss journey, let’s face it, you’ve got protein intake goals. If you’ve added whey protein to your diet to help you get there, you may have come across grass-fed whey ... Continue Reading

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Bulking on a Budget? Try These Foods and Tips

Bulking is a rite of passage. Maybe you’re looking to pack on as much muscle as possible, move up a weight class, or simply trying to fill out your next shirt size. Regardless, navigating a bulk is full of ... Continue Reading

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The 13 Best Healthy Carbs to Add to Your Meal Prep Plans

If you’re new to learning about nutrition and fitness, you may understandably question the phrase healthy carbs. The low-carb era of diet culture has left its mark. There could be medical for you to reduce ... Continue Reading

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How to Boost Your Metabolism With Science, According to Jeff Nippard

Fewer phrases in the fitness industry live in infamy like “stoke your metabolic fire.” From green tea, to fasted cardio, to eating every three hours (or was it two?), setting your metabolism ablaze is all ... Continue Reading

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6 Benefits of Whey Protein for Strength Athletes Who Want to Build Muscle

You just finished a sweaty and heavy training session at the gym. As you revel in your hard work, one of the most enjoyable moments of that post-workout high can be downing a delicious shake packed with ... Continue Reading

Nitric Oxide Side Effects

The Nitric Oxide Side Effects You Need to Know Before Your Next Workout

You’re at the gym crushing arm day with your heart pumping and your blood flowing. Nitric oxide is at work in your body widening your blood vessels and delivering oxygen and nutrients to your muscles. ... Continue Reading

You Can't Screw This UP

Nutrition and Fitness Expert Adam Bornstein’s New Book Aims to End Restrictive Diets

Nutrition and fitness expert and Editor-in-Chief of Arnold Schwarzenegger's newsletter, Arnold's Pump Club, Adam Bornstein wants to change the stereotypes around diet culture. In his new book, You Can't ... Continue Reading

What Is TDEE?

What Is TDEE? Your Guide to Total Daily Energy Expenditure

What you do in the kitchen and what you do in the gym are intrinsically linked. Nutrition for athletes is the physical fuel behind everything from bodybuilding workouts to finally cracking the strength ... Continue Reading

Ice Cream

Dr. Layne Norton Explains: Is Ice Cream Healthy?

In the May 2023 issue of The Atlantic, an article written by David Merritt Johns titled "Nutrition Science's Most Preposterous Result" made waves through the fitness world. The most noteworthy part ... Continue Reading

Pre-workout meals

The Best Pre-Workout Meal for Bodybuilding Based on Your Goals

You don’t just head to the weight room to work out. You go to the gym with a mission. You’re on a quest to build the most muscle possible. Maybe that means you’re entering your first bodybuilding show. Or ... Continue Reading

Foods to Boost Nitric Oxide

The Best Nitric Oxide Foods to Increase Blood Flow and Boost Performance

When you’re at the gym with your music playing and your blood flowing, nitric oxide is at work in your body. It helps to widen your blood vessels, and in turn can boost your training, improve recovery, and ... Continue Reading

How Much Protein Do You Need for Bodybuilding?

Protein is the lifeblood of bodybuilding. An entire industry is built around the idea that bodybuilders need a lot of protein all the time; particularly before, during, and after their workouts. And in the ... Continue Reading

Best Pre-Workouts for Beginners

When to Take Pre-Workout — What’s the Best Time to Drink Your Pre-Workout Mix?

According to your training schedule, today’s the day to get after it. You’ve been ramping up and progressively overloading just like your program says to. You want to go as hard as your regimen calls for, ... Continue Reading

Can Meal Replacement Shakes Help Me Lose Weight?

Nutrition is a huge piece of the strength training puzzle. The more effectively you fuel your workouts, the stronger you’re bound to get. But not everyone savors making meals in the kitchen like they love ... Continue Reading

5 Benefits of Vitamin D for Strength Athletes

If the sun is shining where you are, you can get a free supplement just by heading outside. Although the sun is a direct source of vitamin D, nicknamed the sunshine vitamin, most people don’t get enough of ... Continue Reading

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