Answering Any and All Fitness, Nutrition, and Exercise Questions
There have been countless studies on the effects of sleep on the human body. Some of the most recent research is focusing on how sleep can effect our weight loss. Researchers are finding that those who get 7-9 hours of sleep each night are better able to control appetite and decrease their cravings. These effects [...]
Week 7 of 12: Shape Up Challenge Lucky number 7 is upon us. Soon you will be done with the twelve weeks and people will be “oooo”ing and “ahhhhh”ing at your new body. Hopefully you have been setting goals for yourself, working hard, and then achieving those goals. You can do anything that you put [...]
Week 6 of 12: Shape Up Challenge You are halfway there! Can you believe it? This is the week where champions are made! Things are heating up and it’s time to step up to the challenge! We hope that you are feeling it by now. Hopefully you have more energy, feel better, and have noticed [...]
An Athlete’s Step by Step Guide to Meals that Maximize Performance Like to cook? I hope so — but even if you don’t, if you’re an athlete, you need to take an interest in what goes into your mouth. You can’t put low quality fuel into your body and expect to receive high quality performance [...]
Week 5 of 12: Shape Up Challenge Week five has arrived! Almost half way. Hopefully you have been working hard and enjoying yourself along the way. Sweat hard and eat right this week. You can do it! You really can! Don’t let anything, especially yourself, get in the way of your success. Week 5 Nutrition [...]
Week 4 of 12: Shape Up Challenge You finished week three! Nice work! Week four is an action packed week full of amazing butt burning, ab sculpting, and fat melting demonstrations from our balding and beautiful trainers, Skyler and Chris. You are one third of the way done so don’t you dare even think about [...]
Maintaining or building muscle mass, during an exercise program, is dependent on protein consumption. You can work as hard as you want, but if protein is not part of your diet then you are sabotaging your results. Protein plays many roles in the body to keep it functioning properly, but for our purposes we will [...]
Week 3 of 12: Shape Up Challenge Well friends, week three of the shape up challenge is here! This week we are going to pick up the intensity a little more. Don’t be afraid to push yourself this week. Maybe start using some weights that are a little bit heavier. Feel free to add an [...]
Use the treadmill “fat burning zone”? Crunches and sit-ups to get abs? Craig Ballantyne and ACE’s Jessica Matthews dish on the top five gym missteps.
Week 2 of 12: Shape Up Challenge Congratulations! You have made it to week two! Aren’t those metabolic circuits killer? In a good way though. Well, it’s time for us to turn up the heat! This week we are going to increase intensity by introducing resistance into the Calorie Cyclone portions of the workouts. You [...]
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