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Phase Based Nutrition
Different training elicits different physiological responses and cause different levels of muscle breakdown. Depending on the type, intensity and duration of your training, your body will need varying fuels to repair and recover the damaged tissues. Here are five...
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Phase Based Nutrition
Different training elicits different physiological responses and cause different levels of muscle breakdown. Depending on the type, intensity and duration of your training, your body will need varying fuels to repair and recover the damaged tissues. Here are five...
Early Morning Workout
First thing in the morning is a great time to things done. Most of the world is still comfortably warm in their bed, the roads are clear and the notifications haven’t started to ping yet. The calm of the morning is a time many of us love to take advantage of to get...
5 Distinctions Between Eating for Performance vs Health
Elite performance and health don’t match. There’s a common idea that represents the sickness and health continuum as a straight line with sickness on the left and health/super-wellness on the right. The part that generally gets left out is when you start pushing...
Paleo – The Gateway Drug to Health and Fitness
For many fitness is a way to improve how we think we should look naked or decrease pain from nagging injuries. We choose different options like group classes or personal training in an attempt to make changes. After a few months we notice that we may be lifting a...
Truth and Recognition
The basic lifestyle guidelines are principles that are essential to both performance and health. Think of them as a base of support for the unexpected stresses in daily life and an anchor for the ever increasing intensity in the pursuit of greatness. The great...
Poop – It’s what was for Dinner
Poop. Not a topic your coach brings up everyday, unless you have an OPEX coach. We love to look at our own poop and we love to hear about yours. This may sound a little odd at first, but it’s a great way to take a visual look at what your insides are up to without...
4 Simple Reasons Calories in doesn’t Equal Calories out
With a million companies happy to count your macros or deliver you food with a label for protein, fats, carbohydrates and total Calories, it's pretty clear that we are paying more attention to what we eat as a society. This is great, but there's a common misconception...
How Much Water Should you be Drinking?
The average adult human being is composed of 60% water. This water is split between the ICF and ECF, or the inside and outsides of our cells. Our bodies rely on this water to create the fluids that allow chemical transport to take place. Without the ability to...
Chew, Chew, Chew your Food
Have you ever thought about chewing your food? How many times do you chew per bite? Do you add more food before you finish what’s already in your mouth? Do you chew at all or just inhale your food? The mouth is where we begin to process food mechanically and...