Improve Your Relationships With Fitness

- - Mind

Some people think and actually feel that working out is ONLY about getting a hot body and looking good. Sorry my friend, getting your fitness game up can solve other problems too. Fitness is linked to improving all sorts of things like health (obviously) career and body image. Living a...

Beef & Bell Pepper Skewers

- - Recipes

Ever since I discovered the wonders of cooking – and learned how to maneuver around the kitchen without feeling lost – I always try to eat home-cooked food whenever possible. Don’t get me wrong. I love eating at posh restaurants and trying new cuisines that I don’t have in my repertoire,...

Why Sleep is Important for Muscle Recovery

- - Strength Training

Whether you agree with it or not, everyone needs to build muscle and gain strength. Not everyone has to do an iron pumping bodybuilder workout to gain Hulk like muscles. You just want to build muscle and strength and maintain it, especially as when you get older you start to...

10 Post-Workout Snack Must Haves

- - Nutrition

How many times have you left the gym after a hard core workout and then realized you were uber hungry? Too many times. To make this situation worse, there are fast food restaurants within walking distance of just about every gym. You have to work hard to not succumb to...

7 Steps to Winterizing Your Workouts

- - Fitness

As much as we don’t want to admit it, the temperatures are dropping and soon enough, there may even be some white stuff falling from the skies. As the colder weather rolls in, our fitness routines often make their way into hibernation. With the cold temperatures also comes the holiday...

15 Things Emotionally Strong People Avoid

- - Mind

Emotionally strong people often have numerous healthy habits any other person would envy. They know how to manage their thoughts, emotions, actions and behaviors to ensure they are successful in life. If you’re unsure about your emotional strength, keep reading to find out what makes an emotionally strong person different from...

Do You Need to be Gluten Free?

- - Nutrition

There is so much nutritional information floating around the media that it can be hard to decide what to believe and what to brush off. Lately it seems like the most popular new “diet” is to be gluten free. But aren’t whole grains good for us? Why does it seem...

Raw Mix Nut Chocolate Energy Bars

- - Recipes

When I was much younger, my mother would stock up our kitchen with all kinds of snacks – her special homemade pineapple tarts; unopened packets of Oreo cookies; and in particular, energy bars. I’d always loved the idea of individual energy bars that you could bring to school or work or...

How to Become a Morning Person and Like it

- - Lifestyle

Most people share the dreaded hate of morning. The sound of an alarm clock and the thought of peeling themselves out of bed are a few of the worst experiences for people who deem themselves as night owls. I consider myself lucky to have never experienced such hate, as I...

Vegetarian Sources of Protein to Build Muscle

- - Nutrition

Agreed, we all need protein to grow and survive but this does not mean that we have to kill an animal to get our daily dose of muscle-building protein. Most non-vegans argue that veganism is not proactive if one wants to build muscle mass and boost fitness so let’s first get...

Yoga For Concentration

- - Yoga

Clear and focused thoughts are the desire of any hard working individual. Did you know that practicing yoga can help you maintain a steady thought process throughout the day? There are many different ways to alter your level of concentration. If you need to study for an exam, make...

How to Beat Insomnia Naturally

- - Lifestyle

Nowadays most people consider sleep as a luxury than a necessity. We work excessively day and night and add in more activities and delay our physical and mental recharge, skimp on sleep and begin suffering from a myriad of sleep and sleep-related problems. When it’s finally time to lie down, our...

7 Moves to Sleek & Slender Arms

- - Workouts

Looking for a new weight workout to work your arms at the gym? These moves are the perfect collection to work not only your arms, but your chest and back too! Try out this workout to get sleek and slender arms! Single Arm Dumbbell Row To start find a bench and place...

5 Killer Ways to Get Rid of Your Belly Pooch

- - Fitness

There is no magic pill that can eliminate belly fat. Moreover, it is imperative to understand that spot reduction is almost impossible but you can certainly increase muscle definition in a targeted area. The less than attractive belly pooch most of us have is a collection of fat which can only...

Grain-Free Honey Almond Muffins

- - Recipes

There is a memory I have of my mother, in the kitchen of our old red-brick semi-detached house, sometime during my childhood. I was probably eight, or nine or ten, I really can’t remember. But what remains of this memory, which is faded in parts here and there, is the smell...

5 Cheap Foods For a Bodybuilder

- - Nutrition

Bodybuilding requires a high food intake to maintain the energy levels required for muscular growth, and let's face it – food is not always cheap. Supplements seem to be the focus of all upcoming fitness enthusiasts who just want to get big fast. Sadly, there is no miracle pill that...

Guidelines to Chemical Free Body Care

- - Lifestyle

From the dishes we wash to the body lotions we lather in, the human body is exposed to an unbelievable amount of chemicals per day. How can we minimize the amount of chemical products we use and keep smelling squeaky clean? The ingredient list of almost all general body care products...