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How do you look great and feel great? It sounds simple, but it's deceptively difficult. Here's how to make it happen.
How to Look Great and Feel Great
When it comes to nutrition and exercise, do something that you enjoy doing that you can stick to consistently. If you can't stick to it for not...
Today we're gonna talk about the top six mistakes I see women making when they start strength training.
Top Mistakes Women Make When Strength Training
1. Switching Things Up Too Often
The first mistake I see women making when it comes to strength training is just switching things up too...
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Should you do cardio or weightlifting—or both? It really depends on what your particular goals are, and what you're looking to get out of it. So let's talk about.
Should You Do Cardio And Weightlifting?
Should you lift weights or do cardio? What about a combination of the two? It's going...
Are you having trouble controlling snacking throughout the day? You're not the only one. It's a super common problem. Fortunately, there are relatively easy fixes to help you eat better and feel better. Let's talk about a few tips to help with that.
How to Stop Snacking Throughout the Day
The...
I want to clear up the top five misconceptions I see when it comes to weightlifting.
1. Weightlifting Makes Women Look Bulky
The first misconception is something that I hear all the time is that weightlifting or resistance training makes women bulky.
This is literally not true.
If you are a...
What do you need to do to dial in a ketogenic diet in a healthy way. So let's talk about a few of the main things that you want to focus on.
So the first thing to focus on is making sure that your diet primarily consists of whole foods as close to nature as possible. So you can get away with...
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Don't panic—it's super common to see the scale go up if you are completely new to lifting.
Why Am I Gaining Weight as a New Lifter?
The reason for that is because when you are lifting weights, you're breaking down your muscle tissue and getting these little micro tears in your muscle...
You would do the same things, I don't think that it would be more. So what you're doing with your training, it will be more. So what you're doing with all the other things within your life if your goal is to build muscle, but also be overall healthy, then you want to make sure that you are, you...
How do you know if you're overtraining? There are a few telltale signs to see if you're overtraining—so let's chat about them.
How to Know If You're Overtraining
1. Fatigue
The first thing would be just feeling overall fatigued, like throughout the day throughout the week—just not...
Should I count total or net carbs? First, let's define what net carbs are.
What Are Net Carbs?
To determine the net carbs of a specific food, it is just the total carbs minus the fiber. And that's going to give you the net carbs.
Net Carbs = Total Carbs - Fiber
When you're first starting a...