Fasted Cardio: Does it Speed Up Fat Burning? Have you heard that doing cardio before breakfast can actually speed up fat burning? The theory makes sense. If you work out when you don’t have much sugar in your body (like after 8 hours of sleep), your body will naturally turn to fat. But does it actually work? …

Bodyweight Exercise You Can Do Without Weights and With Little Time If you are exercising on a regular basis, sometimes you’ll find that for whatever reason you may end up with no equipment and with very little time. Do you just skip your workout? No. You shorten it and you…

Exercise For Osteoarthritis: Strength Training, Stretching, and 2 Surprising Exercises Do you have osteoarthritis (OA)? Your knees, hip or back hurt either all the time, or with certain movements. You’re stiff when you get up in the morning. Maybe you went to the doctor or physical therapist, they send you to get an X-Ray or MRI, and saw that there’s…

SPEED AND AGILITY TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS Speed and agility are the holy grail of many sports, and many athletes invest a significant amount of time researching speed and agility training, only coming upon pages and pages of bad information. …

Muscle Building And now, for the meat of this newsletter. So far, I’ve written about health, flexibility, and other topics, but not about muscle building, so let’s talk about that. The scientific term for muscle building is “hypertrophy.” There are two different types of hypertrophy: – Myofibrillar – Sarcoplasmic Here…

By: Emily Karataeva and Igor Klibanov Alright, so you’ve been diagnosed with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), and it’s very likely that you’re here because everything your doctor or any other medical professional has told you is everything but helpful. You’ve probably heard things like: “Just lose weight.” “Eat less, move…

Welcome to the 7th edition of “Stuff I Like”, where I talk about products, services, blogs or shows that I like. Here we go! ALLO What is ALLO? ALLO is my favourite new addition to coffee/decaf. Why? What makes it special? As far as I know, it’s the only protein powder…

Meet Miriam. Miriam is a 33-year-old mom of a rambunctious 3-year-old boy, works full time as a teacher, and has 3 additional jobs on top of that. To say that she’s a busy, stressed-out lady would be an understatement. Because of how busy her life is, she gained weight. She…

Welcome to the 5th edition of “stuff I like”, where I feature different products, services, and well… trash TV that I like. In no particular order: TONICA KOMBUCHA If you don’t know what kombucha is, it’s simply fermented tea. They first hit the market maybe around 2008–2010, and it would be in…