Posts Tagged ‘Nutrition’

Post Workout Recovery and the 5 Significant Strategies You NEED To Implement Every Time

Posted on: May 12th, 2012 by Ste Bacon No Comments

Post workout recovery is vitally important to fitness and health progression, but you probably already knew that.  It is spoken of time and time again by fitness professionals, people down the gym, our friends who like to research all things fitness and perhaps the well informed team mate if you play sports.

Post workout recovery is a critical part of any training or fitness program because our bodies are extremely responsive to receiving and using the nutrients we provide it at this time, enabling us to successfully recover and progress stronger and improved for future challenges and workouts.

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12 Tips for a Healthy Dining Out Experience

Posted on: May 5th, 2012 by Ste Bacon No Comments

Simply sticking to a healthy diet can be difficult enough for lots of people, but when we step away from the home it can become even more challenging with so much temptation all around us.  Dining out in restaurants can play a big part in our social lives i.e. going on dates, attending birthday celebrations and so on, it’s not always possible to avoid a potentially unhealthy situation when presented with our chosen establishments menu.  How can any of us have control of our diet when we don’t have control of our eating environment?

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Top 7 Nutrition Benefits for Fighters

Posted on: April 28th, 2012 by Ste Bacon No Comments

As a fighter you will always strive to be at your best.  To compete and win your aim will be to improve and challenge yourself each day to reach new heights.  You will train hard to better yourself and you will study hard to learn new techniques and strategies to outwit your opponent - this is what it’s all about, this is the life of an athlete.

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Do We Really Need Sports Dietary Supplements?

Posted on: March 16th, 2012 by Ste Bacon No Comments

This is a topic that often stirs up one heck of a debate amongst fitness enthusiasts and professionals.  One side of the argument will make strong claims that we can obtain all the necessary nutrition from food, and the opposite end of the argument will suggest we cannot possibly get all we need from food alone and will need to invest in purpose made pills and powders to achieve optimal body composition and performance.  It is because of such indifference amongst individuals within the fitness world that many of us can become confused as to what, if any, supplements we should aim to invest in to help us achieve our goals.

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Flaxseeds Health, Fitness and Fat Loss Benefits

Posted on: February 15th, 2012 by Ste Bacon No Comments

Flaxseed, also known as linseed, is considered to be one of the most powerful plant foods on the planet.  It has been around for thousands of years to add fibre, fats and protein to diets when these nutrients were unavailable or sparse.  Despite flaxseed possessing a rare blend of nutrients found in few other foods, it is rarely a staple part of the modern diet.  Let’s explore some of the benefits that flaxseed can offer and you can decide for yourself if it is worthy of a place in your nutritional inventory:

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