Category: Nutrition
Probiotics and Fermented Foods (Worth The Hype?)
Your gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a complex organ system that digests food from your mouth all the way through to excretion. An estimated 60-70 million people suffer from some sort...
Maximizing Your Performance During The CrossFit Open
Five weeks of serious CrossFit action coming at us as we’re only a month away from the release of 19.1!! What do you want the five weeks of Open to...
Your Nutrition Strategy Heading Into The Open
Do you workout fasted or are you one of those people who absolutely has to eat before you train? What about post-workout? Do you make time to consume carbohydrates after...
The Ultimate Protein Guide
Let’s talk Protein. Highly debated, greatly misunderstood, over-consumed by gym rats, and vastly under-consumed by the general population. It’s a topic I get asked about every single week by followers...
Nutritional Periodization For Fat Loss
This is my second time writing this article, to be honest. The first go around I tried to simplify the concept, explaining to you not only what Nutritional Periodization is...
6 Easy Changes To Kick Start Your Fitness Journey
So you want to start exercising and eating “clean,” but where do you start? There is so much information out there it can be overwhelming. You are definitely not alone...
Top 7 Nutrition Mistakes CrossFit Athletes Make
CrossFit is an incredibly demanding sport and taxing on the body. A combination of pure strength, olympic lifting, gymnastics, and endurance, tackling CrossFit workouts means you have to be ready...
FAQ: Tracking Macros (What You Need To Know, Before Tracking Macros)
For years you have been calling people who track their macros, record their food, and count their calories – crazy, restrictive, and obsessive; but now you are starting to consider...
Navigating Through The Holidays (Realistic Holiday Health Outcomes)
This isn’t your typical “Thanksgiving Survival Guide” nutrition blog that’s going to save you from putting pounds on this holiday. Although I will share some tips that I use with...
Nutrient Timing (What The Science Actually Tells Us)
Nutrient Timing – Here’s what you need to know: • Calories in vs. calories out still reigns king, it’s what takes the priority when considering performance and physical body composition...
Is It Healthy To Be A Vegetarian? (Putting Ethics Aside)
What is the healthiest way to eat? What is the best way to eat to build muscle and improve gym performance? How should I eat if longevity is my main...
Superfoods (Fact or Fiction?)
Kale, chia seeds, berries… Most of us have heard these and other foods called “Superfoods,” making them sound pretty sexy, and also making us more likely to spend the cash...