Roasted Brussels Sprouts Recipe

Brussels Sprouts

This simple yet delicious recipe is a great way to add more vegetables to your family’s diet – Brussels sprouts! This recipe and ingredient list are big enough to serve a large family. You got to try out this recipe for family-style Brussels sprouts! Simple, yet delicious recipes like this are great because they help us eat and remain healthy. If eating healthy was incredibly hard then almost no one would do it. Instead, implement awesome recipes like this to help you stay on track and get healthy!

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High Intensity: Monitoring Your Workout Intensity

High Intensity: Go hard to burn the most calories

We recently came across a study on Science Daily that was about how simple resistance training (PreEx training in this case) when performed at a HIGH intensity is just as effective as a complex workout routine (varying rest intervals, reps, and everything else basically) in terms of building strength. We’ve all seen these complex routines that are put out there nowadays, they are a dime a dozen.

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How Bad Is Your Breakfast? Part II

No More Bad Breakfast

In Part I of this series we gave you the straight-up truth as to why breakfast is so important, plus we gave you a couple of alternatives to hold you over until Part II. Well, you don’t have to wait any longer; it’s time to throw away the bad breakfast. Here you will find 25 examples of recipes and foods you can eat for breakfast that will save you time and sleep!

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Why Is Breakfast So Important?

Breakfast is vitally important – Here’s why

Getting up early sucks… getting up even earlier to make a quick breakfast is worse which makes it so easy to ditch. In fact, a 2011 survey found that 10% of all Americans skip breakfast daily; over 31 million of us. This is especially true for children and teenagers. But how can we make ourselves more inclined to eat it and what exactly is a high-quality breakfast? I’m guessing the jelly-filled donut might not count as “quality”. We’re glad you asked; we had over 25 experts weigh in to help us out!

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Lecithin: Benefits and Side Effects

Lecithin: Naturally Lower Your Cholesterol?

Natural healing?

And then there’s lecithin. Wait… what exactly is it? I had actually never heard of it before a close relative said he was using it to help lower his cholesterol and that it was working remarkably well. After hearing his story, my natural curiosity took over and I had to know more. So we sent a query to a few nutritionists asking just exactly was this stuff was, what it did and if there were any side effects.

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The Ultimate Female Training Guide: Part II

Female Training Guide: Here you go, ladies

In Part I of our female training guide you saw the most important factor that a woman needs to consider when setting up and planning a weight training program; nutrition. We hope you have gone through it and have noted the things that you need to be careful with. As promised, here we will move on to the exercises that will help you move ahead with the routine. Along with a healthy diet, your exercise routine also plays an important role when you are trying to slim down and tone up (gain muscle).

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6 Ineffective Exercises You Are Probably Doing

Ineffective Exercises

While exercising in general is great and should never be discouraged, you probably are performing some exercises that are simply ineffective. Whether they are simply isolating a very small muscle that could be worked better with a compound movement or you are simply performing them way too fast causing you to have bad form, some exercises are better than others!

First and foremost, lack of form is usually what causes ANY exercise to be an ineffective exercise. If you aren’t doing it correctly not only will the exercise not tax your muscles but you run the risk of injury. Make sure you have the correct form no matter what exercise you are doing!

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Make It a Priority: More Sleep Please

More Sleep to Your Health

When it comes to being healthy, the majority of us (myself included) mainly focus on nutrition and exercise. We all know that for a healthier life we need to stay active, get the blood pumping every day, and make smart food choices (eat more vegetables and high-quality proteins). That combination sets us up nicely but the final piece that people commonly overlook is sleep.

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Workout Routine For Women’s Training Guide: Part I

Female Training: Here you go ladies

Ladies, have you recently started working out or even weight lifting? Many women (not all) are inexperienced when it comes to weight lifting. Not knowing what or how to use the weights is something that can greatly affect their end results. Many women actually don’t want to give female training a shot, but this can seriously hold them back from achieving the results they want.

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Vacation or Beach Workout?

Beach It Up With a Beach Workout

Beach vacations are inherently meant to be relaxing and fun. We know it would be totally cliché and write an article or two about simple beach workouts you can do that won’t cramp this “relaxed, fun” style. These articles of course would require photos/videos. I had really great intentions of doing exactly that for an upcoming piece but that all went out the window when we rolled up to the beach.

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