The Golden Rules of Life

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Functional Strength is the “Golden Rule?”

It doesn’t matter whether you are trying to lose weight, bench-press 300lbs, or run a sub-seven-minute mile, your main fitness goal should always be to improve your current and future quality of life. If you don’t have your health, you really don’t have anything!

This is the Golden Rule – no matter what training method you employ, you need to increase your functional strength to improve your quality of life!

At Home Shoulder and Trap Exercises

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Shoulder and Trap Workout for “Boulder Shoulders”

Want to hit the shoulders? Need a trap workout? Our next installment of “The DIY At-Home Exercise Series” is a shoulder and trap workout (deltoids and trapezius) – a killer shoulder workout! For the guys out there, having wide shoulders can make you look very formidable and for the ladies out there, toned shoulders can help you rock that summer dress or tank top (or just look great).

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Nate Miyaki: Fitness Advice For The Best Ways To Lose Weight

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Practical, Simple Weight Loss Advice

As a top nutrition pro in the world, Nate Miyaki’s no-bullshit approach gets results, like his program The Half Day Diet. In this exclusive DIY interview, he shares his doable weight loss approach!

Plus, if you dig his style (you will), get a helluva discount at the end!

What is High-Intensity Training and the Benefits of HIIT?

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High-Intensity Training: Get intense

The article below fits in very well with the DIY Active philosophy of performing the research-backed exercises to make working out more efficient and sustainable!

Product Review: Wellesse Premium Liquid Supplements

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Wellness: Need Liquid Supplements?

When we teamed up with Wellesse Premium Liquid Supplements I was really, really pumped! Wellesse was kind enough to send me a bunch of liquid supplements. I’ve been using them for a couple of weeks now and below you will find my honest opinion about their products. Wellesse has a wide variety of supplements but for this review, I was trying their B-Complex Complete, B-12, Vitamin D3 (1000 IU), and Protein Complete liquid supplements!

Walking Vs Running

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Walking vs. Jogging: Is this a real question?

We’re constantly yakking about how HIIT sessions can improve your health in a short, badass package. While I do love HIIT sessions, they aren’t for everyone, especially exercise newbies or people with preexisting conditions. Many people should start their training program with an alternative method. A method that doesn’t leave you “I’m never exercising again” sore… yeah, who would continue that?

Does Sugar Make Kids Hyper?

Does Sugar Make Kids Hyper?

Hmm… Does Sugar Make Kids Hyper?

The other day my niece discovered the wonders of tea and we discovered the wonders of a hyperactive toddler; otherwise known as a gremlin/troll. I’m talking bouncing off the walls, sleep is nowhere in sight, might eat all of her crayons hyper.

Then a light bulb went off that we could try decaffeinated tea, duh! That begs the question; while science has shown that caffeine can induce hyperactivity does sugar make kids hyper? [Edit: table sugar or sucrose] Basically if the tea was sweet, would the decaffeinated tea create a spastic gremlin-Esque child?

Six Pack Workout Routine At Home

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Get a Killer Workout: At-home abs

For many people, it’s that time of the year to try to get back into swimsuit shape. Summer is coming and we all want to look our best, but usually, the swimsuit dominates us. One area of the body that receives the most attention is your waistline or your abs; we need an at-home abs workout!

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Liquid Supplements?

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What’s the Deal With Liquid Supplements?

Here at DIY Active, we were a little skeptical about liquid supplements until we tried Wellesse Premium Liquid Supplements. We were pretty blown away! Check out some of the benefits of liquid supplements!

5 Fitness Topics You May Not Know

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Read Up On the Latest Fitness Topics

There is so much information on the internet in regards to fitness that it’s hard to keep up. There is also so much new research coming out daily that makes what you thought you knew today obsolete tomorrow. Let’s take a look at five of the more interesting topics that we all should know more about.