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11/02/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Eating breakfast before exercise may “prime” your body to burn more carbohydrates

According to a recent study, eating a healthy breakfast may promote weight loss better than fasting. The findings revealed that eating breakfast before you work out can help “prime” the body to burn carbohydrates and digest food faster after you exercise. The study, published in the American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, involved researchers from the University of Bath’s Department […]

02/08/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Get a workout buddy: Another study confirms that making exercise a social outing keeps you on track, improves quality of life

You may want to consider joining a workout group — or, even better, getting your friends in on the act. This is because a team of researchers from Anglia Ruskin University found that walking in groups could help in keeping people on track with the program and improving their quality of life. For the study, researchers examined […]

01/30/2018 / By Derek Henry

Top 4 ways to get an unfair advantage (naturally) with your workout results

Let’s face it, everyone is looking for ways to do things faster and more efficiently. Whether it is an insane work week, active family, or a combination of both, it can become difficult to become physically fit without spending an obnoxious amount of time in the gym. Then, for those who do manage this herculean […]

01/22/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Running on empty has its benefits: Fitness experts say do NOT eat before hitting the gym, contradicting a common exercise myth

Is it really better for you to hit the gym on an empty stomach? It’s an odd yet intriguing idea that’s been gaining some traction in recent years. Many expert fitness experts have since and continued to come forward and speak about how this practice may hold the key to losing weight. Less food, more […]

01/04/2018 / By JD Heyes

What are the TOP fitness trends for 2018? Think back to the basics

If 2017 was the “year of the fitness gadget,” then 2018 is shaping up to be the “year of the basics,” according to health experts who are monitoring trends. Americans seem to have gotten their fill of fitness gadgets, activity trackers and apps and are instead returning to real-world workouts that have proven to be […]

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