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Stop Taking Loans on Your Health

Over the last few years “hustle” culture has embedded itself into the lives of people across the globe. However, while the drive to work yourself to the bone in your twenties, thirties, and forties to set yourself up in your later years may have a positive impact on your financial situation, it is likely to

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Habit Stacking: How to Build Exercise Habits

Changing your routine to adopt better lifestyle behaviours can have a profound impact on your health and fitness. It is also something that most people find extremely difficult. Which is why we are always on the lookout for useful methods that can improve motivation and make the process easier – like habit stacking, for example…

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Now Is the Time to Reset Your Health

Even though we are living in the most abundant time in human history, chronic disease is at all-time high. The incidence of obesity, diabetes cardiovascular disease, depression, and anxiety are all reaching epidemic proportions. And to top it all off, we are now facing a coronavirus pandemic. Not good. But, in my honest option, this

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Does a high salt diet cause cognitive impairment?

Ever since the early seventies, salt has been demonized by the health community. And with direct links to high blood pressure and heart disease, there is a reason why it has long been considered a highly unhealthy food. However, over the last decade, we have started to see that salt may impact the human body

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Metabolic Flexibility: The Key to Unlocking your Health

Over the last few decades, our health has declined at a rapid rate. Despite living in a time where we have access to more health information than ever before, we are struggling to initiate long-term health change. As a result, the incidence of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, sarcopenia, and pretty much any other disease you

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What Your Sweat Says About Your Fitness Health

Every single person on the planet sweats.  Now, don’t get me wrong – I am very aware that you may tell people that you glisten, shine, or even glimmer. But in reality? Well, we all know that you simply sweat. And this is not a bad thing. In fact, not only is the act of

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The Truth About Red Meat Consumption

Over the last few decades, we have seen dietary guidelines change drastically in an attempt to better meet the health needs of the population. While many of these changes have been obvious (eat more vegetables, for example), some have not – with one change being questioned above all others. Yep, you guessed it – a

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Exercise: Is It Passion Or Addiction?

Hunter Bennett You would be hard pressed to find someone who could possibly consider exercising a bad thing. It helps us manage our weight and reduces our risk of disease and illness. Additionally, exercise improves our mental health and cognitive function. Yep, in the simplest sense, exercise is good. However, as I am sure most

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Prolonged Fasting for Health & Longevity

Hunter Bennett Throughout history, there has been one thing sought above all others. Something that has constantly re-appeared in a variety of different stories, religions, and mythologies. A thing that many have looked for, and none have found. Eternal life. Whether it be the fountain of youth, the philosophers stone, of the elixir of life,

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The Biomechanics of Sprinting

Alyssa Biawolas Understanding the biomechanics of sprint running form is essential to successful sprint performance. Biomechanical variables influencing sprinting include reaction time, technique, force production, neural factors, and muscle structure. The electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles also influences sprinting. Thomas (2017) found that maximal running speeds in sprint events are achieved by creating a

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Why You Should Consider Morning HIIT Workouts

Catherine O’Brien Are you a night owl or a morning lark? Most people tend to fall into one of two groups: morning person vs. night owl. It turns out that there is a name for these categorizations and recent research suggests that knowing your sleep type may be important when planning your exercise. Depending on

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The Ever Changing Science of Protein

Evan Stevens You would think that by now we would have a pretty firm grasp of protein. It is one of the three main macronutrients and is essential for life as we know it. Its use in sport has been long described in scientific literature and makes up a huge portion of the billion-dollar supplement