1. Deadlifts Correctly Replicate the Position You Jump From:The body position of someone performing a vertical jump and the bottom position of a deadlift are practically identical. Becoming more powerful in this position during deadlifts have been shown to transfer to vertical jump performance. 2. Deadlifts Have Been Proven To Increase the Rate of Force Development:The science backs up the
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Without doubt, exercise is extremely important, whether you are following a low carb, ketogenic lifestyle or not. However, exercise is able to act more efficiently when following a ketogenic diet.Let’s face it- the primary reason you are exercising is to look good, period. Sure, health benefits are a nice secondary benefit, but if we are brutally honest, it’s because looks
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Going Back in Time A paleo diet is all about reviving our ancestors’ diets back in the day by eating fresh, healthy, wholesome foods that have not been contaminated with additives and preservatives. This highly trending diet, which actually started in 1970 by gastroenterologist Walter L. Voegtlin, includes vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots, and meats. It excludes processed foods, dairy products,
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Going Back in Time A paleo diet is all about reviving our ancestors’ diets back in the day by eating fresh, healthy, wholesome foods that have not been contaminated with additives and preservatives. This highly trending diet, which actually started in 1970 by gastroenterologist Walter L. Voegtlin, includes vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots, and meats. It excludes processed foods, dairy products, grains, sugar
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A low carb diet is essentially, what it says – it is a diet that greatly reduces intake of carbohydrates. This is not as easy as it sounds. Carbohydrates are found in foods such as sugary snacks, bread, pasta, starches, fruit, and many processed foods. Typically, the most strict low carb diets limit intake to 20 grams of net carbs
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Low carb diets are common in the weight loss spectrum. Many studies have shown them to result in more weight lost as compared to the standard low fat diet plan. Going on a low carb diet has so many health benefits, including the fact that they are highly effective at eliminating visceral fat, such as that in the belly, a most
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Fat Only Makes You Fat When Paired With Carbohydrates – Truth Or Myth? Wait just a darn minute, so you mean to tell me fats are not the bad guys? That they are merely “accomplices,” or the subject of peer pressure? Yep, chances are you have been wrong about fat your entire life. Kind of like that one guy in
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It may be the most harmless activity known to man, but it’s also one of the biggest dangers to your health. IT’S SITTING! Even if you’re the most active of athletes, you may still suffer from tight hip flexors due to the amount of time you spend each day planted to a chair. If you have tight hip flexors from
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If you have tight hip flexors from sitting too much you may be kicking your body into fat-storing mode and it has nothing to do with inactivity. Sitting is a fatloss inhibitor As the body’s “fight or flight” muscle, your psoas (hip flexors) is deeply connected to our natural survival instinct. It instantly tightens in moments of danger to either
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