• 10 Best-Tasting Protein Foods You Don't Know About

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    You zombie-shuffle to the nearest drive-thru for an extra-large sundae with not two but three maraschino cherries because, for the love of all that is protein, the thought of another protein shake makes you want to eat your own brain. Staring at the menu, your eyes say yes, but your heart and mind—remembering the goals you've set—say "hell no."
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  • We 'Mirin Vol. 132: 10 Amazing Athletes

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  • Ask The Nutrition Tactician: How Can I Make IIFYM As Healthy As Possible?

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  • 8 Ways To Find The Will To Train

    Sometimes, it's not as simple as sucking it up. Learn the motivation secrets one of the world's great coaches uses to get athletes to push through the doldrums!
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    Every athlete, no matter their level or style, has one of "those days." Intense training is right there on your agenda, but you just don't feel like going
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  • The Science Behind the Supps

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    SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION FOR ADVANCED CONDITIONING. Achieving optimal levels of size, strength and athletic performance requires the perfect mix of clean eating, intense training, and adequate rest. Furthermore, adding the right supplements into your fitness plan can help accelerate your muscle-building and body-shredding results. Incorporating scientifically proven formulations, like those found in the SNAC supplements below, will provide a large number of highly bioavailable nutrients with a wide
  • The Right Way To Train On A Bad Day

    Don't switch to a whole new workout when your body or brain let you know that today's workload isn't in the cards. Make this simple change to your existing routine and come back stronger next time!When building strength is the goal, periodizing your program seems simple enough. First, you systematically work up to a peak load over a number of workouts, and then you cut back on the volume for a week as a deload to prepare (and repair) before changing things up.
    This is easy enough to do when you
  • Can 5-HTP Help Me Lose Weight?

    While it gets more fame as a mood booster, 5-HTP can also enhance your weight-loss efforts. If dietary adherence is a struggle, read this!
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  • Are You Ruining Meat's Health Benefits By How You Cook It?

    Meat is a protein-packed powerhouse, but you may be short-changing yourself when you prepare it. Don't let the cooking process rob you of your physique goals!Picture this: You're standing over your stove, frying a few beautiful slices of bacon with an almost idiotic grin on your face, when—horror of horrors—your bacon starts to shrink! Your grin droops into a frown as the bacon before you withers into something skimpy and almost pitiful. Picking up your shrunken bacon, roughly half o
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  • How Exercise Can Help You Manage Diabetes

    You may not know it, but if you have type 1 or 2 diabetes, you can benefit immensely from some consistent strength training. Here's how to get started!There's no need to hit you with the stats here. You know by now that type 2 diabetes is becoming more prevalent all the time, across all age ranges, in the United States and around the world. And while preventing new cases of type 2 diabetes is rightfully a high priority for policymakers and physicians, there are crucial questions that often get o
  • 5 Ways A Bodybuilder Should Train Like A Powerlifter

    Integrating a strength-focused phase into your training can pay size dividends—so long as you don't focus on shortcuts.Who doesn't want to make this year their best ever for building muscle?Let's start by putting your traditional bodybuilding-style program on the back burner, at least for a while. Instead we're going to focus on developing raw strength.
    Sound like heresy? Hardly.
    Eight-time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman competed as a powerlifter before he ever set foot on a bodybuilding stage

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