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For avid exercisers or anyone who exercises with the hopes of seeing results, post-workout nutrition is one of the essential parts of your daily intake. Most already know that you should be or are taking a protein shake after a workout. We do this because exercise is catabolic, which essentially means that we are breaking down muscle. We stop catabolism by replenishing our bodies with amino acids to help repair and build muscle rather than break it down. So you are not wasting a workout without a protein shake, but you are not helping it either. I recommend taking a whey protein powder and mixing it with water. Whey protein is very high in amino acids, particularly the amino acid leucine, which is the most crucial amino acid for building muscle and is an amino acid missing from plant-based proteins. In addition, because of how it is processed, whey protein,...

Aesthetics vs. performance is one of the most talked-about subjects in the exercise world.  It works like this, training for performance can cause some serious aesthetic results, but training for aesthetics will not necessarily provide someone with performance results.  In sports, it is not uncommon to judge everyone on the other team based on what they aesthetically look like before you play against them. It is also not unusual for the most shredded and jacked guy to be the worst, while the guy who looks overweight is one of the best. If you look at many professional bodybuilders, they look great but would probably have trouble getting over a fence when running from a chihuahua. Compared to a professional CrossFitter who looks great and could not only run away from the chihuahua but jump multiple fences, swim across a pond, pull themselves up onto a ten-foot platform, rest and repeat. ...

Teen Excel Class is a strength and conditioning program designed for both athletes and non-athletes ranging from ages 12-18. The program combines age-appropriate weightlifting and gymnastics with high-intensity training to deliver optimal fitness and performance. We will focus on teaching proper techniques so that we can optimize power and strength outputs. Teaching young people to move their bodies through space and then objects around their bodies is key to developing as an athlete or growing as a person. The program will be generalized, and not sports specific, but that does not take away from its validity. This will improve the athletic capabilities of any kid but also grow the fitness of a teen that is a non-athlete by teaching them to move and teaching them how to live a healthy lifestyle. I ran this program last year with a small private group and had a lot of success with each...