Nutrition

Stack.com – Eat Like a Champion, Part 3: Post-Workout Nutrition

It’s been said time and again – you don’t get bigger and stronger during your workout. It’s after the workout when you’re resting that you recover and make gains. So post-workout nutrition becomes a prime factor in making sure you get the desired results from your workout. You may have heard the following rumors about post-workout nutrition: You …

Stack.com – Eat Like a Champion, Part 3: Post-Workout Nutrition Read More »

Stack.com – Eat Like a Champion, Part 2: How to Lose Fat Safely

Earlier this week, I posted part one of my Eat Like a Champion series on Stack.com, which focused on how athletes should eat to add muscle mass. Part two is all about how to lose fat without sacrificing performance. I interviewed Leslie Bonci, the Director of Sports Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, who explained …

Stack.com – Eat Like a Champion, Part 2: How to Lose Fat Safely Read More »

Stack.com – Eat Like a Champion, Part 1: How to Build Muscle in the Kitchen

Many athletes are in the heart of their off-season. It’s prime time to add some much-needed strength and muscle mass, which means loading up dinner plates with seconds and thirds of muscle-building food. But how do you add muscle without unwanted fat? How do you know you’re eating enough of the right foods? What’s more …

Stack.com – Eat Like a Champion, Part 1: How to Build Muscle in the Kitchen Read More »

3 Quick Breakfast Options for Early Morning Exercisers

Most of my personal training clients exercise first thing in the morning. This means waking up anywhere between 4 and 6 a.m. And not surprisingly, when waking up at the ass crack of dawn, making and eating a healthy breakfast sounds like an insurmountable challenge. Now I’m not going to lie and tell you that …

3 Quick Breakfast Options for Early Morning Exercisers Read More »

Stack.com – 4 Muscle-Building Supplements That Don’t Work

“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Winston Churchill I’ve done my fair share of bashing the supplement industry on this blog (here, here and here), and I’m not done. There’s too much lying and deception out there. We gotta take the power back. …

Stack.com – 4 Muscle-Building Supplements That Don’t Work Read More »