It seems like every week there’s a new fad diet sweeping the Internet. This latest one, however, is not for the faint of heart. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App The Military Diet is a three-day regimen that promises to help you lose 10 pounds a week, if followed correctly — trust us, this is easier said than done. Also Read: Lose 10 Pounds In Two Weeks Also known as the Birmingham Cardiac diet, the 3-Day diet, and the Army or Navy diet, the plan consists of just 860 to 1,150 calories a day for three days (with four days off), which ...
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Fitbit has just released its new lineup of wearable devices, which are now available for pre-order in Canada. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App The two biggest updates? The Charge 2 (pictured above) and the Flex 2. Priced at $199.95 in Canada, the Charge 2 is an upgrade from the original Charge. Now there is only one model, which already comes with the PurePulse heart rate tracking built-in (so there’s no need to pay extra for the more-expensive, higher-end Charge HR). The new Charge 2. In addition, the Charge 2 has a display that is four ...
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An obese widow who took selfies every day for 365 days to document her weight loss journey has shed an incredible 126 pounds. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App Justine McCabe, 31, has had a difficult few years. When her mother died in 2013 from chemotherapy complications, McCabe turned to food for comfort. At the time, the 5’10 hairstylist weighed 285 pounds. Then, in February 2015, tragedy struck one more. Her husband of six months, John Paul, took his own life after a long struggle with depression. #transformationtuesday this week is a big one! It’s my ...
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Last week, Olympic gold gymnast Simone Biles shared an Instagram photo from Rio. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App The image shows Biles, along with fellow American gymnasts Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman, rocking bikinis on the beach and showing off their incredible six-pack abs. Rio beach day ? A photo posted by Simone Biles (@simonebiles) on Aug 20, 2016 at 2:23pm PDT The Internet was collectively in awe of their super-fit figures, tweeting their approval and admiration. Not everyone was impressed, however. One twitter troll named Daniel — handle @UWantMyD_aniel — took to social media to body-shame ...
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Lack of sleep is an epidemic among millennials. Too much screen time, combined with long work hours and the stress of living paycheque to paycheque can wreak havoc on our daily lives, not to mention our REM cycles. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App The result? Millennials are shaping up to be the most sleepless generation so far. Even worse, we try to remedy our lack of sleep by praying to the caffeine gods, or embracing the “night owl” image, which only further messes up our body clock. If you’re feeling exhausted, overworked and overwhelmed, try incorporating these five ...
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Prepare to have your mind blown, muscle men (and women). Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App A new study from the University of Stirling has debunked two common beliefs about big muscles and protein. First, that people with more muscle mass need more protein than their less-muscles counterparts (they don’t). And second, that you only need 25 g of protein after a full-body workout to grow muscle (you need nearly double that.) Whoa. MYTH 1: Bigger athletes need more protein For the study, young, resistance-trained men were divided into two groups: One with lower lean body mass (less ...
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We all know the merits of a Mediterranean diet, but a new study from Spain proves its not all just about what you eat. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App When it comes to battling depression and living a happier, healthier life overall, it turns out we can learn a lot from our friends across the pond. Also Read: Top Mediterranean Diet Foods The study asked 11,800 people in Spain about their diet and exercise habits, as well as how much time they spent out socializing with friends. Researchers deemed all three of these elements together — a Mediterranean diet, ...
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Move over, Ice Bucket Challenge. There’s a new viral awareness campaign sweeping the Internet, and you don’t have to freeze your buns off for this one – in fact, you might actually feel the burn. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App The 22-Pushup Challenge seeks to bring attention to the 22 veterans who commit suicide every day. It works very much like the Ice Bucket Challenge formula: Participants film themselves doing 22 push-ups, and then they nominate two more people to complete the challenge after them. The video is posted on social media, along with the hashtags, ...
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Winning 21 Olympic gold medals certainly builds up an appetite. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App Much ado has been made about Michael Phelps’ diet for the Rio Olympics, and for good reason — the 31-year-old American swimming champ is now the most decorated Olympian of all time, having just nabbed his second gold medal in one night (and 25 Olympic medals in total), on Tuesday night. But while his dominance in the swimming pool hasn’t changed, Phelps’ diet over the years certainly has. image source: Men’s Health & TECH Insider During the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps ...
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A scrappy little dog showed up at the start of an extreme marathon, and ran right into Dion Leonard’s heart. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App Edinburgh-based marathoner Leonard met his new pal near the beginning of the Gobi March, a gruelling 250-kilometre trek across China. “This little dog’s sort of sitting next to me, looking up like, ‘Are we going to run together today?'” Leonard told The Washington Post. “I didn’t really think that much of it. I thought, let’s see how long this dog lasts.” The pup, who Leonard appropriately nicknamed Gobi, followed his new ...
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Eggs are enjoying a renaissance. The little nutrition powerhouses pack a protein punch, and aside from their high cholesterol content — which is still hotly debated by science and health experts — eggs are, overall, an extremely healthy food. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App “Eggs are an excellent source of choline…and a good source of high-quality protein, vitamin B12, phosphorus and riboflavin,” says Dr. Mitch Kanter, executive director of the Egg Nutrition Centre. And almost every culture around the world agrees. From North and South America to Europe and Asia, eggs are a staple in most people’s diets, though ...
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We all know that living a sedentary lifestyle is seriously bad for us — but you may not have realized it was this bad. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App A recent series of studies, which looked at more than one million people, found that physical inactivity causes more than 5 million deaths a year. That’s almost as many as smoking, which the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates kills 6 million a year. Whoa. In addition, researchers found that physical inactivity costs the global economy nearly $67.5 billion a year in healthcare and productivity losses. Meanwhile, just one our ...
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Kate Writer, 25, has shed more than 115 pounds in just nine months and she did it all without surgery.
Pokémon Go has officially taken over. For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past few days, the wildly popular app launched on July 6 in the U.S. and on July 18 in Canada. To progress in the game, players must walk around to find and catch Pokémon and to discover “Pokestops.” The farther you walk, the more chances you have to succeed. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App Unsurprisingly, several fitness apps have noticed a rise in steps taken during the short period that the app has been available. Cardiogram, an ...
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