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Exercise-Associated Cramping and Gusto Facial Reflex: How to Prevent and Ease Cramping

  • Kevin Curry
  • April 7, 2023
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Cramping can be a painful and frustrating experience, especially for athletes and active individuals. Exercise-associated cramping (EAMC) is a common condition that can occur during or after physical activity, often…
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Do Evening Cycling Workouts Do More Harm than Good?

  • Kevin Curry
  • February 15, 2023
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For many cyclists, finding time to train during the day can be a struggle due to work, family, and other commitments. However, it is unclear how hard exercise in the…
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DIY Sports Drink: Electrolyte and Energy Drink for Cycling with Recipe

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Energy Balance and Your Body Weight

  • Kevin Curry
  • July 31, 2020
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Energy balance and the effect on your body weight is the most important topic to understand whether your goal is to maintain, gain or lose body weight. Weight loss and…
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Carbohydrates are the Key to Better Performance while Cycling

  • Kevin Curry
  • June 25, 2020
Carbohydrates are a perpetual hot topic in the world of sports nutrition. These days, when it comes to carbs, most focus is on low carb weight loss strategies, as carb…
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Eating Processed Foods Linked to Shorter Life Span

  • Kevin Curry
  • February 12, 2019
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Instant noodles, breakfast cereal and chicken nuggets may be delicious, but they are also associated with an earlier death. Eating highly processed foods could shorten your life, a new study…
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A Big New Diet Study Just Disproved Several Theories on Weight Loss

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  • February 20, 2018
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The  DIETFITS  study published today isn’t super surprising, get 600 people to eat more vegetables and less added sugar for a year and they’ll lose weight. What is interesting in…
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Long-Term Coffee Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

  • Kevin Curry
  • November 13, 2017
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An interesting article regarding long-term coffee consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease was just published in Circulation. The meta-analysis, which included 35 cohort studies and 1,283,685 participants, suggests that long-term…
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No, Cutting Carbs Doesn’t Prevent Cancer

  • Kevin Curry
  • October 20, 2017
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“This link between sugar and cancer has sweeping consequences,”  wrote Johan Thevelein,  a Belgian biologist and co-author of a study published in the journal  Nature Communications. That study really made…
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One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Gym

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  • May 24, 2017
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“The perfect is the enemy of the good” In the fitness world I often see people fall victim to the  Nirvana fallacy, in which people never even begin an important…
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Why You Get Muscle Cramps and What You Can Do About It

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How to Stay Healthy and Fit as a New Dad

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5 Reasons Why You’re Not Making Gains In The Gym

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Beware Fuckarounditis – Because Fitness Really is Simple

  • Kevin Curry
  • March 14, 2017
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Those of you who frequent the site know I spend some time over on Reddit. I was checking out some stuff on r/Fitness recently and I came across this Chest…
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Whey Protein vs. Casein Protein: Timing is Key

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  • December 23, 2016
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Once you wade through the multitude of information out there about optimal protein intake the next stumbling block is what type of protein you should be using. For the most…
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