fitness

Cut Out the Sodium With Kelapo

Our bodies crave sodium. Sodium helps us maintain a proper balance of fluid, transport nutrients, transmit nerve pulses, and also aids in the overall movement and contraction of our muscles. But too much sodium can have some seriously negative effects on your system like increasing blood pressure which can lead to heart disease. The experts behind the 2005 revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans suggest adults ingest no more than 2,300mg of sodium per day. But according to the Centers for Disease Control, Americans actually take in over 3,400mg of sodium daily. While sodium is mostly associated with salt, there are […]

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Quick Ab Workout and Healthy Apple Crisp

Summer is right around the corner, which makes this the perfect time to work on that beach body! Working out abs has always been fun to me and I like to switch up my ab workouts every few weeks to keep things interesting. I strive to hit my abs at least three times a week, focusing on my upper and lower abdominal muscles, as well as obliques. When incorporating abs into a workout with a different muscle group, I find it easier to split up these exercises. For example, I’ll do Russian twists as a warm up, crunches with the […]

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Eat Like Schwarzenegger’s Fitness Advisor

As an aspiring bodybuilder, and someone who recently started training for my first physique show, it is my humble opinion that Arnold Schwarzenegger is the greatest bodybuilder of all time. I count him as one of my personal heroes and someone I admire. Very few people have accomplished as much as he has in one lifetime. Recently I found an AMA, short for Ask Me Anything, done by one of Arnold’s fitness advisors, Adam Bornstein, on the popular social discussion board site, Reddit.com. Needless to say, I was ecstatic; this was a chance to get a behind the scenes look […]

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