HEALTHFITUMB

Protein should be incorporated into you diet for so many beautiful reasons! Protein is filling and can help prevent cravings and hunger, protein helps to stabilize your blood glucose, protein helps prevent muscle loss, increases your metabolism more than fat and carbs, it is essential for recovery after exercise and it is also vital for muscle building. More muscle means a faster metabolism! Protein is a very powerful nutrient that should never be cut from the diet. Make sure to enjoy the power of protein by eating enough of it everyday! Good sources of protein include meats, poultry and fish, milk and dairy products, eggs, tofu and legumes. You can also buy powdered protein to incorporate into your smoothies, oatmeal or even add to pancakes! Here are a few helpful recipes to get you started. Banana Protein Pancakes: A healthy breakfast with 5 simple ingredients. -2 (20g each) scoops of vanilla protein powder -1 large, ripe banana -1/8 tsp. cinnam...

Legs are the strongest muscle in the body and also the biggest. When it comes to doing legs, some people advice are split: Some say you should do them twice a week while some advocate doing it once a week. Growing legs are tough just like any other muscles, you need to work out religiously in order of them to grow. In today's blog, I will talk about how you should attempt doing leg curls, is it bad for your knees and how many sets you should be doing. When doing an exercise on the leg curl machines, make sure the positioning on your knees is right. You want to make sure the resting pad is above 90% and your knees straight as you squeeze at the top. DO NOT  attempt to go extremely heavy cause the joints in your knees will deteriorate later on. You want to make sure that it is just right enough to do a minimum of 15 reps. The point of this exercise is to shape the teardrop on your quads. Most people and myself recommend to do six - eight sets with 20 - 15 reps depending on ...

Now that we are finally having good weather we should use this opportunity to go outside and work out. Working out outside helps you not only physically but mentally, it is good to try new things and working out outdoors will make you hit muscles you’d never reach on your regular routine at the gym. Here are two different types of workouts you could do while being outside: ·       Hill-sprint workout: it would simulate your runs on a treadmill but instead of letting a machine figure out your pace you would be responsible on how much effort you put on your sprints. ·       Sand-sprint session: this could be one of the best exercises to improve your sprints since you are running on a surface where your body is not used to and it’s not flat .

There are many things that can be incorporated into your diet that also provide amazing health benefits. When hydrating your body, as we know, water, water, water! BUT- along with water there are other drinks that are super good for you too! And here’s why… Kombucha is one of them. Kombucha is a fermented tea beverage that uses symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. It has a vinegary smell and tart taste that comes in a variety of flavors. The health benefits kombucha provides includes; 1.      Detoxification – aids in natural detoxification 2.      Improved digestion – the organic acids, enzymes and probiotics promote healthy digestion and soothe upset stomach 3.      Immune system stimulation – the healthy gut bacteria gained by drinking this beverage helps to stimulate the immune system. The probiotics that are gained from fermented foods help to strengthen our natural defenses against harmf...

Did you know legs are the strongest muscle in your body? Meaning it's essential to do legs twice a week if you can. The benefit of doing legs are: bigger muscle overall. Yes it is possible to work your upper body without doing legs, however your body will look disproportional. Essentially speaking legs will built your overall body to faster and better results. Compound workouts are essential in growing muscles, they are the must-do exercises every week. Squats is considered a compound exercise. In this blog, I will show you the positioning of your stance, why squat barefooted, and how low should you go. In this photo, my partner will demonstrate briefly about what I am talking about. The recommendation for stance is to go  shoulder-width . Some people go wide and some people go narrow, but I usually recommend whatever your body feels comfortable.  Squat while barefoot  has its pro: it keeps the level of your feet parallel to the floor. The shoes that we common wear t...

In the previous blog about CrossFit, we talked a little bit about the introduction of this new workout and the benefits that it creates to our body. On this post I want to talk about some type of workouts and which ones we should start with. The most important part of these workouts are the warm ups, these are not regular warm ups where all you do is stretch, on these ones you will do some exercises but at a slower pace, so your body gets used to the following exercises on the workout. One of the easiest exercises that you could do anywhere are box jumps. All you need is a box or bench kind of high, and the exercise will consist on jumping from the ground level with both feet at the same time and land on the box. The pace and technique on this exercise is important for better benefits. Rowing ergometer is another exercise that professional CrossFit athletes used to get in shape and do cardio while working their abs and arms. It seems easy but the technique is also important to n...

When trying to live and practice a healthier life, it is easy to be misled on what is good for you and what is not by what you may see on the Internet or social media. It is important to make sure you are getting your facts from a reliable place. There are many ingredients that are amazing to add into your diet and provide major health benefits that aren’t just fads! Turmeric may be the most effective nutritional supplement in existence. This ingredient shows to have major benefits for your body and brain. ·       Turmeric contains bioactive compounds with powerful medicinal properties, anti-inflammatory effects and a very strong antioxidant. The main reason antioxidants are so beneficial is because they protect our bodies from free radicals. ·       Turmeric boosts brain-derived neurotropic factors in which are linked to improved brain function and lower risk of brain disease. ·     ...