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Mum’s the word - CrossFit during and after pregnancy
Becoming a parent changes you, whether you are a Mum or a Dad, and it changes all of your relationships. You begin a new relationship with your partner as you start to navigate your new role of raising a child, the relationship you have with your parents changes as you perhaps start to understand them through the eyes of a parent instead of that of a daughter or a son and your relationships with your friends and work colleagues’ changes. But perhaps most dramatically of all, your relationship with yourself changes; your habits, priorities, confidence and self-esteem are all effected...
High-Intensity Power Training Workouts
High-intensity power training (HIPT) remains an unclear subject due to being a relatively new concept for most people across the globe. There are only a couple of research-based articles available about HIPT. This lack of information makes the HIPT training program hard to differentiate from high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to help fitness enthusiasts and trainers develop effective HIPT workouts. What Makes HIPT Workout Different From HIIT? The word POWER in high-intensity power training manifests an entirely different dimension of high-intensity training workouts. A typical HIPT challenges and promotes the development of the...
Best CrossFit Nutrition For Building Muscle
We have described how we can sensibly lose fat with a healthy diet and CrossFit, it is now the turn of all those who want to build as much muscle mass as possible during the challenge. A few things have to be made clear in advance: In order to grow, our muscles not only need the right training stimuli, it also needs an abundance of nutrients and energy because building muscle is hard work for our bodies. The goal is of course to build as much lean muscle mass as possible while keeping the increase in body fat low. But...
Best CrossFit Nutrition For Fat Loss
When following a CrossFit training regimen, your diet is as crucial as the workout itself. You will have to adjust your diet depending on your fitness goals. For instance, you will have to add food items to your diet plan that help you lose fat if you perform CrossFit workouts for weight loss. Having that said, even the most intense workout sessions won’t help you lose fat if your diet is not compatible with your weight loss goals. Also, your diet contributes significantly to the way you feel in the gym. This article tends to cover all your bases regarding...