How to Hydrate Your Body
Water plays an essential role in athletic performance by maintaining your body temperature (thermoregulation). If you are dehydrated, you risk impairing your performance, and, in extreme cases, causing serious health [...]
Why Protein Alone Doesn’t Build Muscle
Most athletes know that protein is essential for building muscle strength and size, and for powering the process of muscle recovery and repair. But simply eating protein won't magically build [...]
The Perfect Post-Workout Pasta Recipe
Regardless of whether it's after a workout, practice or game, your body needs to replenish with carbohydrates, protein and healthy fats to recover and provide long-term energy reserves. Sometimes the [...]
How Athletes Should Supplement Their Diets
As a strength and conditioning professional, I'm not a big supplement advocate. I advise most of the athletes I train to get their nutrition through whole foods. But let's be [...]
3 Essential Steps to Build Muscle Strength and Size
The fastest way to build muscle strength and size is good old-fashioned strength training, done right. Over time, strength training challenges your muscles by breaking them down so they repair [...]
Upgrade Your Salsa
Salsa is one of those nutritious foods that everyone seems to love. Several years ago, I read somewhere that salsa had replaced ketchup as the most-used condiment. Homemade is best [...]
