This week my training blog for Ragnar is about motivation and excuses. For those of you who do not know what Ragnar is, it is a team relay race that happens worldwide throughout the year and was started right here in Utah. This year I am runner 11 on my team for the Wasatch Back Ragnar which covers a total of 218 miles of mountainous terrain through the Rocky Mountains. The Ragnar has been on my bucket list for quite some time and the opportunity arose so I grasped it when I could. Read More

Reading this story has always been a motivator of mine. When I was just a teenager I went through a point in my life when I felt like the world was baring down on me (what teenager doesn’t). I remember having an interesting conversation with a mentor of mine that I highly respected about my troubles and how I just felt like it was time to give up. Maybe If I just stop trying to do all of these things and take it easy for a while I will be better off. He sat in the chair across from me and just stared for a minute, arms in his lap, hands clasped just under his chin rest his elbows on his stomach. Read More

You do not have to be a bodybuilder or fitness model to reap the benefits of a fat burner. Fat burners are used by many different people for the same type of benefits. First they help stimulate your metabolism which we all know that weight loss is about burner more calories than you take in so if you speed up your metabolism you burn more calories, thus improving weight loss. Read More

For me Erin Stern is example of the kind of woman that bodybuilding was meant to have. From the beginning she has fought to be the best. As a young girl Erin loved to ride horses, but she didn’t just ride she would run next to them and jump fences with them. Athletic from the beginning her parents suggested she try out for the high school track team.

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The paleolithic diet or better known now a days as the paleo diet is an ancient diet, or so it seems since a lot of times it is referred to as the stone age diet or hunter-gatherer diet, is presumed to be an ancient diet based on fresh all natural wild plants and animals that would have been available during the paleolithic era. The theory behind the diet is that modern humans are genetically adapted to the diet of their paleolithic ancestors and that human genetics have scarcely changed since the dawn of agriculture, therefore an ideal diet for good well-being will be fairly similar to that of our ancestors.

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Here are some of my favorite competition prep desserts. Obviously they should still be eaten in moderation, however I feel that one of the biggest downfalls to diets is the feeling of deprivation. This allows you to have a small splurge without over doing it.

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10 Ways to beat the Gym If going to the gym were easy it would be as busy as late January or early February year round. So many things can get in the way of our activity if the gym is our only option, so I’m here to give you a few alternatives that even if you are an avid gym goer are nice to change up the routine a bit. Here are ten alternatives to hitting the weights in the gym. As of today there will be no more excuses. Read More

Motivation when not renewed continuously can waver quickly and sometimes dwindle completely until we give up on our goals. This is just fine when your goal your trying to achieve is a short one that does not need to be continued once reached, but in the world of fitness a short no need to maintain goal is not only unrealistic it is none existent. It is a bumpy, curvy uphill battle that we must fight every day, every time we eat, get on cardio or step foot in the weights room. With this being said a dwindling motivation is not an option so here are a few steps towards renewing it, rejuvenating it and pushing through those motivation barriers that creep up on us like a shadow in the night.

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1. Protein Crepes

2. Chili

3. Italian Meatloaf

4. Hardboiled Eggwhite Tuna Salad:

5. Egg Drops Soup

Bonus Dessert recipe!!!!

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A Girls Guide to Supplements

For most women the reason we even walk into the gym in the first place is not so that we can look Huge and cut like the guys we dream about and see in magazines, no we go to the gym to achieve something much greater, confidence in the way we look and feel. A good, hard, training regimen is the only way to get a perfectly lean body, and it releases all those endorphins that make you feel awesome afterward. At the root of getting lean however, 80% of you program is actually nutritional. What you do not hear about with most nutritional programs is the power of the supplements you take. By adding these 10 supplements to your overall program you will be able to develop more lean muscle, accelerate your fat loss, and improve your overall health.

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Many people now a day know Phil Heath as Phil “The Gift” Heath, Mr. Olympia 2011. For those of us in the fitness and bodybuilding industry we know where the name “The Gift” came from. From the moment Phil stepped on the stage in 2003 as a bodybuilder he is yet to do a show in which he does not take home a trophy. Phil Heath is the prime example that greatness is not limited to one aspect or goal in our life. Greatness is a combination of certain attributes that can carry you to success no matter what you strive to do. Read More

Physical activity of any sort from a friendly soccer game to bodybuilding to the super bowl exposes a person to a variety of influences that promote water loss. The level of excursion to the environment to the clothes you wear all have an impact on how much water will be lost and can ultimately effect whatever it is you are doing. Also keep in mind that there are certain attributes of a person that can affect water loss such as age, weight, and even gender has an effect. Since the body prefers to maintain a certain core temperature, this excess heat must be dissipated to the external environment. Hence exercise is always accompanied by sweating.

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In the world of bodybuilding there are a few things that can quickly end a career for even the best and spinal surgery is one of those things. Read More

The most successful athletes of our time rely on many strategies to channel their strengths and talents into their workouts, diets, and other aspects or their training in order to become the best of the best the most important of those strategies however is a positive mind. Read More

Women's bodybuilding is a relatively new sport that began in the late 1970s. Just as men do, female bodybuilders strive to add muscle and reduce body fat to achieve a balanced, muscular body Read More