Each week, we publish a list of best fitness articles from the previous week. These articles range from a wide variety of topics like nutrition, training, stress management, weight loss, general health, recipes, etc. Here is the list from the week of October 22 – October 28.
1. Why ‘Listen To Your Body’ And ‘Do What Works For You’ Rarely Work — And What To Do Instead.: Courtesy of Dr. John Berardi on Precision Nutrition
When it comes to health and fitness advice, you often hear things like “do what works best for you”. But the problem with this type of advice is, it’s useless unless the person knows how to actually put it into practice. In this article, Dr. Berardi shares 4 simple strategies you can use to improve your self-knowledge and help you reach your fitness goals faster.
2. One Simple Hack To Stop Screwing Yourself Over: Courtesy of Nia Shanks on Niashanks.com
We all have bad days. There’s simply no way around it. But if we’re not careful these bad days could snowball and bleed into our health and fitness. Have you found yourself running through the drive-through because you had a bad day at work? Or skipping your workout because you’re too tired? Well in this article, Nia offers up one simple hack to help you stop screwing up your progress and achieve your goals.
3. Individualizing Macronutrient Ratios For Fat Loss: Courtesy of Tom MacCormick on Breaking Muscle
Everyone wants to know what diet is best. Should you go low-carb? Should you go low-fat? In reality though, macronutrient ratios (protein, carbs, and fats), along with your total caloric intake, are what’s most important. In this article, Tom shares how to set these ratios to help you lose fat.
4. 3 Fitness Goals You Need To Ditch Immediately, According To A Pro: Courtesy of Sabrena Jo on Greatist
Goals are great to have. They help keep you focused on a specific task and can push you to step outside of your comfort zone. But goals that are unattainable have the opposite effect. They can cause you to give up and forgo your efforts all together. In this article, Sabrena shares 3 fitness goals that you need to forget immediately and what type of goals you should shoot for instead.
5. The Number-One Rule For Better Weight Loss: Courtesy of Cristy Nickel
Everyone knows that improving their nutrition and increasing their physical activity is a sure fire way to lose weight. But there is actually something more important than these two things for weight loss. And when you get it dialed in, it can improve your results drastically. In this article, Cristy shares the number one rule for better weight loss.
Lunch Recipe Of The Week: Protein Power Salad
