Sodium (salt) causes your body to retain fluid. Many of the processed foods (Frankenfood) you find down the aisle are packed with sodium to make up for an otherwise poorly tasting food-like item. Try shopping the perimeter of the grocery store and seasoning your food with Ms. Dash, lemon, lime and fresh herbs, like garlic, rosemary, onion, pepper, sea salt (course and unrefined) or curry powder. There's so many great NATURAL items out there that are good for you and it opens

The CrossFit Open is a worldwide, on-line CrossFit competition hosted by CrossFit Headquarters and it’s designed as the first test to entry for the annual CrossFit Games, held each summer in California. In 2016, over 320,000 people participated in the online competition! Over 5 weeks, CrossFit HQ will announce a mystery workout each Thursday night and participants will have until Monday at close of business to complete the workout. We will be following the 5 weeks of workouts

Metabolic Window... ever heard of it? Simply speaking, it's the period after exercise during which nutrition can transition the body from a catabolic state (tearing down muscles) to an anabolic state (repairing muscle, aka GAINZ!!). You have a 30 minute window (give or take depending on the individual) after your workout for optimal nutrient absorption and recovery. This is why you see so many athletes shaking a bottle and downing something right after a workout. Ideally 20-

Not all fats are bad, even though conventional marketing hype would lead you to believe otherwise. Eating fats doesn't make you fat. Eating too many of the wrong KINDS of fat will add to your belt line over time. Everyone NEEDS fat! Inadequate fat intake can lead to lean muscle tissue breakdown, muscle fatigue, accumulation of fatty tissue, lack of energy, and poor athletic performance. Good fats raise your good cholesterol (HDL) and lower your bad cholesterol (LDL). To an e

Good Nutrition is simple. It's not easy but it is relatively simple, at least when we make our own meals but what about when we want to pull up a chair to enjoy a meal out with friends & family? How can we know we're getting a meal that helps us stay on our nutrition plan without having to worry about the details. Well, we've been working on a solution! As an extension of our Nutrition Coaching Program, we've partnered with one of our favorite local restaurants to provide no

There’s a lot of hype about the health benefits of cold-pressed juices, but the problem with juicing that not everyone knows is the amount of sugar in them. A typical 12oz juice from Jamba juice contains 35g of sugar. A can of Coke contains 39g. Yes, they are both natural sugars, but your body will convert most of this sugar into fat and if you're sedentary, it'll convert almost all of it into fat! A good tip is to stick with the whole fruit over juices. This will decrease t