by Gillian SanFilippo | Aug 22, 2020 | Article, Podcasts, Uncategorized
Body recomposition refers to the process of building muscle mass and dropping body fat simultaneously. This is obviously ideal for most, if not all, clients that we work with. Changing that ratio of lean body mass to body fat is not only beneficial for long term...
by Laurin Conlin | Aug 22, 2020 | Article, Uncategorized
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Victor Frankl wrote this in Man’s Search for Meaning, his harrowing account of life in the Nazi...
by Gillian SanFilippo | Aug 15, 2020 | Article, Uncategorized
Overfeeding studies can be categorized as studies that seek to investigate the consequences of chronic overfeeding, or consistently overeating calories, in humans and their biology. As we know from part 1, overfeeding studies may seem pretty straightforward, but they...
by Laurin Conlin | Aug 15, 2020 | Article, Uncategorized
The million dollar question every competitor asks is “How long will be my prep be this season?” The short answer: However long it takes for your body to get stage lean. The nuanced answer: It will depend on a multitude of factors including your offseason, dieting...
by Laurin Conlin | Aug 8, 2020 | Article, Uncategorized
The condition known as the “female athlete triad” has been acknowledged since 1997 and is characterized by a set of three medical conditions: inadequate energy intake (with or without disordered eating), amenorrhea (the absence of menstruation), and decreased bone...
by Gillian SanFilippo | Aug 8, 2020 | Article, Uncategorized
Weight regulation and the obesity epidemic in itself is multifactorial in nature. There is a plethora of different factors at play when we start to consider why and how weight gain occurs, and subsequently persists long term for certain individuals and/or populations....