This week, over on the Abs and Avocados Instagram page, we shared a lot of examples of foods you can use when adding healthy fats into your diet. While the macronutrient fat, in and of itself, is available in a lot of different types of food, not all fat is...
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Bench Press Program FAQ
This is all of the information you need to know before trying out our bench program. Bench Press Program FAQ What is a bench program? It is a program designed to increase your bench press numbers. What is the benefit of this program? To strengthen the upper body muscles and...
Healthy Recipe Websites: Why Does Healthy Equal Low Carb?
The other day, I was searching on the internet trying to find healthy recipes that can be shareable for a group. The one thing that I kept noticing at the top of the searches were healthy recipe websites promoting mainly keto or low-to-no carb recipes. This is really frustrating for...
Is Whole 30 Worth It?
Follow up... Is Whole 30 worth it? *TMI: might talk about bowel movements ?* I just finished up 30 days of a pretty restrictive diet. (Check out my start post here) Main things were no alcohol, dairy, gluten, sugar, and processed foods. It wasn’t necessarily hard, but sometimes I just...
Healthy Grocery List
There are a lot of reasons why nutrition and meal prep can be intimidating, especially when it comes to making a healthy grocery list or with figuring out the best way to shop for food. It doesn't have to be! We are here to help you come up with the...
Why Rest Between Sets is Important
Have you been finding yourself not necessarily knowing how long to rest between sets? Maybe your workouts are taking a long time and you don’t know why? Or maybe you feel completely winded within the first few sets? Then let’s talk about rest time and why rest between sets is...
Weight Flucuations and Body Image
Almost two years, and almost 15 pounds separate the two photo below. It’s funny how numbers on a scale won’t change, but your physical composition does. The opposite is also true... a 15 lb difference seems like a lot, but there aren't huge differences in between these photos, except for...
New Year, New Gut Health
Oh wow, the holidays are officially over! It’s been quite the nutrition journey these past few months for me, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the average American gains 5 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years. 5 pounds of pie......
We All Start Somewhere
Whether you are an advanced athlete who has been training for years, or someone who has never really focused on a fitness and nutrition journey, we all start somewhere. We want to help you become the most healthy version of yourself, in ways that make you feel good, and feel...
