Trail mix is fake healthy. It’s 160 calories per serving, that’s the same as a handful of Lay’s potato chips. A serving and a half is the same as a Snickers bar. And let’s face it, when you’re just mindlessly snacking on this bag you can easily replace your dinner in calories.

Are there some healthy fats in here? Yes of course. But there’s also plenty of refined sugar. The reality is if you want something healthy just have almonds, and if you actually want to cheat on your diet just go all in and have something you’re really looking forward to.

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Black bean pasta was one of my old staples from Trader Joe’s. Unfortunately they got rid of the product, but there are still options on the market. This particular brand I found at Aldi. It’s got 180 calories, 25g protein, 11g fiber- those are bonkers macros.

This is basically like eating a protein bar but instead a bowl of pasta. Yes it’s going to have a black bean taste so maybe it’s not ideal for Sunday sauce, but it could be a great way to get over the mid-week hump or fulfill that pasta craving.

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Short term, the best thing you can do to change your body is nutrition. Through proper nutrition you can lose fat and achieve an amazing transformation in a few short months. Long term, you’re going to want to weight train if you want to look better with your clothes off.

You shouldn’t be focused on just burning calories at the gym. Certainly there are times when you’ll want to do cardio, but you should be focusing on strength training. No, you will not end up jacked to the gills. This isn’t a science fiction movie. It takes years upon years to get that overly developed look that you might find unappealing. Lifting weights will allow you to get that chiseled look on Instagram that everybody’s looking to obtain.

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Electrolytes are all the rave right now and most people don’t even know what the f*** they actually are. They’re simply minerals, the five key ones are:

Potassium
Calcium
Magnesium
Sodium
Chloride

I work out about 12 hours a week and have zero issues staying hydrated. You do secrete electrolytes as you sweat and some people sweat a lot, or are endurance athletes. So for select people this might actually be a vital product instead of, once again, people thinking they can solve all of their problems with a supplement. Spoiler alert, you still need to drink water ***holes. Too much or too little of electrolytes are a bad thing.

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Client spotlight: @brianmazza. Brian has been running 100+ miles every month for the last 8 months straight on top of weight training with me 3 days a week. When we weight train together, we usually do 2 total body days and 1 push/pull day where we let his legs recover before his long run of the week. Even if he runs a marathon the weekend before, we still train upper body the following Monday.

There’s a common misconception that you can’t be an endurance runner and still be jacked, and while it’s not easy to do both, it absolutely is possible. Proper nutrition and recovery are essential because if you aren’t getting enough nutrients in, you will burn off that precious muscle. And if you aren’t getting enough protein and sleep, you certainly will be beat down from this many hours spent training.

Link in bio if you are ready to change your life.

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Leg extension can be a useless exercise unless you go all in. Seriously, you have to go near failure with the intensity on this particular exercise. Even still, you might not get as much quad engagement as you’d like because your hips will externally rotate. Enter the yoga block. Squeeze this sucker between your legs and you’re instantly going to get more quad engagement and also activate your adductors.

Don’t have a yoga block? Just shove any miscellaneous object between your thighs, just be careful kids 😬🍆

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