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Great BCAA Choices

Great BCAA Choices

BCAAs or branched chain amino acids ar the building blocked of protein. They are essential for our body’s function and we get most of them through the food we eat.  BCAAs are made up of leucine, isoleucine, and valine. They are great for maintaining muscle mass...
Family Fitness and Health

Family Fitness and Health

Everyone has family and friends that will play some sort of role in their transformation. It’s amazing to see how fitness cannot only transform a person but an entire family or community. Your hope may be to inspire others in your family but take it slowly and...
WEEKEND UPDATE

WEEKEND UPDATE

What is up teamRIPPED Nation?! How are y’all doing? Sticking to the plan and crushing your goals? I hope so! How are you better today than you were last week? All too often we got hung up on the big change – the stunning before and after. The side by side...
Midweek Motivation

Midweek Motivation

For some motivation today, I thought I would share a mix of some of the music I play during my workouts. When you get familiar with your workouts you don’t need all the cues. I love to pump up my music in my headphones and just get to work! (Thanks to David J...
Are Pre Workout Supplements Safe?

Are Pre Workout Supplements Safe?

Man can this be a hot topic! The question whether pre-workout supplements are safe or not divides health and fitness personalities. People either see them as perfectly safe and wonderful in every way, or that they are literally poison. A little background on me, I...
Midweek Motivation

Midweek Motivation

Over the last few weeks, I have encountered more people that seem to be lacking motivation… is that you? MY TAKE: Motivation starts with you. Long lasting motivation comes from really knowing WHY you are working out and eating right. What is your deep, personal...
What to eat and when: Part 2

What to eat and when: Part 2

Yesterday we started on a what to eat and when discussion, check it out here. I can’t say it enough – the main thing to first worry about is hitting your macros and staying under your calorie totals. That will get you results. What we are talking about...
What to EAT and WHEN

What to EAT and WHEN

If only nutrition were as easy as logging onto BOD and pushing play… we’d all be ripped! LOL Well, y’all know that isn’t the case. Today we are going to tackle a question from Joe C. on “What to eat and when is it best to eat certain...
Weekend Update

Weekend Update

Another week and we are into February teamRIPPED! Everyone that started at the New Year should have some day 30 pics to take. Pictures always tell the true story in weight loss transformations! There are lots of “measures” we should use on our weight loss...
Avoiding Temptation At Home

Avoiding Temptation At Home

“FOOD AT HOME” seems to be one of the biggest temptations for most people. So I thought it would be useful to give you some of my tips on how I beat the temptation of food at home. Know Yourself Right out the gate, you need to know what your big...