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16 ways training athletes is not like training regular people

August 12, 2013

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A common theme in the fitness world is using athletes as examples. Pimping supplements they use, their exercise routines, some space age equipment, whatever it is. The implication being “X athlete does Y, if you use Y you can be like X.” As someone who started out in the exercise world with a huge emphasis […]

Do antihistamines (allergy meds) make you fat or affect exercise performance?

October 31, 2012

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For the first 23 years of my life I never had a single allergy. In fact, I used to vehemently make fun of those who did. Words such as “genetically inferior” would get thrown around. Then last year I had this odd cough for a month or so; in September. My entire life I had […]