by MikeandMida | Dec 16, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Lifestyle, Psychology
At Strength By Fitness, we do not just coach nutrition and fitness, fat loss, performance and strength and all those things.
We work with fostering healthier habits too, and recovery and stress management are part of that, as is sleep.
So here are a few basic pillars that will let us improve your sleep quality and sleep cycle, and the many health metrics that in turn will improve.
by MikeandMida | Dec 6, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Lifestyle, Nutritional Science
I have lately seen some health, nutrition & fitness conversations about protein intake and kidney disease. Expressing the good old fable that a healthy high-protein intake will be a bad thing for people with kidney issues.
And especially so the elderly.
But this is for most people a fable, based on a small grain of truth. Welcome to another fact-based deep dive from Strength By Fitness.
by MikeandMida | Nov 29, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Exercise Science, Lifestyle, Nutritional Science
Never be afraid of lifting weights as a woman or man who is currently out of shape, less fit, obese, or if you simply are a person with some excess fat to lose.
When you change your food habits in order to achieve a healthy amount of fat loss you will also lose some lean mass, including skeletal muscle mass, bone mass and organ mass. Welcome to a new article and study.
by MikeandMida | Nov 23, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Exercise Science, Lifestyle, Nutritional Science
We are living in a fact-free world where a ton of people tragically assume that as they grow old there is absolutely nothing they can do to maintain better health, and fitness, mobility and body composition relative to their sedentary peers.
This is not true, habits dictate how you age, dive right in and find out how you can enjoy a healthier second half of your life.
by MikeandMida | Nov 16, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Lifestyle
Mike Tyson vs Paul was, as most had expected, not a great boxing match.
But the value of the entertainment is not the purpose of this article. What I want to say is that Mike Tyson impressed me, and more importantly he should inspire countless of people around the world.
Now, why did Tyson impress me?
by MikeandMida | Nov 11, 2024 | Coaching, Coaching Wisdom, Lifestyle
End of year sale. 12 months of unlimited private online coaching from Strength by Fitness for only 200€.
by MikeandMida | Nov 10, 2024 | Exercise Science, Lifestyle
Intervals are far more demanding than steady-state exercise. But, read on for the why and take that knowledge with you as you program smarter fitness plans.
The human body will use way more energy moving into a higher level of physical effort than it does once a steady state has been achieved.
by MikeandMida | Nov 8, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Exercise Science, Lifestyle
This is how you train older clients for vastly better results and health.
In these studies, we see that roughly 12 sets in total per week of resistance training across two separate gym days track incredibly well.
Read on to uncover the secrets of successful strength training for the elderly. Load, rep range, rest and exercise choices, and why that is.
by MikeandMida | Nov 7, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Exercise Science, Lifestyle
Welcome to another Strength By Fitness article, today today we will talk about the crossroad of body mass, muscle fibers, strength, speed, agility and explosive power and how its all connected.
In short, this article will explore how you should train to become stronger, faster, and more explosive as an athlete and person.
This comes into play when your total mass is already too big for your relative strength to successfully power even faster, and more explosive movement.
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by MikeandMida | Sep 28, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Lifestyle
Long-term stress harms your health in a major way. But a healthy fact-based lifestyle mitigates a lot of that negative impact.
And just as you can learn to eat healthier foods, and create healthier food, exercise, and lifestyle habits you can also learn how to reduce chronic stress.
by MikeandMida | Sep 22, 2024 | Lifestyle, Omnivore, Plant-Based, Podcast
A 6-minute summary of our long-form article talking about obesity and nutritional deficits in billions of people, and how a high-protein plus whole plant-based food approach solves both issues for almost everyone.
by MikeandMida | Sep 4, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Lifestyle, Nature
Saturday is one of our weekly gym-free recovery days. This means that we prioritize ‘us’ time, chilling, relaxing, recovering, eating healthy high-protein foods supplanted with plenty of whole plant-based foods, and doing nonexhaustive activities that are done for adventure, fun, family, relationship, calm, rejuvenating and quality of life time.
by MikeandMida | Jul 31, 2024 | Nutritional Science
The thermogenic real-life approach. Pile up protein & fiber, eat nutritionally complete quality foods & enjoy high-satiety meals.
Welcome to yet another fact-based article from Strength By Fitness.
by MikeandMida | Jul 18, 2024 | Podcast
You are welcome to tune in to episode 2 of our YouTube podcast as we discuss Protein Et Al. Namely the Fact-based importance of high-protein foods for your health, body composition, and fitness across your entire health span.
by MikeandMida | Jul 15, 2024 | Coaching Wisdom, Nutritional Science
High-protein plans provide vastly better health outcomes and biological aging. Recovery & fitness progression also improves drastically. This brand new Strength By Fitness article takes a look at the important protein studies from 2023 and 2024.
by MikeandMida | Jul 14, 2024 | Nutritional Science
The fact-based impact of Creatine Monohydrate on our health, fitness, well-being, and aging process. From strength, and intense gym, and sports capacity to cognitive function, the impact of Creatine supplementation is well-researched and understood and the case for daily, lifelong Creatine supplementation continues to increase.