by Matthew Pryor | Mar 14, 2013 | Blog, Fitness Academy, Nutrition
In its most basic form, carb cycling (or carbohydrate cycling) is an approach to eating in which you greatly restrict your carbohydrate intake for a set period of days, followed by a brief period of medium to high carbohydrate intake. Then you repeat this cycling...
by Matthew Pryor | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog, Exercise Science, Fitness Academy, Psychology
There’s a parable that motivational speakers like to use. The speaker will ask the audience: “If a draft horse can pull between one to three tons, what would you expect two draft horses to be able to pull?” After posing the question, he’ll give...
by Matthew Pryor | Oct 2, 2012 | Blog, Exercise Science, Fitness Academy, Psychology
Kids exercise when you exercise. Don’t believe me? I got the best call from my wife the other day regarding Gigi, our four-year-old. Kim said… I just wanted to let you know that your daughter asked if she could do the [product_referral...
by Matthew Pryor | Sep 17, 2012 | Blog, Fitness Academy, Nutrition, Psychology
Quick guess of where the photos were taken … Subway? Wrong. Whole Foods? Wrong again. Last chance. Google Cafe? (Insert loud buzzer noise here) No my friend, that’s the picture on the wall of the Thornton’s...
by Matthew Pryor | Sep 4, 2012 | Blog, Fitness Academy, Nutrition
Do you have problems with dairy? Maybe you didn’t think so until all the attention dairy started getting with the Vegan and Paleo diet movements. Or maybe you knew you had problems with dairy from the way it made you feel. Or better yet, the way it made you feel...