Sometimes it’s freaking hard to hit the right amount of calories each day when putting on muscle. My simple solution: try drinking olive oil to meet your caloric needs. If you often find yourself falling short to fuel your body beyond your maintenance mode, then this tip can really help to keep your plans on track.

Even while it might seem like highfalutin, or hoity-toity, people are the only ones who go around sipping on a EVOO, there’s nothing wrong with us “common folk” enjoying a bit of the high class. Especially when it comes to making, instead of breaking, a goal.

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Over the years I’ve come to appreciate taking a weekend trip with my family to a neighborhood market. It’s interesting to see all the wonderful shades of green and black bottles filled with olive oil. I love eyeing the stock on the shelves. You’ll never get that kind of variety carried at a big-box grocery store. Sometimes I even get to bring a bottle home and enjoy it with my wife…not all at once, of course…but when you get a good bottle of olive oil—trust me—it’s super hard not to enjoy a little more than you should.

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The BluePrint Cleanse is a ultra-hip detox program celebrities often use to slim down and get red-carpet ready. It uses the power of juicing to reset the body and can be delivered right to your door. Just carry around the bottles and you’re good to go.

Sounds great, huh?

The price? Just $65 a day, for a round of six juices. Yikes! Exactly. That’s almost $11 per bottle. I believe it’s a good product, but there is a way to get the same results from this program without that massive expense.

We Think. You Drink. Written on every bottle. Didn’t Stalin say that in a speech once? I know I might like to be a bit more involved with my eating plan than most people, but this tagline irks me. Maybe it’s just my natural sarcastic side peeking out, but it reads like a slap in the face to me. Why put up with their abuse, psychologically and financially?

I’ve outlined recipes in this post to help you match the benefits of the regimen. And you don’t even need a juicing machine.

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Do you know there’s one simple method for putting on muscle or losing fat? It’s not some secret formula. And there are no Paypal accounts involved. It’s simply knowing the amount of maintenance calories your body needs each day.

Using this piece of knowledge will let your hard-fought efforts show. Yet, with the many ways to calculate your starting number too many people often miss the mark.

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In this post we’re going to discuss the most popular way to figure out where the course of your eating plan should begin, and how to apply this number in your bulking routine or cutting cycle for success.

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What do you want to take away from your workouts? Sticking to a body type diet is important if you want to realistically reach your goals in the shortest amount of time possible. This goes for building volume to the muscles, or if cutting away the fat that’s somehow parked itself on your belly.

There are three different category body types that you should want to understand: Ectomorph, Endomorph and Mesomorph. Knowing which of the ones you fall in will help with meeting your own expectations and smashing right through them for success.

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It’s important to know where you fit in regards to the three physiques. This will make your training easier (not easy, but fine-tuned for success). And if anyone who’s ever been truly dedicated to working out and failed to see significant gains, it really does toil on your motivation.

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If you really want that six-pack to show sometimes steering your diet for fat loss just isn’t enough. Sometimes you’ll need to think about how to get rid of water weight, because more often than not it’s usually the culprit that keeps a lean physique just out of reach.

In this post I’ll list seven tips that can bring those abs out of hiding.

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For anyone who’s ever felt just a bit bloated it’s not a pleasant feeling. What can be worse is no one needs to suffer through the effects. Literally, it’s only just a few simple strategies away from limiting, or preventing, the mental and physical toll. The medical term for an accumulation of watery fluid is called Edema, and you can snap out of its grip with the following tips.

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Looking to add on size? Then you’ll need to eat. Actually, you’re going to need to probably stuff your face more than you’ve ever done before. That’s why choosing the right kinds of foods to eat to gain muscle is extremely important. You’ll want to consume enough of what’s going to help promote growth.

In this post we’ll discuss the kinds of protein available when looking to pack on some weight.

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Every time I see this picture, I get all primal and can almost taste it. Yum!

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According to the CDC the two most common symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes are being overweight and living an inactive lifestyle.

This post will provide a few simple tips to work towards building a pre-diabetes diet plan for a healthy you.

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