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The supplement industry is a bagillion dollar industry (yes, bagillion is totally a word, Urban Dictionary says so). And like most bagillion dollar industries, the use of sensationalized marketing techniques runs rampant in an effort to gain customers and drive profits. But it leaves one to wonder: How do we know if these things actually […]

  Who doesn’t love a good bulking season. It’s the fabulous portion of time when IIFYM peeps eat donuts half the day, clean eaters are stuffing themselves with chicken, oatmeal and sweet potatoes and everyone is beast mode in the gym. I mean, I heart food, you heart food, we all heart food. But how […]

In this post you will find: Diet Lifting and cardio Progress A diary of my days Food Show registration Final touches DIY tan And a great IG post by angela_nguyenzel These last few weeks have been very challenging. I now feel confident that I look ready but I don’t feel like I look. I am […]

I Could Eat a Bear For about the last week and a half I have been getting days where I am hungry pretty much all day… like seriously counting down the minutes until I can eat again. I will eat food cold because I don’t want to wait for it to heat up. Everything tastes damn good […]

Sunday July 17th. Start of week 15 I am buggin… big time today.. I feel like a phatty. I have lost 2.3 pounds in the last 6 weeks, have less than 11 weeks to Oct 1st MN Mayhem contest… WTF, I feel like I look like a chub in poses, I have little definition anywhere […]

In this post: Travel Ankle Progress Diet Workouts Stats Updates Progress Pics FOOD New Supplements So the last three weeks have been hectic, ankle has been getting better, traveled to NY State for 10 days and somehow survived! Traveling during a contest prep, if you have ever been there is less than ideal. It takes […]

  Would you like to get regular, effective exercise but simply don’t have the time to commit to it? If that’s the case, then high intensity interval training is made for you! It can do more in 20 minutes than moderate intensity exercises do in 40, while there are numerous case studies to show that […]

Video of me blabbing + some other good stuff Pay no attention to the overlay track pics being all stretched out… maybe my video software needs some mobility work…. right out my window! 0:00 Intro, weight and activity updates 1:20 Sleep 2:48 Injury and shinanigans 4:14 Gimpy workouts 5:16 Human charger     Progress, 21 […]

This past week was a whirl wind! We finished up my Mom’s giant moving sale at the beginning of the week and then headed to Austin, TX for the Paleo Fx conference at the end of the week. Stay tuned for that video! This guy!! I took a primal play workshop from Darryl Edwards and […]

1 week down, 24 to go to the bikini division at the Minnesota Mayhem in Duluth, MN. Week 1 is week 1, no biggy. Just getting settled in. Motivation is high of course. No cravings but, I did find myself to be a bit crabbier this week, although, I think that had to do with […]

Is it possible to build muscle while shedding fat simultaneously as an unassisted physique athlete or even someone just wanting to recomposition their body? By “unassisted” I mean not using muscle building anabolic supplementation, aka, steroids. By “physique athlete” I mean any person in a calorie deficit for a physique competition including you women in bikini, figure, fitness […]

For a person just getting into the bodybuilding realm wanting to compete in a bikini, figure, fitness or physique competition, there are a few things you need to know! The one thing that stood out to me after the show was how sad I was that it was over. -Rachelle M The process, it’s slow […]

In this post: Short term diet effects 3 Reasons for Plateaus. ie: Long term diet effects Why dieting can make you fatter Metabolism term cheat sheet Check out: 7 Tips and Tricks to Bust Through Diet Plateaus If you have ever dieted, which most of us would be in this boat, you know it is not […]

This past December I bought a Polar FT7 Heart Rate Monitor which I love! And, it keeps me on task when doing cardio– seriously. But after a few months of just rinsing it after my workouts, the strap that goes around my chest started smelling like a horse barn. Who knew that sweet stench would still […]

Weekly Updates Include: Progress Pics Changes to diet Changes to Workout and cardio Video diary Also check out: Cut phase 2014 Build phase 2014 Contest prep 2015 – Calculations and initial plan Competition Guide Articles **Week 12, 4 weeks to contest ** Cut Phase, March 21st – 27th 2015  NPC Gopher State Classic on April 18th, 2015 […]