If you care about your body, there’s a good chance you make conscious decisions about what you eat. The healthier foods are the ones that pack the most nutrients. And as the saying goes, 'you are what you eat.' Let’s take it one step further. Because the same goes for the animals of which you consume. If you are eating chicken raised in confinement or burgers from grain-fed, industrially raised cows, the nutritional density of the meat leaves room for improvement. This kind of meat is raised with mass production in mind. These animals are fed low quality grain and antibiotics, are packed into cramped living environments and as a result tend to be higher in total fat than grass fed, happ
So you finally decided to not skip leg day. You made it to the gym with the goal of not being able to walk tomorrow. But where do you start? Sure you could hop on a bike or treadmill for ten minutes and get the blood flowing, but your nervous system and muscles still aren’t prepped for the heavy squats coming their way. The best thing to do is to activate each muscle group by mimicking the motor patterns you are about to perform. The first step you want to take is to activate your abdominals and return your spine to neutral, especially if you have been sitting slumped over at work or in class all day. A great exercise for this purpose is the Dead Bug. After two quick sets of 10 reps, you
