Category: Nutrition
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Don’t Miss on Your Chance to Ask the Experts!
Thanks to all those who have already shown interest. If you haven’t already posted your questions, do so now!
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Reblog: Protein Powders 101
A lot of you may be wondering about protein powders… Should I be taking them? Which one should I buy? How often? And so on. Read a summary of fellow blogger Deniza’s guide to protein powders to help you make the right decision. Guide to Protein Powders: Which kind is best for what?…
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Recipe: Chocolate Avocado Mousse
By Adrianna McDonald Cocoa is one of nature’s many miracles. It is in fact a great super-food and to get the full benefit of its goodness it is best eaten raw. Today’s recipe is full of antioxidants, good fats (avocado and coconut oil) and ingredients rich in nutrients (honey and goji berries). What’s even better is that…
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Flexible Dieting or If It Fits Your Macros
This week we hear from trigger point master trainer and level 3 certified PT Alan Bichara about flexible dieting and interval training. “Being professionally certified for the past 5 years and personally practicing different methods of fitness for the last 10years, I have simplified my craft to be very effective and efficient. My job as…
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Debunking Popular Health & Fitness Myths – Part 1
By Adrianna McDonald MYTH #1 DO SIT UPS TO LOSE BELLY FAT Sit ups are definitely great for strengthening your abdominal muscles and lower back, but they won’t melt the body fat from your abdominal area even if you do 100 a day. If your waist is a problem look into your diet as the truth is “Abs…
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Top 5 Reasons why we need Vitamin B
This week nutritionist and PT Laura Smith will take us through 5 important reasons to keep an eye out on our vitamin B levels. Firstly, let’s think about what would be the possible reason for us not to ingest the amount of petty little B’s we would need to function and thrive optimally. B vitamins…
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Recipe: Veg Spaghetti Bolognese
By Adrianna McDonald I was looking for an alternative to pasta for a while as I absolutely love Bolognese and one day I found a solution. To be honest one of my favourite bistro bars were serving vegetable pasta and I stole the idea. One day I went on the hunt to find a spiralizer…
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The Dangers of Under and Over Eating
Although it’s the holiday season there’s no rest for us here @inspiredbymiranda! This week we hear from industry veteran Kelvin Garner. “I have been in the Fitness industry since 2006 and have travelled the world learning from the best in the industry. Over this time I have step by step generated my own system to…
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7 Tips for Meal Prep
Today’s post is written by another one of the PTs in my gym – Kim Barnard. She will give us practical tips on how to start prepping your meals in advance. But here’s her story first: “My move into the fitness industry was fuelled after years of working within a high stress environment in the UK.…
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Recipe: Gluten-free Oat Bread
Who doesn’t love bread? I am a massive fan and one thing I crave when Im on competition diet is simply bread and butter. Thankfully my coach Adrianna has found a great substitute for real bread, which is healthier and causes less bloating. And trust me even though it is made of oats it still…