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Recipes, exercises + other healthy living tips from Whitney + Byron
Paleo Apple Pie - Gluten Free & Stevia Sweetened
Apple pie goes healthy. Gluten free. Butter free. Stevia sweetened. Cut over half the fat in traditional pie using coconut oil, cashews and chia seeds. Eliminate all refined sugar.
Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes
Avoid post Thanksgiving meal guilt or carb coma. Instead, try these satisfying, flavorful delicious variations on your favorite dishes without unnecessary fat, carbs, sugar, sodium and calories of traditional recipes.
Don’t Be Intimidated by the Gym
Don't waste your new gym membership! Use these tips and you'll fit right in at your local health and fitness club. Trash that anxiety. Focus on your goals getting into the best shape of your life!
Tone Up and Rock Your Sexy Halloween Costume Workout
Just a few weeks til Halloween! Rock your sexy costume. Trim down + tone up w/ this fat blasting circuit workout hitting all major muscle areas. Enjoy the attention on the one night when you can shamelessly show off your hard work + that sexy bod!
Workout to Torch 350 Calories in 20 Minutes
No time for a full hour workout at the gym? Don't let that stop you. Burn OVER 350 Calories in JUST 20 minutes! Watch Exercise Physiologist & Sports Conditioning Coach Byron Paidoussi to perfect form for max muscle gains and calorie burn.
Dilly Lemon Quinoa Veggie Salad
Sick of green salads? Enjoy a rainbow of delicious veggies thinly sliced and tossed in a delicate low fat lemon dill vinaigrette with high protein super grain quinoa in our Dilly Lemon Quinoa Veggie Salad. Watch the video!
Healthy Nicoise Salad with Seared Tuna
Nicoise Salad gets a fresh makeover: trade canned tuna for seared sushi grade ahi tuna. Lose empty calories, fat and sodium and opt for this rainbow of nutrient-packed vegetables and an easy lemon dill vinaigrette.
NFL Workout Video - To Look Like an Athlete, Train Like One!
Wanna look more like the football players you watch every Sunday? Train like one! Watch the NFL Workout Video - Learn to safely move heavier weights & increase intensity of the workouts for max gains in muscle size, strength & power! Article featured in MUSCLE & FITNESS Magazine.
Hawaiian Poké Recipe - Lower Fat & Sodium
Enjoy delicious exotic Hawaiian poké with friends tonight! This fresh, easy, no cooking required fish dish gets an even healthier makeover to reduce sodium and fat from traditional recipe.
Best Outdoor Workout Spots in LA
Always a great time enjoy beautiful LA weather! Workout outside! Here are Fitness & Fuel LA's favorite outdoor workout spots. Keep a lookout and you'll likely catch us playing, sorry, WORKING OUT (same thing!)
The World Cup Workout: Train Like a Soccer Star
The World Cup is the most popular sporting event in the world and soccer players are among the most well-rounded athletes on earth. The secret to the fantastic physique is a grueling cardiovascular, strength and agility training regimen. Can you handle it? Try The World Cup Workout.
Total Body Combo Exercise Circuit for Max Calorie Burn Video
Short on time? Get a full body strength workout AND HIIT cardio with this lethal circuit of combo exercises. Amplify metabolism both during and after workout!
Luscious Lemon Bars - Gluten Free High Protein Lowfat No Refined Sugar
Try Whitney's low fat gluten free low sugar recipe for luscious creamy sweet and tangy lemon bars. You'll be shocked how much they taste like traditional lemon bars but without all that sugar!
Sugar Free Lemonade - Stevia Sweetened
Stevia sweetened lemonade. Make from fresh organic lemons in minutes. No sugar added. Only 20 calories! Tangy, tart, sweet, delicious!
5 Tips to Stay Motivated Working Out
Get results! Stay motivated! Learn how to stick with it! Set realistic fitness goals, measure & track progress, workout with the right team and refresh old routines. You can do it. Here's how!
Chocolate Milk - Lactose Free & No Sugar Added
Tasty refreshing chocolate milk without the lactose, and less than a third of the calories! Unlike bottled chocolate coconut water, this easy recipe does not contain added sugar. Loaded with electrolytes - great post workout recovery drink!
Olympic Lifts: Fundamentals, Benefits and Precautions
Olympic lifting has been thrown into sharp focus again thanks to the recent injuries to CrossFit athletes while performing these lifts. This article examines the fundamentals of Olympic lifting, it's benefits and when to add them into your workout program.
Lose the Helmet: Make the NFL and Football Safer
To minimize concussions & bank-breaking lawsuits the NFL has made new rules in 2013 making hits to the head and using the helmet as a weapon illegal. However, forcing tackles lower has resulted in a 64% increase in season-ending knee injuries (before the playoffs)! Can we learn more effective tackle techniques from Rugby, another violent sport with no helmet yet fewer concussions, to reduce severe injuries in Football overall.
What Is Crossfit? - Fitness Funny Video
Funny Fitness Video on Crossfit by BroScience. Learn dangers and limitations of fitness trend.
Gingerbread Cookies - Paleo Low Fat Low Sugar
Tasty spicy chewy ginger cookies. Gluten free. Low fat. Naturally sweetened with dates and stevia. Cut traditional Christmas cookie shapes or indulge yourself by dressing the pup up in an ugly christmas sweater!
