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Cutomizing Brain Nutrition Using The Braverman Test

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by coachjon on September 3, 2010

I was in Sweden over the last week on a private internship with coach Poliquin for personal trainers and fat loss specialists. We learned alot about the customization of nutrition and training for rapid fat burning. One of the main things that I learned that has already helped me customize my own supplementation methods, is [...]

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Quite a number of the personal training and fitness bootcamp clients at the Genesis Performance Center are Muslims. And in August, they begin their fasting month. Most of them would still like to exercise to maintain their strength and weight loss / fat loss results. Last year I wrote about what to eat and how [...]

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We Were Made To Enjoy The Sun

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by coachjon on June 19, 2010

There have been more “scary stories” in the past week in the media in Singapore about the “dangers” of being in the sun. How skin cancer is a huge threat and how we are not designed to be in the sun all the time. The mainstream media is out to sensationalize things and scary stores [...]

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What’s The Deal With Gout?

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by coachjon on June 18, 2010

One of the more common ailments that my Singapore personal training, nutrition coaching and fitness boot camp clients have when they first start their fitness programs at Genesis, is gout. Here are the tips that have really helped many of my clients (and my own dad) get rid of gout once and for all. Water [...]

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Ingredients: For about 9-12 mini muffin size pieces 2 Scoops chocolate whey powder 2 teaspoons nut butter (This time I used organic brazil nut butter, but peanut or caschew butter seems to work fine too) 3 tablespoons melted butter (about 1/4 of a cm slice of a regular size block). 4 squares of organic dark [...]

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How Safe Is Your Protein Shake Supplement

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by coachjon on June 3, 2010

One of my fellow coaches from Texas, Luke Leaman pointed me to this article at consumerreports.org. While I don’t agree full with all the protein recommendations (I see better results with slightly higher protein content in food and less starches for most personal training fat loss or fitness bootcamp clients), this is a non-profit, unbiased [...]

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One Problem With Online Attitudes

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by coachjon on May 5, 2010

As people who are interested in maximizing our health and life, we have to beware of what I call the “online attitude”. That attitude is that we can get whatever we want for free. Download free music, movies and books. Take whatever you like, it is easy to get whatever  you want. Besides the legal [...]

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Alot of personal training or fitness boot camp clients who want to gain muscle mass or burn body fat are concerned about whether carbohydrates are good for them post workout. There are also questions about “new” forms of “better” post workout carbs like waxy maize and so on. In general I don’t like buying carbs [...]

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As many of you guys know, I am a big fan of proper nutrition with whole foods. Good meats, veggies, fruits and nuts as well as whole eggs, cream and unrefined carbs are the basis of all good nutrition plans and diets. Customizing how much of each, as well as what supplements and herbs each [...]

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Why You Need To Choose High Quality Fish Oils

by coachjon on March 9, 2010

At my gym, I recommend only the best supplements to my personal training and fitness boot camp clients. That is because there is so much that is “hidden” in the supplement making process, so we want to use a brand that is trustworthy. Recently there have been several well known companies who make omega-3 fish [...]

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