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https://howistayfit.com/life/the-help-ive-got-kids-and-a-busy-job-fitness-plan/ The “help I’ve got kids and a busy job” fitness plan   admin   14/04/2019 Life has a tendency to get in the way!  I remember back to the luxurious days of having all the time in the world to workout and eat well.  Then this whole “adulting” thing kind of happened. You have to work longer hours.  You have more responsibilities.  More financial commitments.  Relationships to upkeep.  And then there are kids to worry about too!  (I don’t personally have any kids yet, but I’m experienced enough to know how it is when you do!) So, for many of us, long gone are the days of five or more gym sessions a week.  In fact, for a lot of us, getting to the gym at all might be out of the question.  This is why I thought I would write this post, and I call it the “help I’ve got kids and a busy job” fitness plan. Training Ok, let me address this one first.  I’m assuming that worst case scenario, you can’t make

https://howistayfit.com/diet/post-workout-protein/ Post Workout Protein and the Anabolic Window   admin   13/04/2019 I remember it so well. Every time I would pack my gym bag before heading off for a workout, I would always be sure to include my post workout protein shake.  It would be ready mixed in my shaker bottle, ready to be slammed back as soon as I finished the session.  And on the odd occasion when I forgot to pack my protein shake, I would be horrified! I would hurry home as fast as I could, to quickly get my protein down as fast as possible.  My eyes would be on my watch, as I raced the clock to consume my post workout protein shake within 45 minutes of finishing my workout.  Because if I didn’t get my protein in time, that gruelling workout I had just put myself through would be a total waste.  It would result in no muscle gain if I didn’t have protein within the 45-minute post workout anabolic window!  Little did I know that I had nothing to panic about! The 45-

https://howistayfit.com/diet/metabolic-damage/ “Metabolic Damage”   admin   12/04/2019 Last post I spoke about  “starvation mode” .  If you missed it, you can read it  HERE Basically, I spoke about how  “starvation mode”  (at least the version most of us know it as) is a myth. In this post I want to talk about a fairly similar topic: “metabolic damage”. You may have heard this term thrown around lately, as it seems to be the latest fad within fitness circles. What is metabolic damage? So, the theory goes something like this… You follow a calorie-controlled diet for a prolonged period of time.  You workout regularly and consistently (particularly doing a lot of cardio, too). Over the weeks and months you manage to drop body fat and maintain or even build muscle mass too.  But what happens next? It appears that all of that dieting and training negatively impacted your basal metabolic rate (slowed your metabolism).  Your body starts burning less calories than it sho