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Can Food Sensitivities Cause Weight Gain?

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There’s been plenty of hype about food allergies over the last few years. People are going gluten-free, dairy-free, and looking for other things in their diet that might be hurting their health or even hindering their fitness goals. If you’ve wondered if the foods you eat could be affecting your health and fitness, here is some gathered insight from the medical community. Food Sensitivities Versus Food Allergies If someone claims to have a food allergy but can eat food that contains it without an immediate allergic reaction (known as an IgE response), it isn’t technically an allergy. It’s more like a food sensitivity. Food allergies are life-threatening realities for many people and shouldn’t be confused with the mild digestive problems or inflammation that’s more typical of a food sensitivity. In other words, if you have a food allergy, it will be obvious. Food sensitivities or intolerances, however, cause less immediate reactions in the body that are much less severe and may even be
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Dynamic vs. Static Stretching: What’s the Difference?

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We’re told that stretching is good for us – it lengthens the muscles we constrict during weight-lifting sessions; it improves our range of motion and flexibility, and it reduces our overall risk of getting injured. But, in the fitness community, there’s plenty of debate about   when  to stretch,   how   to stretch, and which type of stretching is best. To clear up any confusion and learn how to maximize the benefits of stretching in your fitness center routine, it’s important to understand the key differences between dynamic and static stretching. 1.      Dynamic stretches use movement; static stretches don’t.  Dynamic means active, energetic, or vigorous, so dynamic stretching involves movement – usually of more than one muscle group. Think of arm circles, hip hinges and circles, twisted lunges, leg swings, high kicks, and moving quad or hamstring stretches. These stretches take the body through a near-full range of motion that mimics the same movements you go through while exercising
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How to Adjust Your Eating Plan When You’re Injured

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No matter how careful you are to use proper form, stretch, foam roll, and exercise within your limits, minor injuries will happen from time to time. While it can be discouraging to feel like you’re losing ground with your fitness during recovery, the way you handle your nutrition can make the difference between slight losses to fitness and major setbacks from weight gain. First, it may be necessary to modify what you eat – even if you have healthy eating habits . Due to your injury, you may not be able to work out as hard or as often at the fitness center as before. This means you’re burning fewer calories and need to eat less to meet your body’s needs. If you’re only down for a few days or a week, there’s no need to worry; but, the longer you’re less active and still eating for a higher activity level, the easier it is to gain weight. Decreasing calories during an injury is much easier said than done, of course, because our appetites don’t automatically line up with our activity level
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Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Why Men Lose Weight Faster Than Women (and How to Even the Playing Field)

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Have you ever participated in a group weight loss competition only to feel like the men in the group had an unfair advantage? Well, they do, in some ways. Fundamental difference between how men and women’s bodies handle diet and workouts at the fitness center affect how quickly they lose (or even just seem to lose —yes, some of it’s an illusion) weight. Here’s a breakdown of what these differences are and how women can work with, instead of against, their genetics to come out ahead in those friendly competitions. Body composition: men carry more muscle weight; women carry more body fat.  Body composition affects metabolism, which directly affects efficiency at burning calories. The more muscle you carry, the higher your metabolism. Numerous studies show that men naturally carry up to 40% more muscle in their upper bodies and up to 33% more in their lower bodies. At the same time, women carry up to 11% more body fat than men, even at their fittest. It’s no wonder, then, that men’s metab
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Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA
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The Workout Journal: A Simple, Low-Tech Way to Accelerate Your Fitness

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The end of the year is a good time to check in on your health and fitness goals — even if you choose not to call them resolutions.  So, how did you do? And how do you know? Overall progress is usually very visible.  All you need to do is look in the mirror, step on a scale, or try on a favorite pair of pants and compare that to when you first started your fitness journey. But, to see what made the difference day to day and allowed you to achieve your overall goals, you need the details — and a workout journal is one of the simplest ways to do that. The Earliest Fitness “Tracker” Before we had fitness gym equipment that stores workout stats, personal trackers, or smart watches that do it all, there was paper and pencil. This is what the great athletes and trainers of the past used to record, monitor, adjust, and track their training and improvement over time. Yes, there’s plenty of technology available to make tracking your workouts easier, but writing still holds at least a few advanta
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Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Silver Spring Memberships - GET YOUR "FIT" BACK!!! GET 2 MEMBERSHIPS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!!!

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Silver Spring Membership Offer Extended Feb 11, 2021

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  JOIN SPUNK FITNESS SILVER SPRING FOR ONLY 1$ DOWN $14.99 PER MONTH, AND NO COMMITMENT #NoExcuses #GetFitToday #MakeaChange CALL (301) 593 – 0290 HURRY! THIS OFFER EXTENDED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2021! BE A MEMBER NOW:  https://www.spunkfitness.com/spunk-silver-spring-membership/ #AmazingValue   #NoCommitments   #GreatLocations   #AwesomeStaff   #SpunkFitness   #FitnessMotivation
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Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA
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