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How to Stay Hydrated



How to Stay Hydrated

Question: What is the best way to stay hydrated during training camp and two-a-days? Is there a certain hydration “procedure” during hot weather workouts, which may or may not be limited to a certain form of drink mix.. ( ie, fruit, vitamin supplements, change of food intake, etc.. )

Despite the best efforts of football staffs, we seem to hear of disasters in this area every year……I want to just try and give my son every advantage that I can…

Answer: The best thing I’ve found, that I I’ve used with [...]

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Muscle Building Smoothie Recipes



Muscle Building Smoothie Recipes

Aside from the constant barrage of date requests I get from a fully intoxicated Britney Spears (that chick won’t take no for answer), one of the most frequent emails that’s been coming my way lately is a request for muscle building smoothie recipes.

So today I’m going to show you how to make a few of my favorite drinks. The ones that don’t kill brain cells, that is.

First things first- like mom always said…

“Turn down that goddamn music!”

“I found another condom wrapper and empty six pack under your bed!”

“You history teacher [...]

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Super Bowl, UFC & More Cheat Meals



Super Bowl, UFC & More Cheat Meals

First of all, congratulations are due to the new Super Bowl Champs, the New Orleans Saints. It was definitely deserved and it’s obviously a great thing for that city.

Although I am incredibly happy for the city of New Orleans I am also a big Brett Favre fan. I thought it would have been a cool story to see Brett come back and lead his team to the Super Bowl after having the greatest season of his long career.

I particularly liked the post game press conference when Brett said that no [...]

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Sunday Cheat Meals



Sunday Cheat Meals

There’s never a day that passes when I don’t get several emails about my diet. So today I’m going to share with you some of the stuff I eat on a normal football Sunday. That’s my big cheat day and we start it off early with the ESPN pre-game show going on at 10am while we fire up the kitchen. During the fall, this day often starts even earlier with a trip to the farmers market. Even though it’s a cheat day we still like to keep some healthy, fresh [...]

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UFC Fighter Mac Danzig’s Vegan Diet



UFC Fighter Mac Danzig’s Vegan Diet

By Mac Danzig

Although there are other people at the controls, manning and updating my websites, I do read all of the mail, and the questions I get asked most often (hundreds upon hundreds of times now) are about my diet. All of the emails and letters are so hard to keep up with, so I finally sat down and decided to write a comprehensive look at my diet. I’m writing this on the fly, so even though it’s long, I will most certainly leave some important things out.. ‘Sorry’ about [...]

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