Every successful product starts with a plan. The plan features many building blocks that combine to achieve success. The building blocks of the DDPY (also known as DDP Yoga) fitness system is the Diamond Dozen. On this page, you’ll learn: What Is The DDPY Diamond Dozen? What Moves Are In the DDPY Diamond Dozen? How Can […]
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Do you take a multivitamin? If you do, do you know why you take it? Vitamins and minerals serve so many purposes for everyday living and athletic performance. In this post, we take a look at two unique individuals: An active older woman A teenage basketball player Myself! These are case studies from Sports Nutrition […]
Fat is demonized. We see it in plenty of products that are labeled as low-fat or fat free. But fat serves vital functions in your body, such as: Being a readily available form of stored energy Protecting vital organs Insulation Absorption of vitamins Cell membrane structures And plenty others. However, fat can add up pretty […]
I’ll admit: before digging into Sports Nutrition for Health Professionals (2nd. Ed.), I didn’t think it was possible to eat too much protein. I figured whatever protein my body didn’t absorb would be excreted. It turns out that I was only partially correct. In studying for my ACE Fitness Nutrition Specialist Certification, I learned a […]
Several months ago, I overheard Person A talking to Person B about what he did to lose weight. Person B: “So how’d you lose all that weight?” Person A: “I cut my carbs down to next to nothing,” he said. “Now I’m down 40 pounds!” Person B: “Hm, I might have to try that!” I […]
Running long distances and lifting heavy weights is cool and all, but do you complement that with flexibility exercises? No matter your activity, stretching provides a number of benefits: You’ll see an improvement in your activities of daily living, such as bending, squatting, lunging, stepping over things Your posture will improve so you can sit […]
Chances are you’ve seen something about DDP Yoga online. Maybe you’re a wrestling fan who knows Diamond Dallas Page. Or maybe you’ve seen one of the amazing DDP Yoga transformations, such as Arthur Boorman: Or maybe you’ve never heard of DDP Yoga, and this is your introduction to it. If you haven’t yet, here are […]
Working out in the winter can be challenging. After all, maybe you’ve missed your morning workout because you’ve spent the last 30 minutes clearing the overnight snow off your driveway. Or you don’t want to make it to your usual gym or rec center for your usual workout because it’s just too stinkin’ cold outside. […]
It’s that time of year for you to begin or restart your fitness journey. As we embark on 2020, I wanted to look back at some of my personal fitness highlights in 2019. Many of these highlights could be posts entirely on their own because of the experiences I had or the people I encountered […]