Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

Super-Compensation: How You’d Get Stronger if You Were a Muscle

Let’s say you are a muscle. Okay? Yes, a good looking muscle with a great smile and terrific personality, but a muscle nonetheless. Oh yes, and you’re also a muscle belonging to a strong, healthy person who trains you. First, you undergo intense stress as you are trained—with great focus and intensity. On a cellular [...]

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The Seasons Are Changing… Are You?

Football is here. There’s a crispness in the air. The kids are back in school. The leaves are turning, the apples are falling from the trees. I’m sure you’ve noticed. The seasons are changing. Summer is fading, fall near. How about you? Are you settling back into an old routine in life and fitness? Or [...]

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The Truth About Energy Bars

Energy bars, nutrition bars, and dare I say, meal replacement bars…Do you use them? I guess I should say, “eat them.” *Note to self. Clearly millions of people do, hence the reason why bars are one of the fastest growing sectors in nutrition and every nutrition store now resembles a candy store. The bars are out there—but should [...]

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