Steve Marteski

Physique and Performance Research

Pragmatic and Practical Diet and training advice

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The mentality of people who stay fit all the time

The mentality of people who stay fit all the time

Nearly all of us that care about our fitness seem to function in streaks. We will nail the diet and workouts for a few weeks, then we will slip for a few, then again get frustrated with ourselves enough to get motivated to get back on the diet. This seems to be the ebb and flow for 99% of everyone, not just in fitness, but in life in general. There’s an emotional component to this that makes it nearly inevitable, and I’ll explain. If we can understand why this happens, it wil

Should you include fruit in your weight loss diet?

Should you include fruit in your weight loss diet?

“Sugars are bad, sugars make you fat, and fruit has sugar, so you shouldn’t eat fruit if you want to lose weight.” -Most People This is the popular story we have been told, and indeed, fruit does have sugar, but as with most things in the diet and fitness realm, the details matter, and no one has ever gotten fat eating fruit. The fact is that there is a big difference between “bad” sugar like candy or cookies and fruit. I personally eat fruit multiple times a day. I do this

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