CategoryFitness

Free Deck of Cards Workout Generator

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The Deck of Cards workout is very simple. You assign one exercise (e.g. push ups, sit ups, lunges, etc.) to each suit. Then you shuffle a deck and flip over one card at a time, doing the number of reps that are on the card until there are none left. This is a free tool to use if you don’t have a deck of cards around. Enter in the exercises that you want to do, then click “Begin...

Do Vegans Have Lower Testosterone? (Study Review)

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Before I went vegan, I heard all the standard things about testosterone plummeting without meat. And then after I went vegan, I heard anecdotes about the opposite – that testosterone actually goes up. Those opinions are rarely backed up by any real logic or research, I typically ignore them. But since this is an interesting topic, I decided to find out for myself what studies say...

Is Beyond Raw Lit Pre-Workout Vegan?

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Bad news: Lit pre-workout isn’t vegan. The active ingredients all appear to be vegan to me, most are synthetic. Even creatine is almost always vegan nowadays. However, take a look at the list of the “other” ingredients: Natural & Artificial Flavors, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Sucralose, Acesulfame Potassium, Soy Oil and Lecithin Blend, Calcium Silicate , Shellac, FD&C Yellow...

Is Creatine Monohydrate Vegan?

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If you’re asking this question, I’m going to assume you already know what creatine generally does, and why supplementing creatine can be beneficial for vegans, especially vegan athletes. The good news is that creatine supplements can indeed be vegan, and most actually are these days. But not all creatine products are labelled as vegan or not, so you also have to be cautious when choosing a...

Should Vegans Take Creatine?

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Creatine is an important acid in the body when it comes to gaining muscle mass and performing better as a high intensity vegan athlete (or any athlete in general). Dietary creatine comes entirely from animal products. That’s why it’s not surprising that vegans receive no dietary creatine. The question is whether or not that’s dangerous to our health as vegans, and whether or not we can and...