Intermittent Fasting: Best Foods To Break A Fast - Swolverine

Intermittent Fasting: Best Foods To Break A Fast

Intermittent fasting is not a diet, it’s a pattern of eating. You spend a period of time during a 24 hour period eating and a period not eating. It’s simple and straightforward. We often get asked, what are the best foods to break a fast, in order to lose weight more effectively? We're going to tell you!
Unlocking Your Basal Metabolic Rate BMR: The Guide To Effectively Planning Your Fitness Journey

Unlocking Your Basal Metabolic Rate BMR: The Guide To Effectively Planning Your Fitness Journey

As a society, we have become obsessed with metabolism, and how to control it in order to manipulate the calorie burning process. Most of us associate boosting metabolism with losing more weight, and by increasing our energy expenditure, burning more body fat, and increasing lean muscle mass. Resting metabolic rate (RMR) and Basal metabolic rate (BMR) play an important role, in defining a baseline of how many calories you naturally expend. Often used interchangeably are there any differences between BMR vs RMR? And what do you need to know about RMR and BMR in order to start your health and fitness journey?

Hunger Vs Appetite - Swolverine

Hunger vs Appetite: Understanding The Difference

Hunger is a psychological drive for food that occurs when the body senses that we need food for energy, biological mechanisms, and functioning. It’s pretty nonspecific and this is why everything at the store sounds good enough to eat, no matter how good or bad it is, when you go grocery shopping on an empty stomach (guilty!). 
does lifting weights make you bulky?

Will You Get Bulky From Lifting Weights And Drinking Protein Shakes?

I don’t want to lift weights because I’ll get too bulky, is like saying I don’t want to go for a swim, because I’ll become Michael Phelps. Just because you lift weights a few days a week, does not mean you’re going to become a bodybuilder. Gaining “bulk” in the traditional sense, is no easy task and requires dedication, consistency, a strict exercise program, religious meal planning, and stick-to-itiveness. Resistance training (lifting weights) is the best form of exercise, to help boost your metabolism, burn body fat, gain strength, and yes gain maybe some muscle mass.
8 Natural Ways To Speed Up Your Metabolism - Swolverine

8 Natural Ways To Speed Up Your Metabolism

Metabolic slowdown is a product of our environments and our habits. Chances are, it took you more than a few days to get where you are now, and chances are, it’s going to take more than a few days to get your metabolism slowdown back in gear. For most, attaining a happily functioning metabolic rate is achievable through a few tweaks here and there. Let’s explore how you got to a slow metabolism in the first place,