Pre and Post Workout Nutrition

The meals you have before and after exercising are the most important meals of your day. First things first--focus on getting rid of nutrient deficiencies, making sure your portions are the proper size, and eating correctly for your body type and amount of physical activity. Carbohydrates are the most important foods to eat surrounding your exercise (before, during, and after) to maximize the maintenance of your blood glucose levels with moderate protein for support.

Three Simple Steps to New Clients

Do you remember the excitement you felt when you first decided to become a fitness professional? All of the possibilities to help transform people’s lives and earn yourself an honest living?  Indeed, many people saw this as an opportunity to help others improve their lives and make a good living.  But, the thing is, before you can help anyone else, you first need to convince them to become your client.

Why are Whole Foods Better for your Health than Processed?

We’ve all heard statements such as:

“Highly processed foods are bad for your health.”

“If you want to stay healthy and at normal body weight, eat whole and minimally processed foods.” 

The thing is, statements without backing don’t seem that convincing.  

Because of that, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to put this guide for you and go over everything you need to know about whole and processed foods.

See why it’s better to eat whole foods….

How to Promote your Business for Fitness Professionals

Do you remember the excitement you felt when you decided to become a fitness professional? What drew you to this calling? For many it was the opportunity to help other people improve their lives in a significant way, while also making a good living. The truth is, you can’t succeed at the first part–helping people enjoy better healthy everyday–if you don’t excel at finding and retaining clients. After all, this is a business, right?

3 Tips on How to Exercise at Home & 4 Exercises To Do Without Weights

With the current situation regarding COVID-19 in the world, many of us are confined to our homes. 

Going out is not recommended (even restricted in some places), and going to our regular gyms for our exercise sessions is impossible.

So, what can we do then? Give up and forfeit all of our hard-earned fitness progress?

No. We should actively seek out ways to stay fit, even during quarantine for COVID-19. 

Avocados - The Magical Fruit

Avocados are one of the healthiest and most versatile foods on the planet. So much so that many folks refer to avocado as ‘the magical fruit.’
If you’re interested in elevating your health and fitness, and adding tons of nutrients and healthy fats to your diet, then avocados should be your go-to food.
Today, we’ll go over everything you need to know about the magical fruit.

Avocado Nutrition 101

Successful Visualization Techniques For Fitness Pros | Evolution Nutrition

When you take on a new client, do you ask them what their goals are? Of course, it’s critical, right? Before you create a plan for them, you find out what brought them to you and what they want to change; where they are today and where they want to be. You might even take a photo of them holding today’s newspaper, so that they can look at it later as proof of how far they’ve come.

Setting Up a Weekly Meal Plan Using Google Calendar

Meal planning has become a hot topic in the fitness world as of late. Everywhere you look, there’s yet another piece of content, touting the idea of planning.
And with the arrival of the new year, most people have set out to change their nutrition completely, or, at the very least, eat a bit more healthily from now on.

Holiday Weight Loss Challenge | Evolution Nutrition

The holiday season is near, which means lots of family meetings, going out, and, of course, eating delicious food for most of your clients.

Only, there’s a small problem:

The holidays can be a significant hindrance for many people and often lead to unwanted weight gain and feelings of guilt. Studies have shown an average of 1-2 lbs of weight gain from a single day of holiday eating which can add several thousand calories to your normal energy balance. No one likes to step on the scale after those 24 hours, but then adding stress & unhealthy habits also with your clients feeling they Read more

The Top 8 Things You may Not Know About Protein

You’ve seen protein powders, bars, shakes and even protein-enhanced chips, crackers, and cookies in abundance on grocery store shelves. Clearly, the demand is there. But with so many myths and misconceptions surrounding the macronutrient, it's often hard to know whether buying any of the enhanced products is truly necessary in order to add even more protein to your diet.