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The most common questions I get as a Trainer & Nutrition Coach center around what foods are acceptable to eat for snacks. While we like...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
Reasons You Might Not Be Able to Gain Weight (or Muscle)
While most people are focused on losing weight there’s a not so insignificant number of people who are looking to gain weight. My father...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Apr 18, 2022
- 4 min
The Fundamentals of Building Muscle... 🤳
Most people over the age of 50 often say how much harder it is to stay in shape or lose weight now that they are older. The main reason...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Apr 4, 2022
- 4 min
10 Tips To Help You Beat A Weight Loss Plateau
Are you tired of watching the same weight on the weighing scale despite all the exercises and dietary changes you’ve made? This can lead...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Mar 21, 2022
- 4 min
3 Things You Need To Do To Have A Healthy Over 50 Body
As someone who has coached people on their nutrition and helped them to lose weight for a couple of decades now I think it’s fairly safe...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Mar 14, 2022
- 4 min
Protein...How Much Do You REALLY Need?
The other day I got an email from one of our fitness family members asking "How much protein should I be eating, as a person working out...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Mar 7, 2022
- 6 min
My Top 5 Nutrition Myths You Need to Let Go Of
Let’s be honest for a second. When it comes to eating healthier and/or trying to lose weight it’s getting harder and harder to know what...
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Laurie's Thoughts On The Flip Side of Fifty
- Feb 21, 2022
- 3 min
Why Is Warm Up So Important?
Do you ignore your trainer’s suggestion to do a few warm-up activities before the main workout? Do you go to the gym and just jump right...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Feb 14, 2022
- 3 min
How Strength Training & Physiotherapy Can Help With Osteoarthritis
Are you struggling with joint pain and inflammation? If so you aren’t alone. Roughly 1 in 4 American’s struggle with joint pain on a...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Jan 31, 2022
- 3 min
11 Tips to Help Manage Chronic Back Pain
Dealing with back pain has been difficult for years, especially when the pain is chronic. While people have tried all sorts of techniques...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Jan 24, 2022
- 3 min
The Truth About Trendy Diets
Are you trying to lose weight? Have you already tried different weight loss programs, including subscribing to a lot of varied diets to...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Jan 17, 2022
- 3 min
How a Balanced Diet Can Help You Look & Feel Younger
Do you want to appear younger and healthier? I mean who doesn’t right? Aging is a natural process, but a person can defer it by adopting...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
The Effects of Poor Posture
Do you suffer from Chronic Back Pain? If so you aren’t alone.. Roughly 80% of American’s will suffer from back pain in their lifetime and...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Dec 30, 2021
- 1 min
Q: Should you workout when you're feeling sick?
It starts with a tickle in your throat, then a headache, then an overwhelming sense of fatigue, and you realize: you’re getting sick. You...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Dec 20, 2021
- 3 min
Q: Does Exercise Improve Mental Health?
The other day there was a great discussion in one of our workout sessions about how much better people say they feel after working out....
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Dec 7, 2021
- 3 min
Benefits of Working Out During Winter
One of the most challenging times of year for staying motivated to workout (especially outside) is in the winter time. I mean who wants...
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Laurie's Thoughts On The Flip Side of Fifty
- Nov 29, 2021
- 5 min
Dealing With Anxiety
How do you know that you are suffering from anxiety? The honest truth is there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to anxiety though...
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Laurie's Thoughts On The Flip Side of Fifty
- Nov 22, 2021
- 3 min
How To Stay Hydrated During the Day & Why It's CRUCIAL to Do So
If you follow us on social media or get our weekly newsletter than you probably already know that staying hydrated plays an integral role...
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Nov 8, 2021
- 4 min
3 Ways To Maintain Focus As You Age
Do you find yourself distracted & stressed as you go about your day? Struggle with maintaining focus? In this article I give you 3 ways to
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Coach Dan's "Barbells, Balance & Better Living" Blog
- Nov 1, 2021
- 4 min
Can We Spot Reduce?
You often hear people say they want to spot reduce.
But is it actually possible to do it? In this article we shed some light on it!
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