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4 Ways Very Low-Carbohydrate Diets Negatively Impact Health

4 Ways Very Low-Carbohydrate Diets Negatively Impact Health

Diets that are very low in carbohydrates may not be the best option when it comes to your health. Restricting carbohydrates to 50 grams a day or less could increase the risk for certain health problems. Here are some of the potential drawbacks to a diet that restricts carbs excessively and why eating healthier carbs is a better choice for weight control and health.

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Ten Amazing Health Benefits of Grapes

Ten Amazing Health Benefits of Grapes

Grapes are a traditional gift for the sick, especially when it comes to hospital visits. As it happens, there are some very good reasons to believe that grapes can be beneficial to a person’s body. They are linked to heart health in a number of fascinating ways, and also have a connection with how we age. Consider the following motivations to start snacking on grapes or drinking grape juice.

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Xtrain Chest,Back and Shoulders Workout Time

This is a picture of Cathe getting ready to do a dumbbell pullover on a stability ball in XTrain’s Chest/Back/Shoulders. XTrain Chest/Back/Shoulders is another heavy weight workout in this series that uses weights slightly lighter than Burn Sets,  but also  has slightly higher rep ranges for each exercise. In this upper body workout Cathe keeps the boredom

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XTrain Legs Workout Times and Premixes

XTrain Legs is a low impact lower body routine that is broken into three regular sections and one Bonus Barre segment. This workout also features seven premixes  with several of the workouts featuring the extra Bonus leg  footage. This workout will also feature a Bonus H ip Thruster 100 rep Challenge   and a Rear Delts section with a

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XTrain SuperCuts Workout Time

This is a picture of Cathe and Cedie doing a row and arrow in SuperCuts. XTrain SuperCuts is less than 46 minutes, but uses every second to give you a total body conditioning workout and cardio all in the same routine. This will definitely be your go to workout when you want to get both

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Another XTrain Bonus – Rear Delts

Even people that workout a lot, like body builders, and regularly perform exercises for the rear delts will tell you that the posterior delt is a very difficult muscle to work. You have to pay attention to strict form when working your rear delts so that other larger muscles don’t take over and power the

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The Music in XTrain

All of the music we used in XTrain was custom made by the same music production company (MyFitJam)  that produced the music for “To The Max” and “CrossFire”. So if you liked the music in our last production you should like XTrain’s music.  Cathe spent many months working almost every day with the music production

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XTrain Scarecrow 100 Rep Challenge With Jai

This is a picture of Jai doing a shoulder exercise called a scarecrow during a 100 rep challenge.  There are different reasons why Cathe selected certain exercises for the 100 rep challenges, but the scarecrow was chosen because it is an exercise that works and strengthens your rotator cuff. Shoulder injuries are the most common

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XTrain Bonus Core Workouts

The XTrain series comes with several bonus workouts including two core workouts, five 100 rep challenges, rear delts and a heavy bag boxing workout. Most of these bonus sections will be included in many of the Premixes that are included in the XTrain workouts. XTrain Premixes give you more workout options to fit your busy

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XTrain’s RIDE is a Super Soaked Cycle Workout!

RIDE is a super soaked cycle workout that burns countless calories, melts off body fat and well, just leaves you in the dust…..And that’s ONLY if you can keep up (smirk). This is the ultimate Zero impact, fat burning indoor cycle workout, and once completed, you’ll wring out your shirt to prove it! We’ll be

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