One Of My Fave Complex Carbs

Here is the lowdown on one of my favorite compex carbs, Butternut Squash. After I prep it, I put it into tupperware and mix it with whatever protein source I feel like at the moment. Usually it’s chicken that I have already cooked.

Butternut squash is a winter squash. It has a hard, thick skin and it is filled with seeds. It can range in size from 8 to 12 inches long, and about 3 to 5 inches wide, weighing up to 3 pounds. The color of the Butternut squash ranges from a yellow to a light tan. Inside, the flesh is orange and has a sweet flavor.

Available in early fall through winter, you will want to choose a squash that is heavy with few blemishes and moldy spots.
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I’ve Heard You!

So I’m back from Mexico and ready to take questions and get to work on the major things you would like to see happen on this site. What I’m taking from the comments so far is that:

1. You like to get notified via email of new articles.
2. You would like to be able to find info easier on the site.
3. More nutrition, supplement and meal info!
4. You love the video’s so keep them coming.
5. You like getting new workouts put up via the WAC

So what am I going to do?
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Beginner Home Workout Program

Here is a question from one of our FLS members asking about the best course of action for his wife to take so she can get started back on the road to fitness! Below, I suggest that she “Greases The Groove!”

Hi Ray,

My wife is finally at the point where she’s recovered enough from giving birth to start a beginner workout program again, that is beyond the insanity of taking care of twins by herself all day long. (Jeff is in the Canadian Armed Forces Navy) She used to do a lot of yoga workouts and then got into running before we got pregnant. However, she’s looking for something different, and obviously I speak pretty highly of fasterleanerstronger.com, so she was interested in that. Read more

Small Changes For Those Last Few Pounds

Changes to Lose Those Last Few Pounds

Today we are going to address a fairly common question I get from a very typical (maybe even average) sort of person that is having trouble with those last couple of pounds.

Here is the set up. She is 45 years old, five foot three and weighs about 123 pounds. She is fairly lean but seems to carry that last bit of weight on her lower body. She is a little scared to hit her leg training hard because she doesn’t want bulky legs. She knows if she can just lose those last couple of pounds that her lower body will look the way she wants.
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