Prevalence of Diabetes in Men; Why Are 1 in 10 Men Diabetic
Diabetes is one of the most commonplace and well-known chronic diseases that effects the modern man. A life-threatening disease, diabetes lies within the top 10 causes of death in the developed world. In 2016, 1.6million deaths were a direct result of diabetes and these are numbers that are only getting higher. Most people with diabetes worldwide fall into the ‘Type 2’ category: type 2 diabetes results from lifestyle factor...
The #1 Hardest Thing in the World for All People to Do
Hey, how are you? Coach Chris with criticalbench.com and I want to share with you something that makes most of us very uncomfortable. I know it makes me uncomfortable. It’s forgiveness. Most of us—I know I struggle with forgiveness because when it comes to—it’s letting go and often times we are so emotionally connected to our past that we just can’t let go. And so this topic is something that really struck me at a church service...
The Ketogenic Diet For Beginners
Hey, everybody. Tonya here with Critical Bench. I am a Holistic Health Practitioner and nutrition expert and today I want to talk share with you some information about the ketogenic diet and specifically ketogenic diet for beginners. So if you’ve given it some serious thought, you’ve done some research and you want to get started, I want to talk a little bit about some of the things you might want to think about, some more questions...
Ghrelin & Sleep – How Sleep Affects Fat Loss
It’s possible that a crappy night’s sleep can do this for your fat loss. Hey, I’m Coach Brian, certified strength coach, certified sports nutritionist with criticalbench.com. Now let’s talk about this thing called sleep. We all need sleep. We’ve put so much effort into living a healthy lifestyle throughout the day, or we try to at least, but we put so little effort in to sleep, but yet sleep is such an important thing on everything,...
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps Ingredients: 4 oz ground lean chicken 1/2 cup white mushrooms, chopped 1 tsp minced garlic 1/2 cup shredded carrots 2 butter lettuce leaves 2 Tbsp chives, minced Sauce: ...
Why Stretching Won’t Make You Flexible
About a month ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with my colleague Coach Brian Klepacki, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Functional Movement Specialist with Critical Bench to ask discuss why stretching will not make us flexible. To be honest, I grew up in a time where whether it was school sports, dance class, organized sports teams, I was encouraged to stretch, not only to warm up my muscles for a better...
