The Muscle Couple with a nice little step by step guide to avoid holiday weight gain this Thanksgiving! This program will work for anyone regardless of fitness level. Obviously the more fit you are, the more intense your intervals can be and the more likely you’ll avoid gaining any un-needed bodyfat. This program offers a [...]

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The Muscle Couple recently wrote about Vitamin D and Sunlight exposure. We saw this article in the New York Times and felt is was relevant to post on the site. (pay particular attention to some of the comments below the article-good advice and recommendations in there as well) Can Vitamin D Improve Your Athletic Performance? [...]

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The Muscle Couple recently received an update from Amanda.  Pretty amazing actually. We’ll let you read it in it’s entirety.  Our comments (few) are in Blue. From: Amanda Berridge <fullthrottlept@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:29:51 -0800 To: The Muscle Couple<musclecouple@gmail.com> Subject: Update The closer I get to the competition the more excited I get [...]

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The Muscle Couple was recently experimenting with the Hammer Strength Ab Curl Machine. Its an awesome device that does exactly everything you want when training abs. Weighted resistance offering progressive overload Full rectus abdominus contraction Lower back and pelvic stability Ability to target obliques by arranging in multiple angles There are many Abdominal machines offering [...]

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The Muscle Couple with some info on maximizing your performance in your training. Often times we hit the weights and don’t focus on the science behind the rest in between our sets.  Few of us realize how varying the rest times can make a dramatic improvement to our physiques. There have been a lot of [...]

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The Muscle Couple is really close to baby #2 arriving. More on that in a second.   Sorry we’ve been having trouble keeping the content coming.  Once the new one arrives, we’ll be able to focus on pumping out more articles. I wanted to take this time to write about Mommy Anh and her efforts [...]

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The Muscle Couple just found out about this amazing new mobile service that searches for location based restaurant nutrition information. GoodFoodNearYou.com is an absolute must have bookmark or application on your PDA. It works by locating you through GPS on your mobile device.  The site will then deliver the lowest calorie food item on the [...]

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The Muscle Couple has had a rough week. Anh was briefly hospitalized yesterday due to dehydration from a severe flu bug.  Her OBGYN took no precautions and admitted her so she could be re-hydrated through an IV.   Thankfully both Mommy and baby are doing well after a day of sleep from the anti-nausea medicine. [...]

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The Muscle Couple with some information useful in fighting and preventing Migraines. We have a lot of first hand experience with this subject.  When Anh and I first met, Anh had suffered from horrible migraines for the previous 8 years.  She had tried everything from seeing a specialist to being prescribed anti-migraine medication like Imitrex. [...]

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