Thaya Kareeson is the Founder and Creator of TweakFit.com. After his sustainable success in losing 45 lbs. and reaching 18% body fat, Thaya launched TweakFit.com hoping to help others improve their physical fitness level. Read more about Thaya on the about page.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! Hopefully you guys are all ready to feast your heart out. Since I don’t want to be a party pooper and rob anybody out of their Thanksgiving food glory, I’d like to provide some quick holiday eating tips on how to eat like a king at holiday dinners while minimizing fat gain. Here are my tips for holiday eating outlining what you should be doing the day…
My workout days are my favorite days out of the week because that means I get to get 20% more Calories than my basal metabolic rate for that day and macronutrients for those days are typically high protein low fat and high carbs (carbs tastes so good!). Last time I mentioned a list of high protein low carb snacks from PROTEIN POW(D)ER which are ideal for days when your macronutrient…
If you missed it, I previously wrote about the top 10 rated pre workout supplements. After publishing that article, the nice guys at Gamma Labs contacted me and asked if I can help review their new Gamma Labs PTF (Pre-training Formula). Being the supplement nut that I am, I agreed that I will do an honest review of the product (no matter how good or bad it is). Let the review begin!…
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Lately, I’ve been on a search for a healthy high protein snacks that also contains low carb content to satisfy snack cravings on my rest days (days where I eat primary fats and protein and < 100g of carbs total). After dilly-dallying on the internet for a while, I stumbled upon PROTEIN POW(D)ER, an awesome site with tons and tons of homemade recipes for making real food with the addition of…
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There has been a lot of attention on pre workout supplements in the past few years. I have tried a few of them myself and I have been using one regularly for 4 months now so I can vouch for their effectiveness at allowing me to workout longer and lift heavier.
One disclaimer:
A lot of these supplements contain the same main ingredients (stimulants, nitric oxide promoting agents, creatine, amino…
Back in the days when slim fast meal replacement shakes first came out, everybody (including me) jumped on the band wagon to try to use it to lose weight. Needless to say, it didn’t work for most people. Why not? Because meal replacement shakes aren’t supposed to be used for weight loss (no matter what the slim fast marketing guy says!).
Not for Weight Loss
The single reason why meal…
Great news! P90X2 is now available for pre-order for $119.98 (DVD) as of September 1, 2011! If you have never heard of P90X2, here’s a quick over view of what it is:
P90X2 is the sequel to Beachbody’s best-selling workout program, P90X. With P90X2 workout, P90X grads can get even stronger, more flexible, and more ripped. This program is designed for maximum intensity and efficiency. In fact, this completely new 90-day…
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When I first started my fitness journey (back in the days when there was no easy access to the internet), I had no idea what I was doing. To gather tips, I asked people who seemed, watched infomercials, and watched what other people did in the gym. Then armed with my arsenal of broscience, I headed off to make a change to my fitness level. Needless to say, I failed miserably.…
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Up until now, it’s been hard for me to contain my excitement about a stealth project that was demoed to me about a month ago. Since everything is official now, I am excited to announce the release of FitRabbit, an awesome mobile fitness app for the iPhone that aims to help motivate people to stay healthy.
Here are some reasons why I love about FitRabbit and why I think you should…
The folks at Beachbody (the creators of P90X and Insanity) have been working hard on revamping/revising the current P90X program and are planning to release the revised program under the name P90X2. I was quite excited to hear this because even though I am from the school of P90X, I thought that some of their workouts are quite outdated/old-fashion.
I’ve been checking out a bunch of P90X One on One Volume 3 videos…
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Since I’m kind of an exercise nut, I’ve gone through my fair share of injuries and pain. In my experience, one of the most cumbersome injuries to deal with are sore feet. Why? Because you literally can’t do anything without feeling the pain. I didn’t do any research or anything, but my gut feeling says that 95% of cardio exercises out there involves using your feet (only because I had…
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Recently T-Nation announced an upcoming Biotest product called Indigo-3G, a cutting-edge nutrition repartitioning supplement. The claims that they make on this product makes it sound like the magic pill for getting you in the best shape of your life by repartitioning nutrients into muscle instead of fat.
How Does It Work?
The long article goes into details about the effects of the supplement on fat cells, muscle cells, and liver cells,…
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I’ve been practicing Self-Myofascial Release (SMR) for more than 2 years now. If you don’t know what SMR is, it’s a fancy word for “self massaging” for healing scar tissues. Two essential tools needed for performing SMR is the foam roller and the lacrosse ball.
My old foam roller recently gave out (got too soft), so I went shopping. After a lot of research, I narrowed down my choices to…
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You might have heard that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a “bad thing to eat”, but did you know that common table sugar’s (sucrose) molecular profile closely resembles that of HFCS?
Why is High Fructose Corn Syrup Bad Anyway?
HFCS is 55% fructose and 45% glucose. Glucose is what fuels our body and can be metabolized by every cell in our body (good!). Fructose can only be metabolized in…
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Lately, I’ve been on a quest to eat as much raw foods and as little processed foods as possible. I have found replacements for most of my foods, but one of the things I haven’t found a substitute for is the protein bar. Most protein bars you buy on the shelf are highly processed food products. Luckily, I found an awesome all natural protein bar recipe on reddit fitness that you can…
Thanks to our wonderful writing team, there are quite a bit of awesome workout routines published on TweakFit. Here are our current workout routines by category.
Fat Loss Exercise Routines
Timed Sets for Fat Loss
Strength and Fat Loss Workout
30 Minute Exercise Routines
30 Minute Core Workout
30 Minute Stadium/Track Workout
30 Minute Biceps Workout
30 Minute Golf Workout
30 Minute Exercise Ball Workout – Beginner to Intermediate
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Maybe I led you to believe that basketball was a God given gift, and not something I worked for… every single day of my life.
- Michael Jordan
This motivational Monday focuses on the above Michael Jordan commercial. In the video Jordan reminds us that even he works really hard to become the greatest basketball player of his time. Getting healthy is the same story. Good health doesn’t just come…
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If you’ve been building muscle for a while, you have probably had your share of injuries by now. We all know how much injuries suck. They hurt like heck and prevent you from doing all the things you love to do. The great news is that a lot of exercise related injuries stem from mobility issues. Digging deeper into this, mobility issues are often caused by scar tissue and muscle…
If you haven’t noticed, TweakFit now offers a full RSS feed for all our subscribers! If you haven’t done so, go add our RSS feed to your feed reader (I use the Google Reader myself).
Some other blogs claim that they never show a full feed of their content since people would stop visiting their site (which is filled with ads).
We say, “To hell with that.” Sure, we have…
Believe it or not, core exercises are not really all that useful for helping you lose belly fat. Core exercises are done to make your body stronger, more athletic, and more durable as a whole. Part of this includes helping with your spinal posture.
What are core muscles and how does it relate to posture?
When I’m talking about core muscles, I’m talking about the entire strip of muscles (front…
