Here I go again, talking about protein.  You already get it, right?  The importance of eating animal protein, the importance of eating enough animal protein, the importance of adequate protein and how it will help you with virtually every health-related goal.  If you feel like half the time I’m trying to stress some point about protein, you’re probably right.

But there is another stone left unturned here (definitely more than one if I’m being honest).  There’s more nuance to the story.  What’s important is not simply the amount of protein, nor just where the protein comes from, but the type of protein.  More specifically, the ratios and amounts of amino acids that we consume.  Now to be clear, there are a lot of important amino acids (being building blocks of life and whatnot), but in this blog I will focus on methionine and glycine.

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been seeing, reading, and hearing more and more about red light therapy. If so, then you might also have some questions - What’s the deal here? Is it a scam? If it’s not a scam, is it something I should be using? How and why would I use it?

I can’t promise that I have all of the answers to these questions - in fact I’ll tell you that I don’t. I have, however, done some digging into red light therapy, and I’m going to share what I’ve learned and what I’ve taken away from it.

At Lean Mean Green Health, I work with athletes. While not all of my athletes would consider themselves as such when we first start working together, I am a firm believer in the idea that “if you have a body you are an athlete” (how you try to use, or not use, that athleticism is up to you). Furthermore, as is stated at the very top of my website, I specialize in working with those who are pursuing a physical passion. From weightlifters to runners, from tactical athletes to yoga instructors, I have spent most of my career working with those who are chasing athletic goals. Due to this, it is not uncommon that I will be asked about post-workout nutrition. When should it happen? What should it consist of? What should be prioritized, and what should be avoided? Well team, today’s the day we make things clear(er) - Let’s go over some key points of post-workout nutrition.

This blog post is probably long overdue, considering the carnivore diet's popularity (or perhaps infamy, depending on who you ask). But better late than never, amiright?

So let’s jump right in. Let’s do this. We’re talking carnivore, people.

Let me start this blog by saying that I believe wellness and sickness are on a spectrum. The more things we do that encourage wellness, generally the healthier we will be. Knowing this, I am often hesitant to state that one aspect of health and wellness is more important than any other. With one exception - Sleep.

About a year ago my best friend decided to start CrossFit for the very first time. As someone who has been doing CrossFit for over 13 years, and coaching for almost that long, I can’t tell you how excited I was for her. Unfortunately for me, she lives in Wisconsin (and I live in Indiana) so I couldn’t just have her join my gym, but I wanted to help her pick the best box in her area.

Great news guys - A couple of weeks ago I started working full-time out of a CrossFit gym again. As you may know, CrossFit has been an integral part of my life for over a decade now. The past couple of years, however, I have done the bulk of my nutrition and health coaching work from home. Yes, I was still writing programming and doing CrossFit and working with CrossFit athletes (among other athletes), but this was still a significant step back from my usual total-immersion in the sport since 2009. Now that I’m back to spending almost every waking hour in my happiest of places - the gym - I’ve been thinking about some of my absolute favorite CrossFit named and hero workouts (for those of you who don’t know, hero workouts are dedicated to and named after heroes who have fallen in the line of duty). As a lover of lists, I thought I’d try to make a list of my Top 5 Favorite CrossFit workouts. Please feel free to try them, retry them, use them as inspiration, or just tell me what your favorites are!

I think that most people know that Vitamin D is an important hormone and vitamin, but I don’t think that it is understood just how important it can be, I also think there is a general misunderstanding of just how deficient most of us are. This blog post will focus on sharing some key information about vitamin D, and why I think that almost everyone should supplement with it.