Wheat Free Peanut Butter Cookies! They are so good!!
INGREDIENTS: 1 cup unsalted almond butter, stirred well 3/4 cup Sucanat 1 large egg 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp sea salt 3 oz dark chocolate (70% cocoa or greater), broken into small pieces INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 350°F. In a medium bowl, stir together first 5 ingredients until blended. Stir in chocolate. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes. Remove to a wire rack and let cool...
Read MoreFlourless Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
by Jenny Grothe This little concoction includes NO flour. So, the texture will be just a bit different, but it’s still good going down. Pair this with a vanilla protein shake, and you’re set. Makes 1 serving Ingredients: 1/2 cup bran cereal 1 tbs ground flax or flax seed 1 tbs old-fashioned oats 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 tbs raisins 1 tsp chopped walnuts sugar substitute to taste a little water (enough to cover the cereal, flax, and oats) Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Add cereal,...
Read MoreDeveloping Foot Speed and Agility By Michael Boyle
I was really attracted to this post by Michael Boyle as he talks alot about using agility ladder training, which is one thing I’ve used often to improve my footwork for boxing. I also found his take on “foot speed” and “leg strength” really interesting. He comments that “fast feet don’t use the ground well to produce force” and because so much of boxing involves force (to score a blow it must be delivered with force / you punched should start in the legs and...
Read MoreHealthy Pumpkin Pie
I got this from my trainer and I just tried it yesterday. The general consensit was that it needed to be sweeter, so I’ve ajusted the recipie below to include more splenda (I only used 2tbs). However my entire audience ate it up. I did in fact come up with a crust too that is totally wheat free (I’m a bit sensitive to it) and I can’t believe it turned out! It was a bit crumbly at first, but once baked it was AWESOME!! Pie Crust: 1/2c canola oil 2/3c milk 1/4c egg whites 2 2/3c brown rice flour...
Read MoreEverybody’s got one
So I’ve fallen in love with this trainer from Arizona, Bret Contreras. He’s known as the “Glute Guy” as he’s has great success in training people and is know for his “ass development”. He works mainly in sports conditioning, training athletes. He’s also an avid blogger and has a huge following of readers, one of them being me. On Facebook a very famous fitness model, Jamie Eason was talking about him, and her post got a huge reaction from alot of...
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