My Path To The Carnivore Diet
Well, I guess the first thing to do is to introduce myself and set the stage to give you some context before we start talking about health issues and ribeye steaks! I’d consider myself to be a ‘normal’ healthy adult male. I’m in my mid-30s. I work a fairly demanding and stressful corporate job, but…
Read MoreCarnivore Crisps Review
In our quest to find the tastiest most nutritious ways to fill in the diet where needed… we’re introducing heavy weight contender, Carnivore Crisps. You have likely seen them promoted online by Mark Bell on the power project podcast…. a simple snack with two ingredients. Meat and Salt….sounds like any other jerky, right? Wrong. We challenge…
Read MoreHydrate or Die: Is This the World’s Best Water Bottle?!?
With the holiday season fast approaching it seems companies have really ramped up the digital advertising to drive sales, despite a tough macro economic environment – we thought inflation was only for balloons! Every day, I’m receiving deals on ‘must have items’ via text, social media and email. It’s kind of exhausting, but there are…
Read MoreUrbanite Tries Hemp Farming: A Guide to Starting a Backyard Hemp Farm
What exactly does one say to their wife as they are on the cusp of turning their backyard into a hemp farm? What I should have said, “Hi beautiful, here is a new diamond wedding band, $2,000 to spend on whatever clothes you want, and 8 bottles of champagne for you and your girlfriends.” What…
Read MoreDon’t Hold Your Breath… Unlocking Potential with Diaphragmatic Breathing
With COVID dominating the headlines, it sure has got me thinking more about the respiratory/pulmonary systems and how to optimize them. Many people didn’t know that there are different ways to breathe, focusing on drawing your breath from your mouth or nose and filling different parts of your respiratory system at different cadences. Prior to…
Read More5 CBD Gift Ideas for Father’s Day
Buying gifts for Dad is usually easy. Tie. Socks. Underwear. Yard accessories. Grill. That’s it, right? But you’re not that daughter or son to buy some easy gift for your pops. You want to help him take care of himself by getting him something practical he can actually use that will provide value and that isn’t work-related like…
Read More6 Steps to Cure a Hangover and 1 More to Rally
How to Cure a Hangover We’ve all been there. We drank too much the night before, and now its the next day, you’re still feeling like crap but you have some kind of event to make it to the next day. It could be a wedding and you were drunk at the rehearsal last night,…
Read MoreHow Cold Therapy Changed My Life
A couple of years ago I was dealing with some health issues that caused my liver enzymes to spike to insanely high levels. Reaching the point where my doctors were worried about liver damage both in the short and long term. I went from dealing with my doctors at Spectrum Health here in Grand Rapids…
Read MoreQuarantine Challenge – 100 Burpees Per Day for 30 Days
Well the coronavirus has really thrown a monkey wrench into my fitness goals this year. But I’m looking on the bright side and setting new goals for this brief period of ‘house arrest’. Shameless plug for the CDC before we get too much further, please make sure you are staying indoors, staying safe and staying…
Read MoreHow to Choose the Right CBD Skincare Product
When I first started dating my wife, I remember her always saying “beauty is pain.” I didn’t understand, until I saw her doing things that seemed painful in the name of beauty, like waxing anywhere or having a layer of skin basically burned off your face by Retinol. Though I didn’t understand it to that…
Read MoreWhere Does 4/20 Come From?
Every year, thousands of people around the world will celebrate April 20th, or 4/20. To some, this is just a number. However, for everyone else, we all know that it means smoking marijuana. Even with the thousands of people celebrating the holiday in their own way, a very small amount of them actually knows where…
Read MoreWhat are Nutraceutical Products? (with Examples)
Nutraceutical products are supplements that can be used for nutritional benefits as well as medicinal benefits. Nutraceutical product types range widely from fortified cereal to bio-yogurts, as well as vitamin supplements, herbal remedies, teas, and more. These products are not tested or regulated by the FDA similar to how they do for prescription drugs, though…
Read MoreBoost Your Immunity with our Lemon Ginger CBD Hot Shots
With Coronavirus aka COVID-19 dominating headlines, everyone is eager to pump the purell and strap on a facemask. Meanwhile over on the Third Coast, we’re boosting our immunity naturally with our famous Lemon Ginger CBD Hot Shots. What’s more, you don’t even need to leave your house to get the ingredients thanks to the…
Read MoreBattle Ropes – Worth the Risk? (of Looking Ridiculous)
Admit it. You’ve scrolled through the Instagram accounts watching fitfluencers like @lbs_metrodetroit, @kfoylefitness, and @primal.swoledier and thought, “Hey, they have those battle ropes at my gym! It looks like a great cardio and full-body workout …but I’m not willing to risk looking like a rabid caveman …am I? Well, you really should be willing to risk…
Read MoreThe Medicine Ball and its Place in Functional Fitness
Perhaps the most iconic ‘old school’ piece of functional fitness equipment is the medicine ball. Heavy, sand-filled, leather and bursting at the seams. You know …the one collecting dust in the walled off back part of your gym that no one uses. Today, the workouts developed around this iconic equipment are definitely different than your…
Read MoreKettlebells – Foundational Fitness or Flash in the Pan?
There is a whole universe of ‘functional fitness’ gear out there. Our partner Onnit along with Rouge Fitness and some others have a wide variety of the latest functional equipment. Fitness experts and Instagram influencers alike can be seen using battle ropes, slam balls, sandbags, steel maces, and kettlebells. The Crossfit movement has also been…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know About CBD Gummies
Most likely, you’ve heard about the many potential benefits that cannabidiol (CBD) may offer your mood and health. Today’s CBD market is plentiful with products in various forms like topical lotions and oils, pills and capsules, coffee and tea, vape pens, and now CBD gummies! Yes, cannabidiol is available in edible and chewable candy form,…
Read MoreCBD, THC, and the History of Hemp
There was a time when the cannabis industry was, well, only focused on cannabis. High-THC this, high THC-that, dank this, edible that. Recreation was the industry’s focus, and many people assumed it’d always be. But now the pendulum has swung back, and things seem to be going in a very different direction. Another cannabis compound…
Read MoreCBD: Your Brain’s Favorite Molecule
What if someone told you there was a plant out there that interacted pretty much perfectly…with your brain? A plant whose active compounds promote health by mimicking the action of internal neurochemicals? A plant which, because of such crazy similarities, was effective at addressing the root cause of many, many health issues? Truth can be…
Read MoreHow Vaping CBD Oil Before Bed May Help You Sleep
Nothing is more irritating than lying awake in bed late at night with the upcoming workday just hours away. It happens to the best of us, and whether you’re dealing with insomnia or finding it difficult to fall asleep after a hectic workday, there is a natural alternative to sleeping pills growing in popularity amongst…
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