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After a long period write my thesis guess what... I´m back!!!

So we’ve officially rolled into February, and where you are at with those health and wellness goals for 2013? It’s traditionally around this time that we start to let go of the motivation we had at the New Year, only a month ago.

How can you keep the motivation going? I know for me, it’s all in the scheduling and planning ahead.

1. PLAN AHEAD: I do my grocery shopping for the week on Mondays (after a killer Spin class). So Sunday nights, I take stock of the…

As a full time fitness trainer, I have to eat. A lot. It's gotten to the point that I see food mainly as fuel instead of something to be enjoyed. Thankfully I have a partner who's an amazing cook who reminds me sometimes of the latter.

Take smoothies, for example. A friend who saw me make one recently got very queasy at the sight of me throwing a cup of dry oatmeal and 3 tbsp of ground flax seeds on top a couple bananas and frozen wheatgrass cubes. The big scoop of green Vega berry…

*1 MacaSure chocolate bar

*1 bunch of bananas

...THATS IT! 

1) Melt one MacaSure chocolate bar in a sauce pan

2) Put wooden sticks through peeled bananas (ie shish kabob sticks) & dip them in the chocolate sauce

3) freeze!

*you can also put coconut…

This afternoon I happened across the most delicious meal quite by accident. Actually, I’m finding that in general, as my streak of bad cooking karma continues, it seems to be a case of trying too hard.

Awesome results in the kitchen is like finding a man. If you try too hard, it usually doesn’t end up well. ~ Confucius (okay, he didn’t say that)…

Smoothies & Sustainability

As an author, educator, and advocate of plant-based whole food nutrition, Brendan Brazier has introduced us to a whole new world of eating — not only connecting food back to nutrition, but also to the environmental impact of food production. Brendan advocates adopting a plant-based that can sustain you throughout your day as well as your workouts; but also one that is sustainable for…

2 tsp coconut oil

½ onion, diced

2 carrots, diced

3 celery stalks, diced

How do you #GetEnergized?

At Vega, we’re all about energy from clean, plant-based nutrition. The NEW…

All stress, whether it's actual or perceived stress (worry we make up in our heads), cause a physiological response in our body. The brain triggers your adrenal glands, which sit on top of your kidneys, to release the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol. Adrenaline speeds up heart rate,…

Jay Howard is a  IZOD IndyCar® Series and Indianapolis 500 professional racecar driver, driving the No. 88 Service Central Honda powered Dallara for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in…

Inspiration: It's the spark that launches creativity, drives you to challenge limits, propels greatness, lifts your spirit, instils hope for change—and sometimes motivates self-made miracles.

One of the best perks of being a part of the Vega Team is the…

Vega Sport makes some pretty focused products, from Pre-Workout Energizer to Endurance Gel to Performance Protein. Needless to say, the Vega Community also poses some pretty focused questions about the product line. After dipping into our most frequently asked questions, Vega Fans would like to know: “What is Vega Sport Hydrator for?”

Prolonged, heavy…

Compare two runners who are equal in all respects except for muscular strength and the stronger one will be faster over any distance. The lower percentage of maximum strength needed for each stride translates into greater muscle efficacy and therefore, greater endurance. If one runner can squat 10% more than another, his muscles won’t have to work as hard to move his body forward, resulting in significant endurance gains.

When muscles don’t have to work as…

Buying into the myth, runners neglected to lift weights because they thought it would add body-slowing bulk, yet we know now that greater strength will ultimately improve endurance. Sadly, this myth came to pass because strength training was being lumped into the bodybuilding culture; with bodybuilders lifting weights to get bigger, as well as for definition and physical symmetry.

In the early eighties,…

Ok everyone. We've got one day left until 2012. After posting a question- 'What are your goals for 2012?' on our Facebook and getting some amazing answers we decided that we wanted to hear how these goals pan out in the 12 months of 2012. Since most of the answers were either health-related or sport/training-related and were very inspiring to us we decided to create a call out to all you motivated Vega fans out…