Mark Fisher Fitness

Nutrition is a notoriously sticky subject. For every single person out there who preaches the benefits of eating plenty of protein, there's an army of vegans storming their gates, forks in hand, ready to tell them how animal protein is killing them.

Historically, women have been advised to stop exercising when they became pregnant, with many physicians and healthcare professionals treating pregnancy as an illness or disability. Women were also told to increase their caloric intake, creating a system set up for elevated maternal weight and subsequent obesity. DA FUQ?

Muscle is beautiful. Muscle is powerful. And muscle is darn right magical when you think about it! A muscle contracts or releases in order to pull our bones closer together or farther apart, which creates movement. But muscle also makes us look hot as hell and enables us to do really cool things at the gym. And carry our bottles of wine home from Trader Joe's.

If 80% of weight loss and transformation is what you eat, then why are you spending more time at the gym than in the kitchen?

Here at MFF, we're used to building up our muscles… whether that be with kettlebell swings, squats, or bench presses.

It's pretty common for those pursuing a life of health and hotness to fall off the wagon from time to time. After all, modern times ask a lot of all of us. It's hard enough just balancing our family, social, and professional obligations. Carving out time for self care can easily fall by the wayside.

d be the most wonderful time of the year, I'm sure many of us have had the experience of looking back on December and saying, 'I completely lost my shit with food!' Then we immediately look at January as the time to restrict, deprive, and 'get back on the wagon.'

Welcome back everyone! Thank you for reading the first installment of this series. Now that we know how many calories and grams of protein we need…

This is part one of a two-part series on fueling your body for muscle gain while eating healthfully. Part two will explore the benefits of minimally processed food choices to take your GAINZ to even more XTREME levelz than ever before!

October = pumpkin. And pumpkin is a sexy vegetable.

I've been thinking a lot about the power of ritual this summer.

Every so often a person or an experience comes into your life, and you know that he/she/it will remain a part of you for a very long time. Beyond that, there is a feeling you get that cannot be explained and a sense of limitless gratitude for which no words seem adequate to express. For me, this is MFF and the incredible team of trainers who have been by my side for the last 4 years.

At MFF, many Ninjas learn that getting the most out of running their race means taking risks and stepping outside of their comfort zones. This featured Ninja reaped the rewards of stepping into the arena and realizing her full-fledged unicorn glory! Ninja Army, meet Laura Heywood!

During the month of June, I conducted a little experiment with one hundred of my friends and acquaintances to see what would happen if we invested a very small amount of time in our own personal joy every single day.

If you knew me 10 years ago, you would never guess that I would end up traveling the world speaking about meditation. I wouldn't have guessed it either. I was on Broadway at the time, understudying three of the leads in A Chorus Line. I was also suffering from anxiety, had been struggling with insomnia for eighteen months, and was going grey at the tender age of 26. So here I was living my dream on stage, but backstage I was rocking myself in the fetal position listening to Eckhart Tolle praying I wouldn't be thrown on with a moment's notice. I was desperate for a solution, so when a fellow castmember told me she swore by meditation I thought, what do I have to lose?

If you're awkward and you know it clap your hands!

Did you know that we have the potential to lose 5 lbs. of lean mass per decade starting at age 25? That means that by the time that we are 65 we could potentially lose 20 lbs. of lean mass.

Alright, riddle me this: How often have you accomplished something big, that goal that you were all-in for, only to finish and be slammed with the slumps?

Are you a fitness fanatic who dominates movement in a class setting but doesn't have the slightest idea where to begin when you enter a weight room?