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Second Annual Family Vacation at Moose Lake Ranch

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After last year’s  Cape Cod Classic  with our hometown friends, we decided to make our “family” vacation bigger and better and move it to Moose Lake Ranch in Otisfield, Maine. This year, our group grew to 11 adults and 4 kids, and, my gosh, we had a good time! In fact, there was so much fun, I honestly don’t think I could recap it all, so I decided to create a top 15 of my favorite moments from the week. Ok, here we go! 1. The house – Holy cow. Moose Lake Ranch  was epic. I’ll let the photos do the talking! Moose Lake Ranch was also know as the “Suit of Armor (SOA) House.” NBD, Luke Bryan stayed at Moose Lake Ranch last summer. 2. The rainbow that appeared within minutes of everyone arriving!  It was a sign of a great week ahead! 3. The iced coffee bar – This year, we bought plastic tumblers for everyone, which ended up being a huge hit. Everyone had their own cup for the week, which definitely cut down on dishes and misplaced drinks! 4. The lake  – Ok, well, tech

CrossFit Training: How to Add Mass and Build Strength with Primal

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Gaining mass and building strength while CrossFitting should be a breeze. You’re lifting heavy things using compound full-body movements like squats, deadlifts, and presses, providing a potent growth stimulus to your muscles. Yet, many people fall short of their goals, perhaps losing weight and improving performance but failing to really gain any real muscle or strength. Today, I’m going to explain how going Primal can help you achieve both goals. First, you must understand the very Primal reality of your body’s hormonal systems and their relation to the environment: Acknowledge that you are an organism whose endocrine system is acutely attuned to the inputs it receives. It’s actively engaged in the world around you, making predictions and taking actions based on your perceptions. If your body thinks it’s living through a famine, it will conserve energy and eliminate wasteful extravagances like big muscles and 2x body weight back squat. If your body thinks it’s living through plen

Healing Iced Turmeric Latte

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Turmeric is one of the most powerful anti-inflammatory roots on the planet, and I’ve been trying to eat some every single day for the last few months to help me recover naturally from a wrist injury without drugs.  This Iced Turmeric Latte recipe makes it so easy and delicious! Turmeric has been used for centuries in Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat a number of conditions and scientists believe that one of the reasons why turmeric is so powerful is  that it contains curcumin . There have been dozens of studies into the health benefits of curcumin, and it’s been shown to protect against  arthritis ,  liver damage ,  cancer ,  cerebrovascular dysfunction , and  Alzheimer’s disease .  The biggest benefit that I’ve personally witnessed is turmeric’s ability to fight inflammation and pain in the body. If you are suffering from any injuries ( as I was several years ago in my tailbone  and now with my wrist), turmeric is very powerful at  reducing pain and swelling natu