BLUEBERRY ALMOND PANCAKES

BLUEBERRY ALMOND PANCAKES
NUTRITION

2 servings, 15 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 Egg
  • ¼ cup Almond Butter
  • 2 tbsps Unsweetened Almond Milk
  • 1 ½ tsps Maple Syrup
  • ½ tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp Coconut Oil (for the pan)
  • ½ cup Blueberries (fresh or frozen)

Directions:

  1. In a mixing bowl, whisk the egg, almond butter, and almond milk together until smooth. Stir in the baking powder and maple syrup.
  2. Heat a pan over medium heat. When the pan is hot add the oil. Spoon the batter into the pan in a scant ¼ cup portions to form small pancakes. Divide the blueberries between pancakes and cook for about three to give minutes per side or until golden brown and cooked through. Repeat with any remaining batter, adding more oil to the pan as needed.
  3. Divide pancakes between plates and enjoy! 

Notes:

Leftovers: Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to three days.

Serving Size: One serving is equal to two pancakes. 

More Flavor: Add vanilla extract or more maple syrup to taste.

Additional Toppings: Maple syrup, honey, jam, butter, or fresh fruit.

No Coconut Oil: Use another oil for frying, like avocado oil.

No Maple Syrup: Omit or use another sweetener instead.

…and enjoy!

CAULIFLOWER MARGHERITA PIZZA

CAULIFLOWER MARGHERITA PIZZA
NUTRITION

Ingredients:

  • 240 grams Cauliflower Pizza Crust (baked)
  • 2/3 cup Marinara Sauce
  • 142 grams Mozzarella Cheese (shredded)
  • 1 tsp Chili Flakes
  • 2 tbsps Basil Leaves

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 425F (220C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Place the baked pizza crust on the baking sheet and spread the marinara sauce on top. Top with mozzarella and bake in the oven for seven to eight minutes or until the cheese has melted.
  3. Sprinkle with chili flakes and top with basil leaves. Slice the pizza and enjoy!

Notes:

Leftovers: Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to three days. To freeze, wrap the baked pizza tightly with plastic wrap and freeze for up to a month. Reheat in the oven before serving.

Serving Size: One serving is 120 grams (4.2 ounces) of pizza crust before adding your toppings.

Additional Toppings: Add your favorite pizza toppings.

2 servings, 15 minutes

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The Black Panther Workout: Train like the true warrior of Wakanda!

The Black Panther Workout
FITNESS

Are you ready for the highly anticipated release of Wakanda Forever?

We are so excited to see how Marvel Studios will conclude Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and how this story fits into the upcoming Phase 5. 

In honour of the November 11th release day of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, we want you to train like Wakanda’s mightiest hero.

The Black Panther Workout Routine

Training Volume – 3 days per week

Explanation:

There are 3 days of programmed training, but this routine is pretty tough but effective and will leave you sore and wanting more.  

What you need to know:

Circuit training means you’re performing movements in groups. If a movement is part of “Circuit 1” it’s part of the grouping of movements that needs to perform back-to-back and then proceed to break and do another set [of those movements] after. 3 rounds of each Circuit and then 2 minute break. 

Day 1 – Cardio/Pull/Core

  • 15 min cardio (row, run, bike)
  • Circuit 1: Box Jumps: 3X20
  • Circuit 1: Renegade Row Burpees: 3X10
  • Circuit 1: Jump Rope: 3X1 min
  • Circuit 1: One Arm Dumbbell Row: 3X10(each)
  • Circuit 1: Chin Up: 3X10

2 min Break

  • Circuit 2: Hammer Curls: 3X10
  • Circuit 2: Pull Up: 3X10
  • Circuit 2: Wall Slide: 3X10
  • Circuit 2: Toes to Bar: 3X10
  • Circuit 2: V-Ups: 3X20

2 min Break

  • Circuit 3: Wall Plank Hold: 3X1 min
  • Circuit 3: Walk to Plank: 3X10
  • Circuit 3: Reverse Superman Hold: 3X1 min

Day 2 – Cardio/Push/Core

  • 15 min cardio (row, run, bike)
  • Circuit 1: Box Jumps: 3X20
  • Circuit 1: Thrusters: 3X10
  • Circuit 1: Jump Rope: 3X1 min
  • Circuit 1: Dumbbell Bench Press: 3X10
  • Circuit 1: Push ups: 3X20

2 min Break

  • Circuit 2: Dumbbell Fly: 3X10
  • Circuit 2: Dips: 3X20 
  • Circuit 2: Dumbbell kickback: 3X10(each)
  • Circuit 2: Diamond Push Ups: 3X10
  • Circuit 2: V-Ups: 3X20

2 min Break

  • Circuit 3: Wall Plank Hold: 3X1 min
  • Circuit 3: Walk to Plank: 3X10
  • Circuit 3: Reverse Superman Hold: 3X1 min

Day 3 – Cardio/ Legs/Core

  • 15 min cardio (row, run, bike)
  • Circuit 1: Box Jumps: 3X20
  • Circuit 1: Clean + Squat + Press: 3X10
  • Circuit 1: Jump Rope: 3X1 min
  • Circuit 1: Deadlift: 3X10
  • Circuit 1: Pistol Squats: 3X10(each)

2 min Break

  • Circuit 2: Goblet Squats: 3X10
  • Circuit 2: Walking Lunges: 3X10(each)
  • Circuit 2: Single Leg Deadlift: 3X10(each)
  • Circuit 2: Hip Thrust 3×10
  • Circuit 2: V-Ups: 3X20

2 min Break

  • Circuit 3: Wall Plank Hold: 3X1 min
  • Circuit 3: Walk to Plank: 3X10
  • Circuit 3: Reverse Superman Hold: 3X1 min

To customize programming and help improve the strength, stability, and flexibility, consult with one of our Personal Trainers in club and complete your Game Plan Session.

WAKANDA FOREVER!

SWEET & SAVORY FRENCH TOAST RECIPE

SWEET & SAVORY FRENCH TOAST RECIPE
NUTRITION

Ingredients:

  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
  • 1 tbsp Coconut Aminos
  • 4 slices Gluten-Free Bread
  • 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 tbsps Maple Syrup

Directions:

  1. In a bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, and coconut aminos.
  2. Dip the bread into the mixture, coating both sides evenly.
  3. Heat the oil on a non-stick griddle or skillet over medium heat. Cook the bread slices for about 3 to 5 minutes per side, or until browned. Repeat the process until all the bread is cooked.
  4. Divide onto plates and top with maple syrup.
  5. Enjoy!

Notes:

Leftovers: Refrigerate in an airtight container for one day or freeze up to one month.

Nut-Free: Use any nut-free milk instead of almond milk.

More Flavor: Add cinnamon or vanilla extract.

Additional Toppings: Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage or fresh fruit.

No Coconut Aminos: Use soy sauce or tamari instead.

Serving Size: One serving is equal to two pieces of French toast.

2 SERVINGS, 15 MINUTES

VANILLA PROTEIN PANCAKE RECIPE

VANILLA PROTEIN PANCAKE RECIPE
NUTRITION

Ingredients:

2 Bananas (plus extra for topping if you would like)!

4 Eggs

½ cup Vanilla Protein Powder

1 tbsp Coconut Oil 

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Add the eggs and protein powder. Mix well until a batter forms. 
  2. Melt the coconut oil in a large skillet over a medium heat. Once hot, pour the batter into the skillet, roughly ¼ cup at a time. Cook for 3 minutes, or until the top starts to bubble slightly, and flip. Repeat the process until all the batter is used.
  3. Transfer to a plate and top with additional banana slices. 
  4. Enjoy!

Notes:

Leftovers: Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to three days. Freeze for up to one month.

Serving Size: One serving is approximately two pancakes.

Additional Toppings: Honey, maple syrup, pureed fruit sauce, nut butter, chocolate chips and/or chopped nuts.

Beat Aches and Pain with These Exercises to Strengthen Your Lower Back

FITNESS

Ready to take the pressure off your lower back? The key to beating low back pain is to build up the right kind of strength and we’re here to help you. 

Your core muscles—not just your abdominals, but the muscles that wrap around your midsection—support your spine and lower back. Your core, hips, glutes, and hamstrings together form one big stability machine, so weakness in any one of those muscles forces the others to pick up the slack. 

Now that we know the information around causes of low back pain, here are some special workouts and stretches that target your lower back so that you can reduce muscle strain and other pain. 

Elbow Plank

Sets: 5 | Reps: 30-second hold per set | Load: Bodyweight | Rest: 45-60 seconds between sets

  • Get on the ground, with your stomach on the floor
  • Prop yourself up on your elbows and lift your knees off the ground
  • Tighten your quads and glutes and continue to push through your elbows and lifting your chest
  • If you can’t do 30 seconds, start with 10 seconds [or] start with 15 seconds and then work your way up

Side Plank

Sets: 5 | Reps: 30-second hold per set | Load: Bodyweight | Rest: 45-60 seconds between sets

  • Lying on your side, stagger your feet so there’s no pressure on your heels
  • Come up onto your elbow into the side plank position, keeping your lower hip high off the ground and the core engaged
  • Push through your elbow and pack that shoulder blade back
  • If you can’t do 30 seconds, start with 10- or 15-second holds and work your way up gradually

Glute Bridge

Sets: 5 | Reps: 15 | Load: Bodyweight | Rest: 45-60 seconds between sets

  • Lie faceup on the floor with knees bent, feet flat on the floor, arms resting at sides
  • Squeezing your glutes, lift your hips until your body forms a straight line from shoulders to knees
  • Pause for 3 seconds, and then lower back down to the starting position

Hip Stretches

Sets: 4 | Reps: 12 | Load: Bodyweight | Rest: 45-60 seconds between sets

  • Kneel on your left knee and place your right foot forward, with your right knee bent
  • Pull your left foot upward toward your butt and hold it for 10 seconds. 
  • Repeat the exercise with the right leg

These are just a few exercises to help strengthen your lower back. To customize programming and help improve the strength, stability, and flexibility of your lower back, consult with one of our Personal Trainers in club and complete your Game Plan Session.

Pumpkin Pie Protein Smoothie Recipe

Pumpkin Pie Protein Smoothie

NUTRITION

2 servings, 10 minutes

Ingredients:
2 cups Unsweetened Almond Milk
1 cup Pureed Pumpkin
2 Banana (frozen)
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
½ Cup Vanilla Protein Powder

Directions:
Place all ingredients in your blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and enjoy!

Notes:
No pumpkin Pie Spice: Use cinnamon instead.
Toppings: Sprinkle with extra cinnamon or pumpkin spice if desired, and top with raw pumpkin seeds if you like some crunch!
Warm it up: To service this warm, whisk together the almond milk, pureed pumpkin, and vanilla in a small sauce pan over medium heat and bring to a gentle summer before adding it to blender with the remaining ingredients. 

For meal planning and recipes to guidance and goal-setting, MOVATI Nutrition offers a full menu of features and benefits. Visit our Personal Training Desk for details.

Protein Popsicles

Protein Popsicles
NUTRITION

WHAT YOU NEED (for 10 popsicles):
-A blender
-Popsicle molds
-1 cup Greek yogurt
-3 servings of fruit of your choice (peaches, bananas and berries)
-2 tbsp gelatine
-1 cup unsweetened almond milk
-4 scoops of protein powder
-Vanilla extract
-2 tbsp natural peanut butter
-1/2 avocado

INSTRUCTIONS:
-Blend until it’s creamy
-Pour mixture evenly into a popsicle mold
-Freeze overnight
-Enjoy

From meal planning and recipes to guidance and goal-setting, MOVATI Nutrition offers a full menu of features and benefits. Visit our Personal Training Desk for details.

WATERMELON – LIME SORBET RECIPE

WATERMELON – LIME SORBET RECIPE
NUTRITION

A MUST TRY THIS SUMMER! 

Ingredients:
5 cups of watermelon (approximately 750 grams)
Juices of 2 limes (or 3 tbsp bottled lime juice)
¼ tsp sea salt (optional)

Instructions:
-Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread cubed watermelon on it. Place in freezer for 5-6 hours.
-When the watermelon is frozen, remove from freezer and let sit for 10 minutes before blending.
-In blender, combine lime juice, watermelon and sea salt. Blend until watermelon is broken down into a slushy consistency.
-Service in a glass or bowl garnished with sprig of mint.

And enjoy!

For meal planning and recipes to guidance and goal-setting, MOVATI Nutrition offers a full menu of features and benefits. Visit our Personal Training Desk for details.

Wellness with George

Wellness with George
WELLNESS

Maintaining a healthy life in this crazy, busy and rapid world we are living in is a must. To maintain that we need to increase self-awareness by spending more quality and present moments discovering who we are. We need to be present with experience to avoid letting our minds to jump into judging and comparing. Keeping in mind that judgement, comparison and jealousy are the enemy of joy and all of us deserves to be happy. We can’t drive by looking at the back mirror, so let go of the past and look through your windshield because by doing that you will shape your past and determine your future.

Meditation is a key element in maintaining a healthy life, that focuses on training awareness, attention, and compassion. There are multiple types of Meditation, below are few examples:

  • Mindfulness Meditation
  • Focused Meditation
  • Mantra Meditation
  • Visualization Meditation
  • Movement Meditation

There is no one size that fits all of us, so try different types of meditation till you find the one that serves your body and mind. Once you start practicing, please do that with compassion and love and remember success is a journey and not a destination. So, there is no magic button in our journey, we are going to go through ups and downs. We need to embrace both and more the downs because those are the gifted moments where we need to step out from our comfort zone to uncover potentials in us that we weren’t even aware of majority of the time. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”

Anger and stress won’t help you, yet they will drain your energy. We need to let go of all the conditioning/mental images we carry with us that won’t serve us anymore. To grow up means that we are able to look at what we could only look through before not only that but also, we need to walk away from interpretation and embrace more facts. “When was the last time we updated our operating system?” Ask yourself and if it has been long time then it’s the time to do so.

Last but not least, continue believing in yourself and in your capabilities nothing is impossible. Be like the birds flying from one branch to another without caring if the branches breaks simply because they believe in their wings. So, believe in your wings and remember the 3C’s Commitment, Consistency and Courage, if you have those three C’s then you are on the right journey and defiantly you will enjoy every step to come to your destination. Once you come to the peak of the mountain celebrate the outcome and look up and ……………