Alt Protein Team

Cooling products for your mattress usually get grouped together, but they actually fall into three different categories. First are cooling mattress pads, which are breathable materials that sit on top of your existing mattress to reduce heat buildup. They don’t replace your bed and usually provide the most limited level of temperature control. Second are […]

The sleep technology industry is growing rapidly, so when people start researching sleep tracking, they usually run across two common terms: “active” and “passive”. “Active sleep tracking” usually means wearing a device like a smartwatch, ring, fitness band, or chest strap to collect data. “Passive,” on the other hand, doesn’t involve you wearing anything. Instead,

If you already track your recovery, there’s a realization that tends to emerge eventually: your wearable can tell you what kind of night you had, but it can’t really influence what happens while you’re asleep. That becomes especially noticeable once you start paying attention to HRV trends over time. You adjust your routine, caffeine timing,

There’s a special kind of frustration that comes with being an athlete who tracks everything and still wakes up tired. If you already train with a Garmin, the routine should feel familiar: sleep score, HRV, resting heart rate, Body Battery, recovery status. You can usually tell when a hard block of training, stress, travel, or

If you’re researching personal trainer certifications, you’ve likely come across ISSA vs NCCPT. At first glance, it might seem like you need to compare two competing organizations. In reality, NCCPT has operated under the ISSA umbrella since its acquisition in 2020. The International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) delivers the full Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) curriculum.

We all get heartburn from time to time. Maybe it hits hardest after you were so hungry you inhaled dinner at record speed. Or perhaps it followed that fiery curry and extra glass of red wine during date night. Maybe it was having one too many of those free coffee refills with brunch at your