Perhaps one of the most overlooked components of a proper exercise program is that of flexibility exercises, otherwise known as stretching. When someone says ‘stretching’, what do you think about? A painful exercise that you need to do at the end of your workout – which you just don’t have time for? Or maybe you think about exercise...

If you are interested in optimizing your health, managing your body weight, and looking – and feeling – your best, one element of your health that you need to understand is your metabolism and how to increase your metabolism naturally. But what does metabolism mean? You’ve likely heard this term multiple times over when reading articles, hear...

  Before you embark on your fitness journey, it’s critical that you take some time to determine your starting point. Basically, where you are beginning. It’s only when you know where you are beginning that you are then able to monitor where you are going. Tracking your progress is key for sustaining motivation, for ensuring that you...

As you make the commitment to start putting in more effort to achieve your best health yet, you may wonder what is the best exercise you should be doing.  Which exercise will deliver you the best results for your time investment? Which exercise will help to slow down the aging process, increase your fitness, and improve your overall strength and...

On November 21, 2015, the Strength Camp Challenge took place in Tampa, Florida  The Strength Camp Challenge  welcomes competitors from all around the globe who want to put their strength and fitness to the test. We went to The Strength Camp Challenge in Tampa, Florida with two of our BiOptimizer athletes who competed in the challenge. Our ...

[caption id="attachment_150302212255" align="aligncenter" width="790"] What is the best way to burn body fat? The answer may surprise you.[/caption]   If someone asked you the best way they could go about the goal to burn fat, what would you tell them?  If they really wanted to know how to lose weight, what direction would you point them i...

If you’re motivated to take charge of your health, chances are you’re putting some time and effort into eating right. You’ve researched on the healthiest food choices you can put into your body and now have these making regular appearances in your meal plan. You figure you’re set. You’re eating nutritious foods. You’re fueling your body...

Taking steps to eat a healthy diet is a great way to move in the forward direction towards optimal health.  Eating the right foods on a daily basis will provide your body with a wealth of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that all come into play to produce an optimally functioning system that keeps you strong, health, and disease-free. Bu...

When an issue related to your health arises, what’s the first thing you do? If you’re like most, you make an appointment to see your local MD. Whether it’s because you have come down with a severe case of the flu, you’ve fallen and injured your leg, or you have a nagging pain that you just can’t seem to figure out, your medical doctor is the ...

When you hear the term ‘body system’, what immediately comes to mind? If you’re like most people, you might begin thinking about your circulatory system or perhaps your cardiovascular system. Or, if you are heavily into working out, you may think about the skeletal or muscular system. Whatever system you are thinking about, chances are, yo...

Welcome! I’m Wade T. Lightheart, director of education for BioOptimizers. Over the next 12 weeks, I’m going to take you through, what I hope to be, one of the most powerful journey’s you’ll ever go on. In this course, you will learn how to biologically optimize your body.  No matter where you currently are, what your goals happen to be, what ...

  Today we’re here to talk about an important concept – one that very few people ever even think about as they go through their health and fitness progress. Chances are, you’ve heard by now that it’s critically important that you stay hydrated all the time. Your body needs so much water and other fluids on a daily basis in order to sur...

Do you want to supercharge your health, well-being, and level of success? As you go about the process of optimizing your health and fitness level, it’s important not to forget to look at the big picture. What else could you be doing to take this process one step further?  In order to reach your full potential as a human being, you need t...

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Techniques - A Method To Succeed In Any Area Of Life? If you’re serious about your health, there’s a good chance that you’re spending hours each week in the gym training your body.  You’re lifting weights, doing cardio exercise, and performing stretching exercises that will help ensure you get into the best ph...

Stress. It’s an inevitable part of life that each and every one of us faces on a day to day basis and unfortunately, one thing that can completely change your quality of life. Stress has the ability to impact you on a number of levels. It is well-proven to increase your risk factor for a variety of different diseases. For instance, those w...

When we think natural remedies, we often tend to think about various foods we can start putting into our body to help boost our immune system, ward off illness, and combat disease. We might also think about herbs and spices that work overtime to not only flavor our foods but provide great health benefits as well. Rarely do you ever thin...

As most people go about their diet planning, they choose to focus on getting the right amount of calories, eating the proper level of proteins, and making sure that their carbohydrate and dietary fat intake is where it needs to be. And while this is all great, it’s causing you to potentially forget about one very important thing.  That thing?...

While on your quest to bettering your body, one of the biggest struggles most people will face is learning how to eat properly while dining out. Sure, you could sit at home each evening and carefully prepare, measure, and weigh all your foods so you never miss a beat on your diet plan. And, if you are training for a fitness or bodybuilding...

In your quest for optimal health, it’s important to not only look at the specific foods you’re eating, but also how you are preparing those specific foods. The meals that you cook on a day to day basis will influence your energy, your health, and your ability to recover from any exercise you’re doing. There’s one particular type of meal th...

Every day that you wake up, you have a choice to make. You need to decide what – and what not – to put into your body.  Too many people take this decision lightly, eating whatever they happen to stumble across as their day progresses along. This is an unfortunate situation because the very foods you put into your body on a day to day basis wi...

If you want to improve your nutrition, start an exercise program, or simply lead a more productive, healthy, and fulfilling life, chances are you’re looking at what changes you can make to your daily living. You’re wondering what you can do to ensure success. What steps can you take to make certain that you end up at that finish line? W...