Keeping Your Joints Healthy is No Joke
Strong muscles don’t mean anything if your joints can’t handle the strain. Here’s how to protect your joints as you move through your training.
The Protekt Blog
Protekt is more than just eco friendly sunscreen and performance supplements. Our founding team has been truly fortunate to serve with, work with and cross paths with some truly amazing human beings over the years. Our routines newsletter was created in an effort to share the knowledge and life-experience possessed by our little community of friends and family. Our goal is to expand our community and hopefully inspire others to share their passion and expertise. We believe this is the true gift that technology and social media provide when used for the betterment of others: a free platform to learn, improve, and challenge ourselves to truly experience all that life has to offer.
Exercise Induced Vomiting: Causes, Consequences & Prevention
Working out and training hard will always be uncomfortable, but that doesn’t mean it should make you nauseous. Here’s how you can avoid getting sick.
How to Crush Your First Race
Signing up for a competitive event is a great way to challenge your fitness. Here are some tips for making your best showing at your first race.
Protekt’s Laura Zerra featured on Coffee or Die
In this rare sighting of our favorite survivalist in the ...not-wild, we are treated to a lively and entertaining interview that you might not expect.
Nick Norris talks Spirituality on Ten Laws Podcast
Protekt co-founder and Navy SEAL veteran Nick Norris talks about his spiritual journey in a candid conversation on the Ten Laws podcast. Here’s how to listen.
Sunscreen Safety: What You Want, What to Look Out for.
Summer is officially upon us. That means, no matter your sport or activity of choice, it’s likely that you’re going to be headed outside much more often than you were... Read More
Spearfishing with Mark Healey in Remote Waters off Oahu
Not only is Mark Healey the ‘greatest athlete you’ve never heard of’ when it comes to surfing, he’s also a world-class spearfisher. Just wait until you hear about the massive... Read More
How Getting Older Can Actually Benefit Your Fitness
In this day and age, it’s normal for people to reach their peak fitness well into the 50s, 60s and beyond. Here are the fitness benefits of getting older.
Drive Your Fitness with the Concept of Excellence
At the end of the day, the person most affected by your choices is you. Here’s how you can bring focus to your life in general and fitness in particular.
Protekt Ambassador Nathan Florence on the Bertcast Podcast
Nathan’s been drawn to the great outdoors for his entire life. For as long as he can remember, surf has always been a part of it - at this point,... Read More
Stick to a Fitness Plan to Stay Healthy
With healthcare being so expensive, a surprise accident or sickness can have serious consequences. Here’s how to minimize the risk of a catastrophic incident.
Failure: The Only Constant in a Dynamic Fitness Plan
Regardless of how good you are at anything, there’s always going to be a time and a place for failure. And that’s not a bad thing - in fact, it... Read More
Embracing the Suck: How Resistance Training Works
If training hard helps you to be a better competitor, then make your training as hard as you can stand it! Protekt’s Nick Norris & Tim Duba discuss their experiences.
Lion’s Mane & Essential Vitamins: Your Morning Jumpstart
Sometimes, when you hear that alarm go off in the morning, nothing is more tempting than reaching over and pressing snooze. And pressing it again. And again. And again. The... Read More
Sore Muscles: The Signal of an Effective Workout
Muscle soreness might not be the most enjoyable thing to experience, but it usually means you’re doing something right. That soreness means that you’re stressing portions of your muscles that... Read More
How Working Out With Friends Can Help You Push Yourself
We’re human. It’s in our DNA to constantly want to better ourselves. No matter what we’re doing, there’s that drive to improve, refine, and resist the plateau. Working out is... Read More
Mark Healey Comes Out On Top in 2021 Wave of the Winter!
This year, the Wave of the Winter competition was closer than ever. Hundreds of surfers entered, hoping to win the $25,000 prize and take on the challenging stretch of coast... Read More
Cardio: What it is, How to do it.
Cardio is most readily recognized by getting your heart rate up - but the concept is intimidating to a lot of people. This article is here to take that fear... Read More
Why Static Holds Should be Part of your Strength Training
How to set fitness goals depends on what your body is capable of in the present moment with materials that are available to you. If you’re one of the many... Read More
Using Hot/Cold Contrast Therapy for the Mind & Body
When most people think about creating a positive mood, jumping into an ice bath isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Hopefully, after reading this article, some of you... Read More
Dietary Basics: A Guide to Macronutrients
Understanding the basics of your daily diet is a pretty big chunk of your overall health and wellbeing, and yet so many still dwell in the confusion. Maybe it’s all... Read More
Why Every Workout Plan Needs Planks
How planks challenge your body is a wild concept. It might seem easy, all you’re doing is holding our own weight above the floor, but everyone who’s done a plank... Read More
Habits, Tips & Supplements for Better Sleep
What your body needs to function properly, more than anything else, is proper hydration and good sleep. Hydration actually helps you get better sleep, and when the body is sleeping,... Read More
How to Create a Fitness Plan: A Guide for Beginners
Let’s face it: the amount of fitness information out there is downright overwhelming. People looking for effective ways to get in shape are confronted with a multitude of options that... Read More
Introducing IMMUNITY Liquid Immune Support Supplement
Protekt believes in keeping everything surrounding health and fitness as simple as possible, and we mean everything. When it comes to our performance supplements, we keep the ingredients straightforward so... Read More
Hydration, PTSD, and Everything In Between
It’s a well-known fact that it’s not easy for those in the military to adjust to life after they finish serving. It’s difficult to reacclimate to the everyday - it’s... Read More
Liquid Supplements Featured in Gear Patrol
Gear Patrol put together a list of 11 things that’ll keep you excited about your fitness regime. A list like this is needed now more than ever, when a lot... Read More
Plan It, Log It, and Build your Workout Plan
The concept of how to create a fitness plan doesn’t come easily to everyone. If it’s hard for you to commit to a plan - no matter what it might... Read More
Becoming Obsessed with Exercise to Own Your Pain Cave
Training your mind to enjoy exercise isn’t an easy task. It’s challenging, time-consuming, and happens differently for everyone. How long until you can see results depends on the person, the... Read More
Keep it Simple, Stay Committed, Keep Working Out
Many people don’t know what to expect when you first start working out. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with options as a beginner, and a lot of beginners tend to... Read More
Stay Well with Resilient Vitamin Tincture
In 2020, staying healthy wasn’t an easy task - and that goes beyond COVID. Due to the pandemic, a lot of us were stuck at home not doing much at... Read More
How to Stick to Working Out Every Day
How to stick to exercising every day… that is the million dollar question. Tons of people have spent their lives trying to find the answer when, in reality, it’s pretty... Read More
Why Working Out Shouldn’t be About Weight or Looks
When you think about working out, many people associate it with one thing: weight loss. But the truth of the matter is that physical fitness does not always correspond to... Read More
Optimizing Your Electrolyte Balance
Electrolytes. Many of us have heard the word used repeatedly when it comes to physical fitness and keeping the body balanced. But the question is… what are electrolytes, and what... Read More
What’s the Best Sunscreen for Kids?
Kids and sunscreen… every parent and/or caregiver is familiar with the lifelong battle between the two. One of the main issues that kids often have is the fact that they... Read More
Why Wear Sunscreen in the Winter?
Sunscreen is usually associated with summertime. When that unique smell of sunscreen hits your nostrils, most people’s first thought is a sandy beach with crashing waves. But the truth of... Read More
Avoid Crashing from Energy Supplements
The main downside to energy supplements for many people is the crash that comes after they wear off. Because while the ‘high’ is great (we don’t mean a literal high... Read More
Mushroom Supplements: Which are the Most Effective?
The guiding light of what Protekt stands for centers around our love of the Earth. Everything we use comes from nature. What you put into your body from Protekt is... Read More
Enhancing Performance with Stretching
The key to a healthy, active body is flexibility. And the secret behind flexibility isn’t really a secret at all… all you have to do is stretch. The concept of... Read More
Your Training Schedule: It’s Under Control
In a time where so many aspects of life are out of control, there’s one thing that you can always count on: your body. That is, if you take care... Read More
Maintaining Your Motivation
It’s not always easy to keep up motivation, but it’s been especially difficult over the last year. Between a worldwide pandemic and many adjusting to working remotely, ‘regular life’ looks... Read More
BCAA Supplements vs. Creatine
Both BCAA supplements and creatine are great tools when it comes to working out. Whether you’re an athlete or simply passionate about pursuing a fit lifestyle, you may already be... Read More
The Ins and Outs of Recovery
Protekt co-founder Nick Norris recently chatted with Josh Bridges about the importance of meditation, hydration and other critical ways in which we can practice self care. Listen Here JB:... Read More
Vitamin D: A Weapon Against COVID-19?
Right now, the entire world is talking about COVID-19. How contagious it is, how it’s been ripping across the planet for months, and, more recently, the vaccine. But what a... Read More
Announcing the New Protekt Liquid Supplement Packets
Stay primed with these take-anywhere natural performance supplements. In a world driven by the latest science and technology, it’s easy for aspiring athletes to get sucked into thinking that you... Read More
Giving the Gift of Vulnerability
As a guest on Josh Bridges’ podcast, Checkin’ In, Protekt founder Nick Norris discussed the difficulty of struggling with mental health as both a man and a veteran - in... Read More
Communication, Trust, and Sleep
The Cleared Hot podcast, hosted by Andy Stumpf, is a show that focuses on the ins and outs of human behavior and what makes people tick. Andy is a veteran,... Read More
Meditation and Lion’s Mane - The Best for Mind and Body
The Veteran’s Path podcast is aptly named, a place where veterans can find “peace, acceptance, transformation, and honor through practical tools like meditation and mindfulness, physical and outdoor experiences, and... Read More
A Guide to Lion’s Mane: The Ultimate Brain Supplement
Protekt Founder Nick Norris on the benefits of Clarity, our Lion's Main Mushroom supplement The mind is a marvelously powerful engine that drives the body and powers the cognitive functions... Read More
The C4 Foundation: Making a Difference in the Lives of Our Elite Warriors
It’s the season to be thankful, a time to reflect on the things we’re grateful for, and to look for ways to give back. It’s the perfect time to highlight... Read More