Practical information on training, nutrition, habits, and mindset to help you transform your body and take charge of your health and fitness for life.
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What makes a good coach great? Part 1
Coaching isn’t just telling what people to do, nor is it a journey of entire self-determination. So what makes good coaches great?
The best question my therapist ever asked me
We need to explore other possibilities and reflect upon what we can/did learn from an event rather than just writing it off and putting it in the fuck it bucket to chastise ourselves with.
Series: Nutrition Coaching Recap - Part II
Learn how I and my client developed a plan to manage and limit overeating at the end of a stressful day.
Series: Nutrition Coaching Recap - Part I
Learn how I and my client developed a plan to maintain a calorie deficit during an important and stressful work trip.
Upgrade > Replace
We can learn new information without it replacing what we previously learned/currently know. Here’s how to avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to health and fitness.
The red flag of moral obligation is health and fitness
Though there is an abundance of great information and coaching available, beware of those squeezing your morality and self-esteem to give you a piece of their pie. Here’s what to look out for…
Diets do work…and they don’t work too.
The health and fitness industry isn’t serving you, the people looking to improve your health and fitness, as well as it could be, and here’s why
Are you getting lost in your training? Part I
I’ve done some thinking and wanted to share with you, whether you are a trainer or a trainee, the 2 key most important aspects to consider in your training to be successful are
Why do mainstream diets fail us long-term?
Drawing your own health and fitness map ensures you get to where you want to go in a way that matches you…here’s how to do it.
Programming for fat loss - Part II
Find out how your training might change when you are on a fat loss diet vs on a maintenance or muscle gain diet.
5 key differences between a personal trainer and a nutrition coach.
Endorphins are the magic ingredient in a training scenario, whereas empowerment is the secret weapon to making a difference in nutrition coaching.
Programming for fat loss - Part I
Find out how your training might change when you are on a fat loss diet vs on a maintenance or muscle gain diet.
4 essential resources for nutrition coaches
Interested in becoming a better coach? Here are my recommendations for the 4 most essential books on how to improve health, fitness, and lifestyle.
Are you choosing your technique or is choosing you?
Driving to either end of the ROM curve is a choice we want to try and make, rather than a compensatory strategy we end up with.
What IS the best training program?
What is the best training program for you??? Ultimately, there is no 1 best way. It needs to be customized based on far more than 1 random “do this exercise”…and that’s where we come in.
What is the scientific formula of motivation and how can we develop more of it?
What is the scientific formula of motivation and how can you develop more of it?
All motives matter
Motivation exists on a type continuum;
(intrinsic ↔️ introjected ↔️ identified ↔️ integrated ↔️ extrinsic)
We all have different amounts of each on different days, sliding back and forth and driving and supporting our actions.
QUICK START > quick fix
I am encouraged to hear so many more unique versions of new years resolutions so far this year. Here’s how to keep them going…