Starting a Contest Prep/Fat Loss Phase

Starting a Contest Prep/Fat Loss Phase

Are you ready to start a fat loss phase? Before jumping into this question, it is best to analyze how you spent your time before the fat loss phase. In part 1 of this series, we recently went over how to know when you are ready to come to the end of your reverse diet...
Finishing a Reverse Diet

Finishing a Reverse Diet

The million dollar question that we get all the time as coaches is “how do I know when I have reverse dieted long enough?” Reverse dieting and time away from a caloric deficit is essential for building muscle mass and maintaining a body composition you feel...
Food Focus

Food Focus

Food focus shows up in day to day life for many people, especially those with a history of dieting or restriction. A few characteristics of a food focused mindset are always thinking about your next meal, avoiding events to avoid the food, difficulty focusing as...
The Impact of NEAT-Promoting Habits

The Impact of NEAT-Promoting Habits

NEAT, or non-exercise activity thermogenesis, can be defined as essentially any activity that is not intentional physical activity. An easy way to think of this is to think about what you do during the day: participating in things you enjoy, going to work, leisure...
Get Your Shit Together This December

Get Your Shit Together This December

How many times have the weeks after Thanksgiving been a total blur and you realize you didn’t do anything productive the entire month of December? With all the holiday events and parties, family dinners and get togethers plus the extra days off work… it’s easy to not...
Muscle Memory

Muscle Memory

More than ever, people are finding themselves without a gym. Most of us experienced this with the first round of shutdowns. Some of us are finding ourselves right back in lockdown, while others have chosen not to return to the traditional gym setting. Even without...