Category: Training
The Mind Muscle Connection: The Key To Better Awareness, Injury Prevention, and Progress
When it comes to increasing muscle mass and getting stronger, there are a number of strategies. Most focus on training and nutrition. Undoubtedly the most important factors. But particularly when...
What Becoming an IFBB Bikini Pro Taught Me
Dieting down to get stage lean might be one of the most strict diets on the planet. Let alone dieting down to get IFBB Bikini Pro Stage Lean! Every single...
The Athlete’s Guide To Weight Cutting
This is not a guide for how to quickly lose 10 pounds of fat, so don’t get confused by the term weight cutting. There are NO quick fixes that provide...
Your Bikini Competition Crash Course (What-To-Know Before Competing)
Heading into my first bikini competition I had at least one hundred random questions. Even though I wasn’t new to fitness in general, competing in bikini competition is another beast...
Body Recomposition (Learn To Burn Fat and Build Muscle, Simultaneously)
Depending on what studies you read, you might find that, technically, building muscle while burning body fat is completely impossible. This puts the very idea of body recomposition out of...
Should You Do A Bikini Competition?
I honestly can’t believe that just over a year ago I was going hard in the CrossFit kool aid and dreaming about the next Open. Fast forward to today where...
Resistance Training vs. Cardio PT.2 [Ending The Debate]
What’s better – Resistance Training or Cardio, ending the debate once and for all The first question we should ask ourselves in the debate ‘what is better for us –...
Cardio vs. Lifting… What’s Better For Fat Loss?
Cardio vs. Lifting. Which is better for fat loss or improved body composition? As with any smart answer, from a coach with a critical mindset, who takes the whole picture...
How To Create The Most Effective Full Body Training Program
Full Body vs. Split Training…? Which is better? This question has been answered by 1,000,000 different trainers in 1,000,000 different ways. It’s been a podcast topic in the fitness space,...
The 5 Metrics You MUST Be Measuring
Have you ever heard the saying, “what gets measured gets improved?” Progress can be measured in many different ways depending on how you define success, but if you’re not measuring...
Muscle Growth For The Female Lifter
Gaining – a scary word for most women to hear or even think about, especially because they rarely see it as muscle growth. Yes, it can be hard to commit...
The Recovery Guide (What’s Worth Your Time and What’s Not)
Sauna, ice baths, cryotherapy, steam room, massages… with so many ever increasing recovery methods it is hard to know which one is right for you and which ones are not...