Have you ever dedicated yourself to a transformation challenge? The kind where you sign up for 30 days of cardio, food logging, burpees, whatever! Inevitably during the challenge you step on the scale only to see that it has creeped up during all your hard work, not down. WTF! Some well meaning friend or family […]

On a weekly basis, I have clients telling me things like “that workout was awesome, I was super sore!” Or things like “I don’t think that workout was hard enough, I didn’t feel sore at all!” Two wildly opposing ideas. Even on occasion someone may get too sore and now that means the workout was […]

When I am designing macro plans for people, one of the biggest pushbacks I get is the amount of protein. A myriad of reasons create concern, but here are 2 I hear pretty regularly; Volume: It’s a lot of food! The focus in not just calories, but about macros. The volume of whole foods is […]

Alright, maybe a liar is a little strong, but at the bare minimum it loves to bend the truth. One of the most handy, readily available tools for tracking our progress is the good ‘ol bathroom scale. You guys know I love any kind of data, so why the beef with the scale? Thanks for […]

You all know anytime I can get an hefty serving of protein, I say “yes, please!” Make it anything chocolate (and peanut butter) and you’ll have my heart forever. This high protein overnight oats recipe is no exception. No one in my family is a morning person. Sure we are technically out of bed around […]

We’ve all been there; you go to the gym 3, 4, 5 days a week and week after week, but nothing seems to be changing. You have tried all the machines, all the free weights and the cardio classes galore! But your physique refuses to budge, and you feel like your getting stronger but do […]

I have a huge pet peeve – protein balls that are not actually protein balls. Seriously, have you ever looked at the macros of one of those tings? It’s usually significantly more fat and carbs, close to 20 grams of each, with maybe 5 grams of protein and we have the audacity to call it […]

In 2020, when the world basically blew up, working out from home became the mainstream. We stopped going to work, the the store, to park, and to the gym. Prices on gym equipment hit all time premiums, and honestly, I probably could have sold all my home gym equipment and had enough money for a […]

It’s no secret that post workout is the best time to consume a high quality whey protein and some quick digesting carbs! Gyms are full of meat heads and muscle mommies shaking their shaker bottles like the shake weight of the early 2000’s. But if slamming a watery, gritty shake before you’ve even stopped sweating […]

In 2017 I had just come off a hard season of my life. I had lost a friend (she didn’t die, we simply parted ways) who I was going to open a gym with. I took the split hard, and felt lost for a while. I had spent so much time and energy preparing for […]