Why Is Dietary Freedom So Hard?
Why is dietary freedom so hard? “Just eat intuitively.” “Everything in moderation.” Those phrases are everywhere. They sound liberating, almost like a finish line. After years of tracking, measuring, or following rules, the promise of effortless dietary freedom...
Cognitive Restructuring & ACT Defusion for Nutrition
In this article, I want to discuss two tools I use in my coaching practice a lot, which will help you with your diet. These are cognitive restructuring & ACT defusion for nutrition. The reason these will be helpful to you is because most people I work with don’t...
How To Deal With Clients With Rigid Thinking Around Food
Every coach has met the client with rigid thinking around food, and who seems to thrive on rules. They come in with a list of foods they’ll eat and a longer list of foods they won’t. They weigh, track, and measure everything with military precision. On paper, they can...
Are You Fit Enough For Retirement Calculator
Are you fit enough for retirement? Most people have a retirement fund. Very few have a retirement body plan. We spend decades contributing to pensions, investments, and savings accounts because we know one day we’ll want the freedom to travel, enjoy hobbies, and...
How To Deal With Cravings
If you experience cravings, and you are wondering how to deal with cravings, welcome to the joys of being human. I know it doesn’t necessarily feel like this to some of you, but they’re not a sign that you’ve failed, that you lack willpower, or that you “can’t stick...
Triage Rep Max Calculator: Instantly Calculate Your Strength
The Triage Rep Max Calculator allows you to instantly calculate your repetition maxes from 1-15 reps. Now, when we talk about a rep max in strength training, what we really mean is the maximum amount of weight you can lift for a given number of repetitions,...
How to Reset Fast After a Diet Slip-Up
Diet slip-ups around food happen to everyone, but there are skills you can learn so that you can reset fast after a diet slip-up. Ultimately, real life isn’t lived in a vacuum. It brings stress, travel, celebrations, late nights, and emotions that make it nearly...
What Is Zone 2 Training (and Why Is Everyone Talking About It)?
When a client asks me, “what is zone 2 training, and why is everyone suddenly talking about it?” I usually smile, because this is a topic I love to discuss. Zone 2 is that steady, deceptively easy cardio, where you can still hold a conversation, your breathing...