I’m really excited to share this post with you today! This post is actually an excerpt from the new book I’m working on called Quarter Turn To The Right: Your Complete Guide To Competing In Bikini, Figure, Fitness, and Women’s Physique. I’m hoping to have the book completed later this year and ready for […]
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Recompositioning Before Competing: How Taking A Step Back Can Bring You Greater Contest Prep Success
You know it amazes me as an Online Coach how many people who are seeking fat loss as a goal are actually starting and expecting to diet for a physique competition at an already low daily caloric intake. I always try to educate clients by making them aware that it is nearly impossible to achieve […]
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RoxStars Shining On Stage This Past Weekend – November 8, 2014
Huge Congrats for our RoxStars this weekend. We have a top 10 finish AND a clean sweep at this past weekend’s shows. So proud of their work! Show some love, like/share/comment: Connie Braaten took the stage in Los Angeles at the NPC Irongames. She worked really hard for this prep, and although it wasn’t the easiest […]
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Pre-Show Jitters, Anxiety, Mind Phukery, and Remaining Calm Before Your Competition
So, you’ve spent X amount of weeks or months prepping for your upcoming show. You followed your plan to a “T”. You didn’t skip your meals, you kept cheating under control, you did all of your cardio, and you made sure to always hit the weights hard and heavy. You’ve spent hours working on posing […]
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How To Come Off Of A Pre-Contest Diet (And Not Get Fat) – A Multi Part Series. Part 2: Deloading Training and Cardio
So in Part 1 of our series How To Come Off Of A Pre-Contest Diet (And Not Get Fat), we talked about the importance of reverse dieting out of your show meal plan to avoid a rebound or any kind of unwanted excess weight gain. Today’s article will cover how to allow your body to recover […]
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Staying At That “Number” – Why The Scale Is Not The Most Important Measure For Progress
I think almost on a weekly basis, I find myself coaching clients on the importance of realizing that there is more to measuring progress than relying on what a randomly generated number on the scale says. Â The truth is that when it comes to body transformation goals (whether you are trying to lose fat or […]
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