Burnout is real. Ask anyone who trains six days a week for multiple hours. Or anyone who’s experienced adrenal fatigue. Or anyone who hasn’t taken a recovery week in years. Heck, ask someone who just joined a gym a few months ago and has been giving 100% of his or her effort … [Read more...]
How, When, & What Carbs to Eat: Cheat Sheet
I wrote my previous post -- 5 Ways to Burn Belly Fat -- because that’s one of the most common questions I get from friends, family, and clients. But another popular question, and one that goes hand-in-hand with both training AND fat loss, is the question on carbs. How many? Which … [Read more...]
Eat More Without Gaining Weight, Part 2
Last week I published a post about how to eat more food without gaining weight. Too many people, women especially, are under-eating in a quest to lose fat. For many of these people, their under eating is causing metabolic damage, plateaus in weight loss, even weight gain. In last … [Read more...]
How Much Weight Should You REALLY Be Lifting?
Have you ever left the gym wondering if you worked hard enough? As in you lifted but you didn't break a sweat or really feel challenged, and maybe you even feel like you cheated yourself? Or what about the opposite? Have you ever left the gym thinking to yourself, "I need to … [Read more...]
How to Become the BEST Version of Yourself
Guest post by Dana Hamada Balancing Fitness and Adulthood: Not an Easy Task. Recently, we (the Strongfigure Insider's Group) discussed on Facebook, "If you could travel back in time and give yourself training advice, what would that advice be?" To paraphrase, my advice would … [Read more...]
