ve been coaching clients for several years now, long before I became associated with Body IO®. I’m a huge proponent of Carb Backloading™ (CBL), as it was the catalyst for my ascent in the...
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I started using Carb Nite and Carb Backloading in 2011. My exceptional personal results inspired me to start using theses protocols with my clients in 2012, and I have been using them successfully ever since.
My area of expertise is manipulating both Carb Nite and Carb Backloading for strength and performance during fat-loss.
I'm a great coach because I'm adaptive, creative and I never quit! I also keep things light - you've got to enjoy the process!
I aim to teach my clients how to understand their own bodies and to help them learn how to eat and train for their individual health and performance goals. I don't believe in giving advice without explanation; only when I've helped a client understand how to seamlessly adapt his/her lifestyle to achieve his/her goals have I done my job.
My favorite Ultra Low Carb meal is surf and turf; the best of both worlds!
I love doughnuts. But for carbing up, nothing beats Gramma's strawberry-rhubarb pie!
I'm currently training for the Lightweight Strongman World Championships and won't stop until I'm the strongest man in the world in my weight class.
Running in Circles: Caffeine and Performance
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Popeye Was Right: Eat Spinach, Be Strong, and Avoid Death
Articles, Female, Health, Male, 43 fist bumpsn my unapologetic opinion, vegetarianism is an inefficient and myopic concept. Vegetables alone do not provide the energy, protein or fats required to sustain an optimal and healthy human existence. Produce is a garnish...
bet you don’t even know why you drink coffee. Be honest. After polling clients and friends, I found that most people started drinking coffee seemingly because it’s “an adult thing to do”, almost a...
see her in the gym every day. Let’s call her Sarah. She arrives in her heels and business casual attire, changes into her sneakers and Lulu gear, and begins to stretch and roll out...
decided to write this piece on workout nutrition because the Internet is full of contradicting “scientific opinions” about what you should put in your body in order to get any benefit from weight training:...
ttacking health and fitness goals is a lot like going on a long road trip to an exotic new location. You pick your destination and then you go, right? Simple as that! Well, first...
n the spring of 2008 I entered my first Strongman competition. At 24 years of age, this was the first time I’d ever competed in an individual sport. I grew up playing team sports...
Five Common Fat Loss Lies You May Still Believe
Articles, Audio, Female, Health, Male, 101 fist bumpshen I was an undergraduate kinesiology student, just a short decade ago (good lord, I’m getting old), I was taught to believe the generally accepted rhetoric about health: eat lots of whole grains, avoid...
obody likes to be uncomfortable. It’s human nature to take the path of least resistance and to place ourselves in comfortable situations. Comfort equals safety, and instinctually safety means survival. But in this day...
Post Arnold Strongman Results: The Good, The Bad and The Heavy – Part 2
Articles, Female, Male, Performance, 15 fist bumpsIn our last article, covering the week leading up to the Arnolds, you were in a good state of mind. You had a couple of quick training sessions scheduled before driving to Ohio....