One of the primary reasons clients come to us is to build their confidence through training. If you're wanting to be better coach and solve more problems for folks, understanding today's issue and topic could be huge. Acne is a massive source of insecurity for some and there are tactical ways to decrease and even eliminate acne in certain situations and we'll cover all of them in this deep dive. This is a featured replay that I thought you could really value from right now. Topics include: ...

An advanced understanding of nutrition, metabolism, gut health, and hormones should not make clients feel “more broken” or further away from their goals.  In today's episode, I want to explain the impact of our influence as coaches and why being as client-centric as possible will benefit this industry the most. When a good portion of the health coaching space is making people feel broken, defeated, and that they need more than a miracle worker to achieve their goals. Topics include:   -...

If you or your clients are suffering with gut health issues and labs are looking okay, there are reasons beyond initial SHREDS and lab work we need to consider. I want to share 5 hidden culprits when it comes to digestive dysfunction and how they could be impacting you or your clients. Topics and culprits include:   - Beyond The Food Log and Gut Health - Not Chewing Your Food/Rushed Eating - Environment When Eating - Chronic Stress and Past Trauma - Training and Exercise - Poor Sleep ...

Don't get me wrong: I want you to find your own recipe when it comes to your health and fitness journey and what works for you. In today's episode, I want to provide some tried and true ingredients that have helped me and many other clients while having some data and research to back them up. Topics and suggestions include:   - What I Believe Everyone Should Try in Their Health and Fitness Journey - Please Share, Rate, and Review - One Week of Single Ingredient Whole Foods - 24 Hour...

Continuing our Biohack or Bust series, I wanted to talk about blue light blocking glasses, which lens the research shows perform better, and have an overall discussion around content consumption throughout the day and at night. While the data and research is brand new, there's some interesting implications for this biohacking modality. Topics include:    - Previous Editions of Biohack or Bust - Claims Around Blue Light Blockers - Transparency Around the Research - Positive Data...

While I love the growth of the functional medicine space increased content around the topic, and it's approach, there are some drawbacks that I want to talk about in today's episode. There's 3 distinct issues within the functional medicine space that I want to cover today including content creation, supplementation, and how the client is viewed through the coaching process and relationship. Topics include:   - The Blanket Calorie Deficit Statement - Content Creation Around Functional...

While I love a spirited debate when it comes to health and nutrition, I think we sometimes lose the point of why we create content in the first place and do more harm than good with tearing other's down in the comments. I want to share my reactions to reaction videos, nutrition arguments, and what you should think about when creating content. Topics include:   - Talking McDonald’s Beef Patties - Who Am I Helping? Who Am I Hurting? - What Most People Want in Their Health and Fitness - All...

As more research and data comes out around stress and the role it plays within our health and fitness, the more we need to educate our clients on it's impact and provide them with tools and strategies around stress management. In today's episode, I want to dive into the impact that chronic stress has on both our physiology and psychology, perceived stress, supplementation considerations, and more. Topics include:   - The Process of Chronic Stress - Please Share, Rate, and Review - The...

While we've been told about the potential dangers of the sun when it comes to melanoma and early aging, the research tells a different story. In today's episode, I want to share 6 clear benefits of sun exposure including Vitamin D but also share, if we approach our sun exposure intelligently, why we might not need as much sunscreen as we've been told and what the research shows in multiple studies. Topics include:    - 6 Clear Benefits of Sunlight and Sun Exposure - Please Share, Rate, and...

I recently joined Vernon Foster and the folks over at Online Business Owner to discuss two important components that have led to a lot of my success and one is really meta. Talking about podcasting on a podcast is as close to a digital turducken as you can get but we also discuss the value of workshops. If you've been to one of my workshops, you'll learn the strategy behind them along with this show and much more that we dive into. Topics include:   - My Background - My Success with...

Finishing our Essentials of Electrolytes series, we're going to focus on Magnesium, Calcium, Vitamin K-2, Phosphorus, and Bicarbonate. Make sure you go back if you haven't listened to Part 1 if you haven't already and at the end of this episode, I have a special offer you can take advantage of if you'd like! Topics include:   - What We’ll Cover in Part 2 - Please Share, Rate, and Review - What We Covered In Part 1 - Function of Magnesium - Deficiency Risks of Low Magnesium - Calcium:...

You've probably seen more and more come out about the importance of electrolytes and how they help with many functions in the body but if you want to go a level deeper, you're in the right place. Today is Part 1 of a 2 part essentials of electrolytes episode where we dive deeper into their function and how they affect the body. Topics include:   - Understanding Electrolytes - What We’ll Cover in Part 1 - Related Content - Triage Theory - Please Share, Rate, and Review - Sodium -...

After a decade plus in this industry and coaching hundreds of coaches to this point, there's a correlation between coaching and sales that can't be denied. I want to share with you 5 ways that your coaching and the belief and conviction you have in yourself affect your sales and client acquisition. Topics include:   - Coaching and Sales - Selling Yourself - Beliefs in Your Offer/Product/Service - Conviction Isn’t a Light Switch - Reliance on Scripts Early On - The Way You Talk About...

As a follow up to my most recent episode around the 7 reasons lab markers can help get results for your clients in the real world, I wanted to share some of the common misconceptions I see with coaches when it comes to blood chemistry. These range anywhere from overemphasizing one metric, understanding what's normal vs optimal, and even around glucose and insulin sensitivity. Topics include:   - Misconceptions Coaches Have About Labs - 7 Reasons Episode - Basing Interventions Off of One...

I've recently been taking my youngest pup through dog training and it reminded me a lot about the ways we interact and coach our clients. While we aren't using blunt verbal commands to get our clients to adhere to their protocol, understand that different stimuluses and different environments directly correlate to coaching clients like it does with training dogs. Listen as I explain more! Topics include:   - Surprising Dog Training and Coaching Correlation - Multiple Angles on Stimulus -...

I want to give you a different angle and perspective on how to approach your career and craft as a health and fitness professional or more importantly how NOT TO approach it. Hearing these considerations from a different angle hopefully will impact and motivate you to address which to start focusing on if you find yourself not doing a few of these. I have a bonus consideration for you at the end you won't want to miss. Topics include:   - Growth and Overwhelm as a Coach - Distinct Offer...

Many coaches operate under some false assumptions when it comes to lab work and are not using this valuable data to their full advantage. I want to address in this episode 7 different ways you can use lab results to enhance your clients results and transformation. Topics include:   - 7 Ways Lab Results Can Enhance Client Results - How Coaches Typically Look at Labs - Our FNMS Program - Nutritional Status - Metabolic and Hormonal Adaptation - Pulse on the Immune System - Stress...

One of if not the coolest part of my job is seeing coaches thrive within our FNMS program and chase their vision for what they want as a coach. I want to share a short mashup episode today with a few of my FNMS students and alumni to showcase the wide array of coaches we help at Metabolism School. You've heard me talk a lot about the FNMS program but I wanted to give you 8 coaches perspectives on the program and I'm confident at least one you'll resonate with. ---------- No-Cost Coaching...

While the allure of discounting your coaching service may seem appealing in the short term, I promise it can have dire consequences in the long term. I have nothing against coaches making money and you should but there's a better way of going about running promotions and getting more eyeballs on your business, especially as a service model. I'll explain my 3 reasons why I don't think you should discount your coaching, what to potentially do instead, and why feeling like you need to discount...

There's a trend right now in the health and fitness industry to talk about all the drawbacks and negative consequences surrounding birth control and in some cases HRT but these compounds and medications do help some individuals. It's important to understand especially as a novice coach wanting to help in a deeper capacity the physiological effects these compounds have. We'll talk about this and more in today's episode. Topics include:   - Clients on Birth Control or HRT - Birth Control...

One of my main goals for coaches is to share some of my experiences both positive and negative so you don't potentially make the same mistakes I did and that includes investing in your coaching business and investing in yourself. We're all investing something whether it's our money or our time and we need to understand what's best for us. Moreover, this concept applies to your potential clients as well. Topics include:   - The Truth About Investing In Your Coaching Business - Everyone is...

There are certain red flag issues that come up in client cases that seem normal on the surface but through understanding biofeedback can help uncover some root causes. You may have had a client complain about having to clear their throat frequently or being light headed after standing and while these instances are normal, they are not optimal. Listen in as I explain some red flag biofeedback markers and how to go about next steps. Topics include:   - My Patented SHREDS System - What...

In today's episode, I want to examine an important study that looked at the rise in early puberty happening in 2020-2021. These results have some pretty scary implications no matter what your stance is on the events that took place in 2020. We'll then discuss the implications of this study and how this potentially affects you as a coach and your coaching business. Topics include:   - Early Puberty and Recent Event Consequences - Defining Early Puberty For Boys and Girls - Examining a...

Every coach knows that if we don't have our macronutrients dialed in, we will be missing a puzzle piece for a successful transformation whether it is performance, body composition, or another important area. It's going to affect us someway and micronutrient deficiencies have the same effect. We'll take a look at these deficiencies and how they affect hormones, metabolism, and more. Topics include:   - The Role of Micronutrients - Upcoming Women’s Health Workshop - Please Share, Rate, and...