There once was a young boy with a very bad temper. The boy’s father wanted to teach him a lesson, so he gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into their wooden fence. On the first day of this lesson, the.. Read more →

Calories in excess of those required to build muscle are ultimately just going to get stored as fat. If you’re in a building phase you do need to be in a surplus, but it isn’t a licence to eat as much as you want.

“The more you learn from your problems, the more effective you become at dealing with them. The more you learn from a problem, the less likely it is to trouble you again. When a difficult problem comes along it can be easy to feel sorry for yourself. Yet pity, whether from yourself or others, is.. Read more →

Don’t let travel be an excuse not to stick to your plan. I have a client that is a pilot and she is constantly bouncing between cities and hotels yet she always finds a way to nail her nutritional compliance and her workouts. If you want to make it happen, you can find a way… Read more →

One of the biggest reasons people “fail” or give up on their goals (which is really themselves) is that they’ve never understood or been given realistic expectations for weight-loss progress. When you have fad diet after fat diet hitting the industry, The Biggest Loser, slick marketing of online programs, cover stories of magazines, etc., it’s.. Read more →

You can avoid a lot of needless drama by continuing to remind yourself of your purpose. Instead of wasting your time and energy on issues that make no difference, focus yourself on achieving the goals you’ve chosen. If someone is standing in your way, your purpose is not to punish or belittle that person. Your.. Read more →