*EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JORDAN SYATT*

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What's up everyone! On today's episode I am joined by, the one and only, Jordan Syatt!

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Jordan is the founder of Syatt Fitness and The Inner Circle, he has had the opportunity to change hundreds and thousands of lives through health, nutrition, fitness, and mindset! 

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On today's episode, Jordan interviewed ME about my health journey, the ups and downs, how I got started, and how I have been able to sustain my progress. 

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I have looked up to Jordan since the beginning of my weight loss journey in 2019 and never would have imagined an opportunity like this! 

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Thank you so much, Jordan, for taking the time out of your busy schedule to chat with me! I appreciated this more that you know!

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How to connect with Jordan Syatt: 

Instagram: @syattfitness

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How to connect with me: 

Instagram: @changing_chase

My FREE Facebook Group: Chasing Health with Chase Smith

TikTok: @changing_chase

Podcast: The Chasing Health Podcast

Do you struggle getting enough sleep? I know I do sometimes!

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If you do, you will not want to miss today’s episode with Nick Riell!

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Regarding all things sleep, we discussed:

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How Nick went from helping people with their general health goals to focusing on sleep - one of the MOST UNDERRATED elements for fat loss!

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The most common sleep problems that Nick sees and helps people with.

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First steps to identifying where you are struggling with a good night’s sleep.

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Your Environment, Your Lifestyle, and Your Hormone Health - how each play a role with sleep issues.

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The importance of a sleep routine and how to construct one.

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What is blue light? How does it impact sleep? When should you avoid it?

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Can eating too late at night make things harder? Why?

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How can a morning routine effect your sleep?

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Tactical pieces of advice you can use to improve your sleep at night.

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What can affect your sleep negatively?

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How caffeine and alcohol impacts your sleep.

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What is melatonin? Should you supplement with it?

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Supplements he would recommend taking to improve sleep… if necessary.

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Sleep Apnea

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Night Shifter’s - what should you do?

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Just like anything with fat loss - consistency matters most! Earn the flexibility along the way.

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Nick’s top 2 recommendations to start improving your sleep tonight!

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Thank you so much for joining me on the show, Nick, I appreciate your time and knowledge!

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How to connect with Nick:

Facebook: Nick Riell

Instagram: @nickriell

His Facebook Group: Sleep Secrets (with free resources, let him know you came from the podcast).

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How to connect with me: 

Facebook: Chase Smith

Facebook Group: Chasing Health with Chase Smith

TikTok: @changing_chase

Instagram: @changing_chase

What’s up guys! Super excited to get this episode out to you guys today!

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On today’s episode, I had Brevin Jandreau, a personal trainer and nutrition coach, who, like myself, has gone through quite a weight loss journey and is now helping others do the same!

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In today’s episode, we dove into:

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Brevin’s background, growing up as the “bigger kid”, when his relationship with food began to take a turn for the worse.

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His first attempts at dieting, the good and the bad.

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How just walking kicked off his weight loss… just walking!

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From losing weight to then being stalled by a skiing injury - now what?

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How he ended up in the online personal training and coaching space?

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His reason WHY he wants to be a coach.

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The importance of being the person you WANT to be, not who you currently are! Think and act the way that person does.

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Handling peer pressure of those around you - especially when they may not see or understand what you are doing.

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The power of having that one friend… that one friend that believes in you! That can make the biggest of all differences!

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How his own weight loss has allowed him to relate to so many of his clients.

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His relationship with the scale as he was losing weight.

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How Brevin’s outlook on himself has changed after losing the weight.

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His top two recommendations for anyone wanting to start their own weight loss journey!

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Thank you so much, Brevin, for coming on to the show! Love to call you a friend and can’t wait to see what you accomplish next!

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How to connect with Brevin:

Instagram: @brevinjandreau

Facebook: Brevin Jandreau & Fat Loss Forever 

TikTok: @brevinjandreau96

Podcast: The Unfuck Your Health Podcast

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How to connect with me: 

Instagram: @changing_chase

Facebook Group: Chasing Health with Chase Smith

TikTok: @changing_chase

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Nick Krantz joined me on today’s episode! Nick and I connected through NCI a while back and since then we have supported each other’s own health journey.

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As Nick discusses in the start of the show, he has a personal history of traumatic brain injuries and concussions, which has lead him to helping others who have gone through the same.

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On today’s show, we discussed:

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Nick’s background, who he is, his history of head injuries, his recovery process, and what has lead him to wanting to help others with their brain health.

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The difference between brain health and mental health.

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Common symptoms that can be tied back to brain health.

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What you can do to better your brain health, through nutrition, mindset, and activity.

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The connection between a keto diet and brain health.

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How staying hydrated effects your brain.

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What does a “good day” look like for Nick. What a normal day looks like for him.

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Resources that Nick would recommend:

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Molly Parker, IG: @mollyparkerpt, her FB Group: Concussion Compass

Dr. Datis Kharrazian, IG: @datiskharrazian, his book: Why Isn’t My Brain Working?

Concussion Rescue: A Comprehensive Program to Heal Traumatic Brain Injury by Dr. Kabran Chapek Forwarded by Dr. Daniel Amen

Dr. Daniel Amen, IG: @doc_amen, his book: Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

The Concussion Repair Manual: A Practical Guide to Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries by Dr. Dan Engle

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Nick’s top pieces of advice for improving your brain health.

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Thank you so much Nick for joining me on the show! Loved the conversation!

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How to connect with Nick: 

IG: @nickkrantzfit

TikTok: @nickkrantzfit

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How to connect with me:

IG: @changing_chase

TikTok: @changing_chase

FB Group: Chasing Health with Chase Smith

This week, I had a very special guest join me on the show, Christy Campbell!

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Christy and I are both coaches who share similar backgrounds, struggles, and journeys. This past weekend, I got to hear her tell her story live in Arizona and then she gave me the amazing opportunity to share mine as well to the event group. With all of that, I knew I had to have her come onto today’s show to share her story with you and give you practical pieces of advice you can walk away with to start your own journey!

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In today’s episode, we discussed:

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Who is Christy, what is her background, what growing up was like for her, the 10 knee surgeries she has undergone, all of which led her up to who she is today.

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Her dieting history, Weight Watchers, MLM shake challenges, SlimFast, excessive cardio, and more.

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How a sense of community got her started and kept her going.

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How lack of ownership held her back in the beginning - “I felt like I was dealt a bad hand.”

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We are willing to put in the work for others, however, we often will not do it for ourselves… at lease at the beginning.

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Her first changes in her diet/nutrition that made a huge difference!

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Mindfulness tactics she has implemented that has helped her lose the weight and keep it off - basic principles that she uses with her clients today.

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How we learn from every diet attempt, even if it didn’t go very well.

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Her two biggest pieces of advice for someone getting started.

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Don’t eat or drink anything you don’t like… sounds logical, but how often do you?

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What a “Fit Me Plate” looks like.

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Thank you so much, Christy, for coming onto the show! It was great chatting with you! You continue to inspire me, just like you inspire many others!

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If you want to connect with Christy Campbell:

Instagram: @christymaecampbell

Her Podcast: Fit Me Coffee Talk

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If you want to connect with me:

Instagram: @changing_chase

Facebook: Chase Smith

TikTok: @changing_chase

Join my FREE Facebook Group: Chasing Health with Chase Smith

What's up guys! This week, Lexi Schmidt, and online coach and personal trainer, joined me on the show! We had a great chat, that I know you will learn a lot from.

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We discussed: 

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Who is Lexi? How did we meet? Our first in-person meet up hiking 4-14’ers in one day!

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What is orthorexia?

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We then dove into our main topic for the show, Gut Health:

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How stress and sleep effects our gut health.

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How consistency helps us identify patterns.

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How tracking food intake along with symptoms can help identify triggers. How to manipulate your diet to begin this process.

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Her thoughts on food sensitivity tests… are they accurate?

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What is Dysbiosis? What is SIBO?

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Good and bad gut bacteria. How to increase the good and decrease the bad.

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Probiotics - should you take them? Can you get all you need from your diet instead of supplementing?

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The importance of a diverse diet - “eating the rainbow”!

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Other signs and symptoms to look for that may indicate you have poor gut health.

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Poop Talk! - You laugh, but it’s SOOOO important! We answer the questions you may be embarrassed to ask.

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How fiber impacts our gut health, the different types.

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How does water help with a healthier bowel regimen.

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When you should see a doctor?

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Can weight loss impact your gut health and symptoms and vis versa… can getting your gut in line help with weight loss?

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Her thoughts on a mass elimination diet - what’s the problem with them?

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If you cut something out of your diet, can you create an intolerance that you did not previously have?

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Lexi’s 2 top recommendations for you to start healing your gut health today!

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Be patient with the process of healing your gut, because it is definitely a process!

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Thank you so much, Lexi, for joining me on the show!

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How to connect with Lexi: 

Instagram: @lexi.z.schmidt.nutrition

Email Her: [email protected]

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How to connect with me: 

Instagram: @changing_chase

TikTok: @changing_chase

Email Me: [email protected]

Facebook: Chase Smith

This week I changed things up a little bit and had my friend, Kirby Smith, onto the show!

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Kirby & I have both seen each other progress through our own health journey, as she was my English teacher in high school, and we have kept in touch since then!

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Kirby, a wife and mom of 3 young boys, has quite an inspiring story to share with you on today’s show, something she has done over the past few years, but really taking it to the next level this year!

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In today’s episode, we discussed:

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Why did she shift to fitness and how her fitness changed through her pregnancies.

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How her competitive edge has helped her progress her fitness.

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When and why she added nutrition into the mix.

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Building habit slowly to prevent overwhelm.

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How restriction can lead to more problems down the road.

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Gaining food freedom with tracking macronutrients.

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Overcoming the learning curve of tracking.

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How and why she works out early in the mornings - how this starts her day with a win!

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Her experience of working with a coach and the benefits she has seen from it.

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From pageants, to photoshoots, to races, to learning to surf, and now body building - how she continues to check items off her bucket list, doing more this past year than she has done in a long time! What else is on her bucket list?

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Transitioning from tons of endless cardio to maximizing her lifts strength training!

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How she has improved her relationship with the scale, valuing non-scale victories.

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Working through night time snacking.

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How she stays so disciplined and motivated.

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How having a spouse in the household who is aligned with similar health goals can be helpful, but it also can’t be an excuse if they are not.

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What Kirby recommends you do if you are just starting out, trying to lose weight.

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Thank you SO much, Kirby, for taking time out of your busy schedule to join me on the show. It was my pleasure!

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How to contact Kirby:

Instagram: @fiercely_active

Facebook: Kirby Green Smith

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How to contact me:

Instagram: @changing_chase

TikTok: @changing_chase

Facebook: Chase Smith

Email: [email protected]

On today’s episode, I had the amazing, hilarious, and inspiring Beth Feraco on the show!

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I fell in love with Beth’s approach to weight loss, as it is a NO BS way of explaining just how simple weight loss is. Sure, it may not be easy, but it is simple!

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On today’s show, we dove into:

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Beth’s impact story of recovery and how she found herself in the health, fitness, and nutrition space.

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How no one is coming to save you and you are going to have to put in the work if you expect to see change.

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Focus on the low-hanging fruits.

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How so many people dial into the “small stuff” that doesn’t make a difference when it comes to fat loss, and completely miss the big things!

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How alcohol can be apart of weight loss, but how it can also slow progress.

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Peer pressure and how to deal with it.

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How to “Live in the Moment”, but also be thinking about your future self and goals.

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The scale - how to handle your emotions around it.

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Good Foods vs. Bad Foods

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How to include more vegetables and protein into your diet - Beth’s favorite and most creative recipes.

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The importance of fiber.

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The basics of starting to workout.

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Her thoughts on intuitive eating as she has made that switch while reversing to maintenance.

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Beth’s top 2 pieces of advice she would offer anyone just starting out, trying to lose weight.

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Thank you SO much, Beth, for taking your time to come onto the show! I loved having you and hope to one day do it again!

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If you want to connect with Beth, you can find her on:

IG: @bethferacofitness

TikTok: @bethferacofitness

Her Website: https://bethferacofitness.com

Her Podcast: Cut the Crap with Beth and Matt

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How to Connect with Me:

IG: @changing_chase

TikTok: @changing_chase

Email Me: [email protected]

Today, I had the great pleasure of welcoming my friend, Tyler Newton to the show! Tyler and I met through the nutritional coaching institute.

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I truly value what Tyler has to say as a coach, as I appreciate what he preaches in his coaching style and if that isn’t enough, just look at his client testimonials - they say it all!

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In the episode, we discussed:

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Who is Tyler and his strong reason why he got into personal training and coaching.

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His approach to coaching, which includes much more than just macronutrients.

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How he made the transition from in-person personal training to online coaching.

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What do some of Tyler’s most successful clients have in common?

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Should you always be shooting for a goal? What is the value of BEING that person who you want to be, rather than depending on a new/forever-changing goal.

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The importance of forever learning.

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The benefits of being “boring.” - boring vs. restrictive, can you have one without the other? How?

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The common excuse of time… our take on it.

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How to use what you have available to you in order to be successful - for example, doing home workouts when you can’t get to the gym - be .

creative!

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We all know the “perfect time” doesn’t exist, but when is the best time to get started?

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If you are brand new on your weight loss journey - should you “slam on the gas” and do a complete 180º or should you take it slow and steady? Is there a benefit of one over the other?

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Understanding your body and where you gain weight.

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The “cost” of being lean and/or having a six-pack - Biofeedback changes.

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Bulking aka gaining muscle… or if done incorrectly, mostly fat!

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The importance of enjoying and experiencing life when special events come up (vacations, weddings, etc.) rather than focusing on always being on track. All it takes is just getting right back on track after the event.

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Tyler’s two tips of advice for anyone starting their weight loss journey!

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Connect with Tyler Newton:

Instagram: @new10_fitness

Facebook: Tyler Newton

TikTok: @new10fitness

Website: https://www.new10fitness.com

Accepting clients to work with his assistant coaches! 

Reach out to him for more info!

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Connect with me, Chase Smith

Instagram: @changing_chase

Facebook: Chase Smith

TikTok: @changing_chase

Email: [email protected]

What's up guys! This week my coach, Jordan Lips, joined me on the podcast! Jordan is a wealth of knowledge, super smart (hence, why I hired him), and all around a great guy! 

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After receiving a lot of feedback from listeners, clients, and followers, I wanted to bring him on to record an episode about the basics of resistance/strength training! This episode is packed full of great info!

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We covered:

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How to start working out if you have never been to the gym before or have never experimented with resistance training.

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Benefits of hiring a coach to help you with learning more and/or expanding your knowledge for strength training - how to find the best coach for you! Red flags to watch out for in coaches.

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Thoughts on HIIT training and group classes (OTF, CrossFit, F45, etc.)

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You don’t have to be an expert or even have a great understanding of how to work out to get started - just getting into the gym and doing something and working hard is a fantastic way to get started.

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What are the different types of splits? How many days should you work out a week?.

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How to set up a workout for hypertrophy - he also did an entire podcast on his show about this - CLICK HERE!

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The importance of asking WHY when learning more about fitness and strength training.

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What is the difference between hypertrophy and strength training? Can you do both if you are new to the gym?

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Important terms to understand when first starting to lift weights.

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The importance of “working hard!”

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Breaking the body up into 4 “quadrants” - pushing and pulling the upper and lower body - examples of each.

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Common words used in lift names that cue you to what muscle groups you are working (ex: press, push, row, and pull)

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Are you not lifting enough or are you lifting too much - finding that balance.

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What are “form videos” and why are they so valuable for your technique and form?

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Gym Anxiety / Fear of going to the gym - being uncomfortable with starting out in your first gym or a new gym.

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Advantages and disadvantages of working out at home vs. the gym.

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Some things that Jordan recommends you have at home if you are working out there.

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The BEST piece of advice for someone who has never done any strength training before!

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What are “newbie gains”

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Thank you SO MUCH, Jordan, for coming on The Chasing Health Podcast! I appreciate you more than you know! 

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How to find Jordan Lips:

IG: @jordanlipsfitness

Podcast: Where Optimal Meets Practical

More info on Group Programming - Accepting Clients!

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How to find me:

IG: @changing_chase

TikTok: @changing_chase

Email Me: [email protected]