The Devan Kline Show

In today’s episode of Next Level, we’re talking with Drew Manning, who’s most well known for his Fit2Fat2Fit journey where he gained and then subsequently lost 75 pounds. While this may sound like a crazy experiment for someone in the fitness world to embark on, for Drew it was really about stepping into the exact experience that his clients were going through.  

The big takeaway for Drew is that transformation is about way more than just physical weight loss. Trainers have the tools to help people reach their goals, but truly understanding the other layers that go along with it is so crucial, too. Drew shares about how this experience shaped him and how he’s working on changing the narrative in the fitness industry towards one that has way more empathy. We talk about how interconnected our physical, emotional, and spiritual selves are and how to nurture these different areas. Drew also shares perspective on popular diets in today's wellness culture and how there's truly no one size fits all solution. Drew offers tactical advice based on his own experiences to tap into the idea that transformations are body, mind, and soul. Wherever you're at in your journey, I think you'll relate to so much of what Drew shares.  

My favorite quotes from Drew in this episode…

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” 

“Transformations are about so much more than physical weight loss.” 

Find more from Drew: 

Instagram: @fit2fat2fit

Website: www.fit2fat2fit.com

Find more from me: 

Instagram: @devan.kline

Youtube: youtube.com/devankline

Workout: burnbootcamp.com

The reason you aren’t succeeding has nothing to do with anyone or anything. The one thing holding you back from experiencing the success you want in your life is yourself. Yes, you! 

We are our own worst enemy. 

Your thoughts, your doubts, your ego, your excuses, your lack of motivation, and your lies to yourself are all responsible for holding you back.  

I firmly believe success is 90% psychology and 10% mechanics. This means you need to focus more on your mentality rather than your tactics to achieve your goals.  

In this episode, I help you break down your barriers and push you to be honest with yourself about how you are holding yourself back. It's time to get out of your way and take your health and fitness to the next level. 

Find more from me: 

Instagram: @devan.kline

Youtube: youtube.com/devankline

Workout: burnbootcamp.com

The results you see from the gym are 90% dependent on your diet. Although avoiding unhealthy food seems to be the biggest battle when it comes to living a fitter lifestyle. There will always be an unhealthy food choice readily available to us, making it so easy for us to just “slip-up.”  

The solution? Meal prep. 

In this episode of Next Level, I’m joined by Autumn Calabrese, who claims, “Meal prepping isn’t half the equation; it’s the entire equation.” Autumn is one of the leading celebrity trainers in the fitness industry with her claim to fame being meal prep. She shares how to make both meal prepping and eating the right portion sizes sustainable and straightforward in our everyday lives, helping us take our health and fitness to the next level. 

What you’ll learn:  

• How to make meal prep simple 
• The easiest food combinations for prepping meals  
• Autumns favorite appliances to make meal prep easier 
• The best ingredients to have on hand when meal prepping  
• The adverse effects of over restricting your diet  
• Why you don’t need to eat 100% clean to lose body fat 
• The formula for determining the right portion sizes for your goals 

Do you have health and fitness goals you continue failing to reach? 

If so, I bet you are making the number one mistake when it comes to setting goals. 

Most likely, your goals have something to do with losing weight, losing body fat, or losing inches. Everyone’s goals are centered around losing. But in my opinion, the world “losing” has such a negative connotation with negative vibes attached to it. What if the reason you can’t reach your goals is that you are focusing on is bringing more negativity into your life?  

In this episode of Next Level, I talk you through shifting your goal-setting mindset from "losing" to "gaining."

Wherever you focus is where all your recourses, energy, time, and attention go. If you are so focused on something with negative vibes, you’ll bring more negativity into your life. Instead, focus on everything you want to gain. Focus on gaining strength, gaining momentum, gaining confidence, gaining happiness, or whatever it is you want to gain.  

There is so much to gain; you don’t need to focus on what you need to lose. 

Tune in to the full episode where I ask you pressing questions and share my best advice on how to set goals and reach them with greater success.

Find more from me: 

Instagram: @devan.kline

Youtube: youtube.com/devankline

Workout: burnbootcamp.com

In this episode of Next Level, I chat with Jessamyn Stanley, who is a true icon for body positivity and a world-renowned yoga teacher breaking all the yogi stereotypes. Jessamyn shares her journey from self-hate to self-love and gives you real-life advice for learning to accept your body.  

My favorite point Jessamyn makes in this episode is: you should treat body shaming and self-hate as the addictions they are. She says, “I learned how to shame myself at a very young age, and I feel like I’m in a permanent state of recovery. It’s something I literally work on every day.” 

Jessamyn makes it clear there is no quick fix solution when it comes to learning to love yourself and your body. There is no mantra to repeat, and there is no magic trick you can do. You need to put in the work. It’s unpleasant and not pretty to look at, but the results are beyond what you could ever imagine.  

The first step towards rehabilitation is detaching from what others think about you and starting to focus on how you feel about you. Most often, why we fail to love ourselves is because of caring too much about what others think. We need to realize the people who judge us are projecting their insecurities onto us. We should never allow their insecurities to create insecurities within ourselves.  

Want more amazing insight like this? Check out the full episode. 

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Find more from Jessamyn: 

Instagram: @mynameisjessamyn

Website: jessamynstanley.com

Find more from me: 

Instagram: @devan.kline

Youtube: youtube.com/devankline

Workout: burnbootcamp.com

I think it is so important to make eating healthy easy.  

When you overcomplicate nutrition, there is no way it will become a lifestyle. The reason we don’t eat healthily isn’t that we don’t know how. We all know what foods we should and shouldn’t be eating. The reason we don’t eat healthily is that it’s not the most comfortable choice. 

So how can we make eating healthier easier?  

In this episode of Next Level, I’m giving you my best five tips for simplifying nutrition and helping you develop a healthy diet you can maintain long term. 

Here is my first tip for making it easier for you to start eating healthier in your life... 

Start with one small thing you know you can do.  

Often when people want to make healthier choices, they go from 0 to 100. They either cut everything out all at once, or they cut out the one thing they love most. 

I’ve had so many clients addicted to drinking soda, and when they decide they are serious about reaching their health and fitness goals, they also decide this is the first thing they need to eliminate from their diet. But, since they are addicted, this is also the more difficult thing for them to do. 

My advice is to pick one thing you know for a fact you can hold yourself accountable for, either eliminating from your diet or adding to your diet. If cutting out soda seems way too hard to do right now, what is something that doesn’t look as hard? 

In this episode of Next Level, a well-known fitness trainer and transformation expert, Bruce Pitcher joins us. Bruce chats with me about his journey from weighing 420 pounds and losing 201 pounds in a year. Bruce was featured on the hit ABC show Extreme Weight Loss with celebrity trainers Chris and Heidi Powell. Through his transformation journey, Bruce learned the keys to success: mastering your mindset, keeping your promises to yourself, and learning to love yourself unconditionally. Bruce opens up about what led him to obesity and the tools and tactics he used to regain his health. No matter what struggles you face or what tragedies you’ve dealt with, Bruce will give you the empowerment you need to reach your goals, love yourself, and build a better future. 

My favorite quotes from Bruce in this episode... 

“How do I not love myself enough to do these things for my health and happiness? This became my ‘why’– find unconditional love for myself.” 

“My macros, diet, and workouts didn’t matter if my mindset wasn’t right. Once I fixed my mindset, I became unstoppable.” 

Find more from Bruce:  

Instagram: @brucepitcher 

Book: Larger Than Life 

Do you think you know everything and have nothing left to learn? 

Do you try to control everything?  

Do you think you’re already good enough and don’t need to grow? 

Do you get defensive when someone provides you with criticism? 

Do you think you’re more important than everyone else? 

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you have an ego problem. 

The one thing that will stop your progression more than anything on this planet is your ego.  You and your ego are two different things. If you’re living out of your ego, it will be impossible for you to become the best version of yourself, because your ego is your false self. 

I’m not going to lie to you; I had an ego. I used to live through my false self, allowing my ego to control every part of me. I thought I was the best and the smartest, and I couldn’t handle it when someone told me otherwise. I realized I was lying to myself when I thought about these things. 

The greatest thing I’ve learned, and my overall message for you in this episode, is to speak your truth. It wasn’t until I began speaking my truth and was able to overcome the ego problem that I began to see real success in my life. I learned the hard way that our truth lies within ourselves, and our false reality lies within our ego. That’s why I want to share with you seven signs of having an ego problem, empowering you to cultivate the same awareness, and avoid making the same mistakes I did. 

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What’s stopping you from reaching your goals?

Most people would say it’s their lack of motivation. They think developing more motivation is the key to their success. But what they need to do is determine the reason they lack it in the first place.

Lack of motivation is just one layer. When you peel back that layer, you will expose yourself to what is keeping you from achieving your goals. You will reveal your insecurities and your fears and your lack of self-confidence and self-love. You will realize it’s not motivation that’s been stopping you but is the fact that you have no idea the potential you hold within yourself.

The hardest thing to accomplish in any goal isn’t the goal itself. The hardest thing is cultivating the ability to believe in yourself–know you are capable of achieving your goal.

No matter what you’re trying to accomplish, all the power you need is already within you; you need to believe it’s there and work to unleash it.

In this episode of Next Level, I’m joined by Chris Downing, Beachbody Super Trainer, and motivational speaker, who will empower you to take your health, fitness, and life to the next level through showing you how to unleash the power you already have within yourself.

Find more from Chris: 

Instagram: @thechrisdowning

Website: thechrisdowning.com

Your entire evolution of being a human is a pattern. The pattern begins with the information you take in. This information creates thoughts, and your thoughts create choices, which creates behaviors, experiences, and emotions. All of this triggers new ideas, and the pattern continues.  

When you find yourself stuck in your life and aren’t taking in any new information, you get stuck with the same thoughts. If these thoughts are negative, they create negative emotions, and so on. When you aren’t able to take control of these negative emotions, they take control of you and your life. If you allow your negative emotions to have power, it means you are never the one in control.  

The question is, how can you change your negative emotions so you can finally regain control?