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When you're born into this world you have no choice in what makes you who you are: anatomy structure, real hair color, eye color, etc. This does not mean that you have no control at all, this just means you need to better understand yourself and how to make moves towards your goals. In this episode I will cover some really important factors that you need to understand, not just for yourself, but for generations to come. 

Other episodes to listen to:

1. Episode 147: How genetics will effect your weight loss & physique 
2. Episode 187: Better understanding your body type to amplify progress 

Key Takeaways:

• What is your genetics and what aspects of your genetics you have control over when it comes down to metabolic rate
• How to understand your body type to amplify your progress in building muscle, fat loss, or performance
• Learning the best technique that works for your specific skeletal & muscular structure

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When you set a goal for yourself with weight loss, and you lose the weight, will you be 100% happy with yourself? What about during the process? Will you be comparing yourself to others, will you be putting yourself down because you haven't lost weight fast enough? Will you ever be satisfied with your progress or body? I'm gonna tell you right now, you will never be satisfied if you keep comparing yourself to others, if you keep looking at that damn scale, if you keep hating yourself, and if you keep saying you can't. Gain satisfaction through self love.

Key Takeaways:

• The reasons why you aren't satisfied now and won't ever be if you keep it up
• The bigger picture to focus on than the small pictures we spend all our attention on
• How to truly gain self love & happiness

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During the initial first few weeks of your weight loss journey or fitness journey in general, have you ever been discouraged on why you have gained weight or haven't lost any weight in your first few weeks? It feels like, you're hustling non stop to achieve your goals and you've been on your plan for a solid 14 days, but have seen progress in ways you don't wanna see it. This is absolutely normal in the beginning. Your body is going through a transition phase which is crucial for your body's health. Don't be discouraged, keep hustling.

Key Takeaways

• Discussing the reasons why weight loss is a process and what the body needs vs what you want
• The main causes of weight gain or no weight loss during your first few weeks in your journey
• The in depth explanation of the "transition phase" that your body has to go through when leaving one lifestyle to another

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I've seen and heard stories of people going on a crash diet or 3 month diet, and finishing it to only put the weight back on. I've been asked by many people, "why do I gain all my weight back after a diet"? In today's episode I will explain the main 3 reasons that cause the weight to come back on, after a diet (plus a bonus reason).

Key Takeaways:

• Talking about a specific element that causes weight gain probably the fastest out of the 3 main reasons
• Everyone is afraid of this specific macro to the point of where they are willing to eliminate it from their diet
• This is the alpha of all reasons that cause weight gain. Master understanding this, and you will always have the power of weight gain or weight loss

Make sure to check out these other episodes to learn from experts how to reverse diet or maximize muscle growth after a diet:

1. Inside the mind of a contest prep coach with 22 pro wins - Kash Guidry | Click Here to Listen
2. What is reverse dieting and how it will benefit your health & physique - Kelly Nicole| Click Here to Listen

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It's nice to find a 12 week program that promises you insane results in as little as 12 weeks, but what they forget to mention is how to sustain you progress you worked so hard for. You need to understand that this is a lifestyle. You should be learning how to eat right, move right, sleep and recover right, and take care of your health. The small steps you take to achieve your goals are habits made to be set in stone that will build into your new lifestyle.

Key Takeaways

• What these 12 week programs fail you with. Why not all your answers are answered with a 12 week program
• The components that make up a lifestyle that will sustain your progress
• How to get progress, sustain it, and continue to achieve more 

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How fast would you want to lose if you could you could lose weight overnight? Would it be 20lbs, 40lbs, 100lbs? After losing all the weight, how would you keep it off? This is where people mess up. People want extreme weight loss fast but don't want to learn how to do it. You need to learn how to do it because it crucial for your health and physique, for the rest of your life. There are multiple stages to sustainability, lifestyle, habits, ect. 

In this episode I will break down what crash dieting is, the pros and cons, and if it's even for you!

Key Takeaways: 

• What is the purpose of crash dieting. What are the main goals of crash dieting and the main purpose to follow
• The cons of crash dieting and how they will cause more harm than good for future goals
• Why crash dieting even exists and when you're able to do it and when not to

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How do you know what to believe when there are hundreds of fitness influencers, coaches, articles, ect, that share hundreds of different things? It's pretty simple, just follow what works for your life, your body, and the goals you want! When you dive into a fitness journey, a.k.a LIFESTYLE, you are creating something new. This new lifestyle needs to be a sustainable one for you to get the goals you want and keep them forever with continuous progression. 

In today's episode we have a third time returning guest speaker that we flew into Houston to bring you endless value and knowledge on fitness truth, value of health, and debunking training myths. Today's guest speaker is, Nicole Montesanti, who's been on the show twice for episodes: 116 & 134. 

Key Takeaways:

• A different way to view your health & body. We tend to think so small about ourselves. Here is a good perspective to work towards that will uplift your view on yourself
• Happiness is found within yourself. Physical love and emotional love are two different things. How to master the most important
• Training myths are out there and are insane! Should you listen to these crazies, or follow the basics? 

Nicole's Amazing Content to help you be great!

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8XAubLka5HqHFdG4iLLWwg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkii_fitness/

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There are three main reasons why people will change up their program: 1) they have plateaued, 2) they aren't seeing results fast enough, or 3) they have no idea how to program (4th reason would be simply to change up the fun). In these situations, we want to change up our program because we are just impatient with the process, and believe me, I use to change up my programs a lot too.

In reality, you do not have to change up your workouts, simply change how you perform the workouts, higher your intensity, and find new ways to attack that muscle, for example: drop sets, giant sets, burn outs, progressive overload, ect. You don't need to change your workouts all the time because the body needs time to adapt and how else will you gage your progress if you're always changing it. 

Key Takeaways:

• The main reason why people change up their programs that never work
• The reason why you should not change your program
• What programming is and why you must be patient with the process 

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The day after your workout, do you feel like you didn't get a good workout if you're not sore? Do you feel like you need to be sore in order to achieve progress? In this episode I break down what muscle soreness is, how progress actually happens, and why you should gage the value of your workout with other things aside from muscle soreness.

All muscle soreness is, is small micro tears within muscle fibers that were broken down through tension, resistance, or over elasticating. 

Key Takeaways:

• What is muscle soreness, DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). What's the cause, purpose, and outcome
• The other important factors other than muscle soreness that are more important
• How to help muscle soreness. What supplements and nutrition needed to improve recovery

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Eating after a workout does not mean you're wasting away your hard work from that workout. It's important to understand the difference between cardio and weight lifting. It's also very important to understand what you want to accomplish with your body, your goals. Eating after your workout is crucial when it comes down to HEALTH, and also very important in directing your progress in the right direction, along with your recovery. 

In this episode I will share with you all how post workout meals work and how to gauge them for optimal progress.

Key Takeaways:

• What the difference between cardio and weight lifting is when it comes to metabolic rate, fat loss, muscle growth, and eating
• The differences of your post workout meal compared to the other meals of your day
• The simplicity of what your post workout meal can look like

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