Help Your Clients Stop Sabotaging Their Health and Fitness Goals Most fitness clients have loosely defined, but well-intended, fitness goals that they hope to reach by working with a personal trainer or nutrition coach. Often times, these goals are focused on losing weight, building muscle, increasing energy, or improving eating habits. Even the most concerted […]
What is Flexible Dieting? Benefits of Counting Your Macros
What is Flexible Dieting? Flexible dieting, otherwise referred to as “If It Fits Your Macros” is an eating style that focuses on macronutrient percentages and calories. Clients can eat the foods they want as long as the total consumption aligns with a previously calculated macronutrient profile. Your clients can easily track macro and calorie intake […]
Help Your Nutrition Clients Practice Mindful Eating
The number of calories in a food is a minor piece to the larger puzzle of nutritional quality. Give your clients the tools to help them consciously and critically evaluate the food choices they make. Here are 5 nutrition areas to focus on when working with clients on mindful eating: Ingredients Should be your #1 […]
Game Plan: Strategies for Fueling Up
Knowing what kind of nutrients to eat is one thing; incorporating them into an already hectic and over-scheduled athlete’s life is another. Athletes who receive nutrition education make better choices, resulting in better performance. This post will provide practical strategies, tips, and resources to help direct food choices that athletes should be making. It includes: […]
Food Fast vs. Fast Food: Surviving Pit Stops
Travel is a part of every athlete’s life. It can be tremendously difficult to maintain a healthy diet on the road where there is much less control over food choices. It IS possible to eat healthy when traveling if you have some education on how to navigate restaurant menus and rest stop offerings. On-The-Go Nutrition […]