The color of your menstrual blood can provide important cues and feedback about your body and overall health. In this blog post, we will explore the different colors of menstrual blood and what they may indicate. Please keep in mind that I am not a doctor, but I am here to share some insights and suggestions based on my own knowledge and experience.
Read MoreBut finally there is valid research being done on women’s fitness and how nutrition inter-play with menstrual cycle fitness. So this post is going to be about the mistakes I made as a trainer that just did not serve female clients in retrospect.
Read MoreA research article from 2020 by Navarro and colleagues showed us that when we restrict calories, we also restrict the production of hormones in the brain. This has a direct impact on ovulation, as well as overall female health. Hormones are not just important for reproductive health; they also play a role in bone density, muscle recovery, and mood regulation.
Read Morelooking for the truth about menstrual cycle “cycle syncing” diet. We’ll look in depth at the luteal phase workout nutrition to help personal trainers customize the menstrual cycle.
Read MorePersonal Trainer Continued Education: perimenopause nutrition & menopause nutrition for womens health - up to date research!
Personal Trainers, if you want a more precise way to periodize peri menopause workouts & optimize female hormone health this video will teach you how!
Read MoreGwyneth Paltro’s viral tik too with her doctor Will Cole talks about fasting, but should women fast? What’s the science of intermittent fasting & the menstrual cycle?
Read MoreBody dysmorphia has run over a decade of my life. And just when I think I’m over it, I get pregnant and triggered. This is how I’m working through body dysmorphia these days with my bun in the oven.
Cycle syncing science? Personal trainers need to know how to periodize for fitness and hormones. Break down the menstrual cycle and science behind training for each phase.
Read MoreCyclical Nutrition for Strength & Muscle Building
The most common thing I hear from trainers is that there is just not enough research on menstrual cycle fitness & nutrition to make sound recommendations.
But that’s not true. There is more and more research showing that we can train and eat more efficiently in order to grow, build and sustain muscle. And that’s what this new YouTube videos teaches you how to do.
Per usual, I give you the how and why’s of gaining muscle using training & nutrition for your menstrual cycle. This video will help you program design and make nutrient recommendations for just that!
The biggest mistake I see people doing is relying on an app when tracking their cycle. After all, FN, an app can’t project where you are in your cycle. It can only predict!
In my courses I teach, what I call, the ABC method - Actual Body Cues.
You can determine where you’re at in your cycle by using your ABCs without being reliant on an app! And in this video I teach you all about that.
What happens if you client doesn’t want to cycle sync? This hormone balance education for personal trainers will teach you more than cycle syncing. How to make cyclical coaching a part of your fitness coaching.
Read MoreAlcohol and Fitness - can they mix? Keep your client’s hormones happy with this nutrition advice if they like alcohol! This is how you can support your clients to keep their hormones balanced!
Read MoreDebunk birth control for your clients. Right now, 14% of cycling people are on birth control! Here is what you need to know about women on birth control and fitness with nutrition.
Read MoreDo you know the effect of keto on hormone balance? Or how to explain keto diet to client? This video will help you understand the keto diet and hormones. The keto diet explained!
Read MoreBeing a personal trainer / bikini competitor was mentally challenging because being maintaining a certain physique was a top priority, yet an unsustainable one. How many fitness coaches believe....1) your body is marketing 2) your physical appearance = client trust 3) changes in physical appearance = loss of client trust???? Well...I use to believe all that. But at the same time, my body / hormones were "off". The most challenging part of this was that I had no personal knowledge on how to steer my body in the right direction. This video is for all those *personal trainers who fear physical changes, but know your body needs balance*.
Read MoreFitness Coaches - want to plan client workouts according to their ovulatory / follicular phase? This menstrual cycle workout program design lesson will give you all the cyclical science you need to confidently program design workouts cyclically!
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Hormone aware personal trainers are waking up to the fact that exercise should change throughout the menstrual cycle. But menstrual cycle fitness coaches understand how the luteal phase hormones change and how we can program design for the three sub phases of the luteal phase to give our clients even better results. So in the first part of this lesson, we are going to do a deep dive into the two luteal phase hormones and how they impact workout, performance and metabolism so that you understand the why behind luteal phase workout program design.
Macros for weight loss? Weight loss might seem like a math equation, but its more like a chemistry equation. Counting macros is not a great long term solution for health or fat loss.
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