Coaching & Cocktails

Happy New Year everyone! We're kicking off season 3 with just a quick intro to some of the things to come in our 2022 season of Coaching & Cocktails. Check out our Coaching & Cocktails Facebook page for an upcoming LIVE podcast event on January 21st, 2022 @ 6:30 pm EST. This event is FREE for everyone. Feel free to bring a friend or two and join in on the fun. You can submit questions...

Happy New Year from Tina and Brandi! We're bringing you another oldie but goodie just in time for all the 2022 goal setting and New Year's resolutions! In this week's episode we discuss our thoughts on New Year's resolutions along with the word "motivation" and why we should just eliminate it from our vernacular, lexicon, and vocabulary. Learn why trying to be "m...

As we gear up for a new competition season, we're re-running some oldies but goodies. In this series we'll cover all the phases of a competition prep life cycle. And as an early Christmas and New Year gift to everyone, we're dropping all four episodes at once!  Pre-Prep Prep Peak Week and Show Day Reverse and Recovery Before you make the decision to compete, don't sell yourself...

As we gear up for a new competition season, we're re-running some oldies but goodies. In this series we'll cover all the phases of a competition prep life cycle. And as an early Christmas and New Year gift to everyone, we're dropping all four episodes at once!  Pre-Prep Prep Peak Week and Show Day Reverse and Recovery Before you make the decision to compete, don't sell yourself...

As we gear up for a new competition season, we're re-running some oldies but goodies. In this series we'll cover all the phases of a competition prep life cycle. And as an early Christmas and New Year gift to everyone, we're dropping all four episodes at once!  Pre-Prep Prep Peak Week and Show Day Reverse and Recovery Before you make the decision to compete, don't sell yourself...

As we gear up for a new competition season, we're re-running some oldies but goodies. In this series we'll cover all the phases of a competition prep life cycle. And as an early Christmas and New Year gift to everyone, we're dropping all four episodes at once!  Pre-Prep Prep Peak Week and Show Day Reverse and Recovery Before you make the decision to compete, don't sell yourself...

There's no such thing as starting over from square one. Even if you feel like you have to start over, you are doing so with more knowledge, strength and power than you had before.  Your journey was never over, it was just waiting for you to find it again.  In Episode 78, Brandi and Tina discuss the recent phenomenon of clients who have come back and are "starting over." Maybe you fe...

Welcome to another Empowerment Project podcast! This week we feature our "party girl to bikini pro" Kelly Dicken. If you don't know Kelly's story, check out our interview with her in episode 10 back in season 1. Kelly just came off of her 2nd competition season, and has made some of the most dramatic mind-body changes we've seen in a client. Hear from her in her own words...

Welcome to yet another of our Empowerment Project series of podcasts. This week we are once again featuring Chris Fuste (quite the regular with us and for good reason). In today's episode we will hear about how Chris was able to recover from a lifetime of disordered eating and body dysmorphic thoughts which were only exacerbated by her years of competing. Chris recently competed again for the...

In Episode 75, Brandi and Tina are back with another Empowerment Project story. In this episode, Kelly F. shares how she lost herself and then after trying to compete, found herself again without ever stepping foot on stage. I think many women will see themselves in Kelly's story. Take a listen and let us know your own stories of empowerment. We'd love to share! Listen to Coaching &...

We're back! It's been a crazy busy summer for everyone but Brandi and Tina are back and kicking things off with another Team CSFP show review of the OCB Apex Natural Pro/Am from this past weekend. And for those of you who have been hanging on the edge of your seats there is also update on the fiTfany Project! Listen to Coaching & Cocktails podcast anywhere you stream your favorites:...

We're kicking off the fall competition season with the OCB Presidential Cup (8/14/21) promoted by Bobby & Jess Covino. Join Brandi and Tina as we give our post-show review of all the highs and lows of the event. Although come to think of it, there were NO lows! It was a great show! Congratulations to all the athletes, but in particular our Center Stage Athletics & Team CSFP athletes:...

Ep 7: Check in 5, week 24 May 31, 2021 Summary: What does progress look like six months into the process?  Find out as Tiffany discusses where she is currently in both her fitness journey and in life.  Find out what it looks like when you are off the roller coaster of dangerous and chaotic health and fitness practices but have not quite found your new normal yet. Walk through the messy middle with...

Ep 6: Check in 4 Part 2, week 18 April 18, 2021 Summary: Picking up where we left off with part 2 of the week four check in, the conversation turns to the very critical discussion of mental health and taking care of yourself. Tiffany bravely talks about her own experience and struggles with a certain diagnosis.  After the session Tina and Brandi break down their thoughts on the revelation and how...

Ep 5: Check in 4 Part 1, week 18 April 18, 2021 Summary: Paradise lost and found. In part 1 of this 2-part episode Tiffany gives us the rundown of her time in paradise and how she’s discovered that she is sinking her own ship with unmanaged stress.  After a review of current progress, there’s a tough discussion about being uncomfortable when looking at progress photos of yourself. Brandi and Tina...

Ep 4: Check in 3, week 13 March 14, 2021 Summary: Listen to what it is like when fitness stops being polite and starts getting real.  Tiffany hits the milestone of three months on her journey but drops some information bombs that make everyone a little nervous!  During some introspective moments she has an epiphany about her behavioral triggers, and they are not what you may think.  Brandi and Tin...

Ep3: Check in 2, week 7, January 31, 2021 Summary: Tiffany has been GOING THROUGH IT since her last check in.  In this episode she reports the good, bad and ugly of her last four weeks. After an incredible epiphany about some long-standing nutrition habits, she discusses how she needs to be very purposeful in her “me time” in order to stay on track.  Brandi and Tina give their opinions on it all a...

Ep 2: Check in 1, week 3. January 3, 2021 Summary: In the first live check in, Tiffany learns that while things are very simple, they are most definitely not easy.  After some initial success putting small training and fitness practices in place, the realities of old habits in lifestyle choices surface, and hard. Tina and Brandi break it down after the episode and discuss how it’s really all the “...

Ep 1: Intake interview Dec 2021 Summary: Things are about to get real! Listen to what it’s like to have an initial client intake interview. Find out what coaching is all about, the expectations and how clients react when they learn exactly HOW MUCH info a good coach will need to help guide them on their path.  Nosy much? This is the first episode in the breakthrough series following a client from...

The real-time, real-world, real woman’s physical, mental and spiritual journey to finding true health, wellness, freedom and empowerment.   In this special documentary podcast series, follow a real client live as they start down their path to true health and fitness.  During each episode, hear live client check-ins as well as coach’s feedback. Experience what coaching with us is like as we spend s...

Looking for a coach to help you be YOUR best self in bodybuilding or just in life? Let's get in touch! Team CSFP IG: @teamcsfp FB: https://www.facebook.com/teamcsfp To reach out to Tina @ Center Stage Athletics www.centerstagethleticscoaching.com info@centerstageathleticscoaching.com To reach out to Ginny @ Thrive NutriFit www.thrivenutrifit.com IG & FB: @ginnygrivas 

Introducing a brand new "docu-series" or maybe the "E True Hollywood Story" or maybe even "When Good Times Go Bad." Not really sure what to call the story of my life, but over the next few weeks, I'll be breaking it down for you. Just me, Mama T, and a microphone. I can't promise what will come out of my mouth, and I can't swear that all my memories are...

Introducing a brand new "docu-series" or maybe the "E True Hollywood Story" or maybe even "When Good Times Go Bad." Not really sure what to call the story of my life, but over the next few weeks, I'll be breaking it down for you. Just me, Mama T, and a microphone. I can't promise what will come out of my mouth, and I can't swear that all my memories are...

Introducing a brand new "docu-series" or maybe the "E True Hollywood Story" or maybe even "When Good Times Go Bad." Not really sure what to call the story of my life, but over the next few weeks, I'll be breaking it down for you. Just me, Mama T, and a microphone. I can't promise what will come out of my mouth, and I can't swear that all my memories are...

Introducing a brand new "docu-series" or maybe the "E True Hollywood Story" or maybe even "When Good Times Go Bad." Not really sure what to call the story of my life, but over the next few weeks, I'll be breaking it down for you. Just me, Mama T, and a microphone. I can't promise what will come out of my mouth, and I can't swear that all my memories are...