Redefining Strength Podcast

As kids some of us loved asking WHY…like annoyingly so. Ok…we were asking it often more JUST to be annoying, but still…as kids there is a curiosity there to understand more of our world. But at a certain age, we stop….we stop assessing and being as curious. However, as annoying as constantly being asked WHY is, we need to embrace our inner child more if we want to learn and grow. If we want to ove...

I was one of these people… So I always sympathize with this comment, “I’ll workout all day. It’s just so hard to change my diet.” Or… “I can train hard. I just can’t change my diet. I love food too much.” The thing is… We CAN change our diet. And yes, we all know we just aren’t “willing” to or we don’t “want” to…. But what we don’t realize is that training is NOT easy. We’ve just become comfortabl...

I think something we too often like to gloss over is the sacrifices and challenges involved in achieving results. Getting a new and better result, making a change is NOT easy. Even something that eventually feels sustainable can be hard to start because it isn’t instinctual. It isn’t what we’ve always done. So when I work with a client I like to discuss the options in how we move forward. While I...

Often when we start a new program, we tell ourselves it's going to be THE THING. The lifestyle change we've been looking for. We tell ourselves it's going to be easy and magical (ok maybe not the magical part). Heck maybe we've even been convinced of this by friends who claim it was soooo easy to do and the BEST thing they've ever done. We can even manage to convince ourse...

Honestly the more we want overnight results, the less likely we are to truly see the results we want and deserve. Fad diet results often not only aren’t real results, but they aren’t lasting results because we haven’t truly created sustainable habit changes. So as much as I know we all want results yesterday, we have to get ready to make some true lifestyle changes if we want to see the amazing re...

Yup you heard that right. We make things impossible because we tell ourselves they aren’t possible. And guess what? Sure…everything isn’t possible…nor we will achieve that goal in the same way someone else has even if we get there. Getting abs for you may be different than for me. We of course all have genetic limitations and pre-dispositions. But to just say you can’t get abs…well why not still s...

Body acceptance…Loving your body… I’m going to be brutally honest, I don’t think we’ll ever be 100% happy with ourselves or content.  I think it is the human condition to always want more.  BUT I also think we need to find a balance where we appreciate who and what we are flaws and all. We need to love ourselves despite the struggles and even value ourselves potentially more because of what we’ve...

I got an email saying “What about the stubborn belly fat? Yeah I know macros, but what else can I do?” My reply - “Why add complication to something that should be simple?” Too often we want to do more. We want to do things that maybe make that 1% difference over staying focused on the thing we just simply need to do consistently. Because it makes us feel more in control…or often we even hope we c...

Raise your hand as high as you can. Go ahead...do it right now. Now raise your hand higher.... You did didn't you? Funny how I told you to raise your hand as high as you can and yet you could still raise it higher when I said to.... Funny how it didn't take really much more effort to raise it a bit higher either.... Why do I mention all of this? Because A. Often we don't realize we...

You end up pleasing no one. Especially not yourself. I personally believe we will ALWAYS care about what other people think…it’s how we can actually function as a society. But we also have to learn to filter what we care about. We have to learn to recognize when someone gives us an opinion that isn’t in line with what we need or want. And then we have to be ok with them judging us because we don’t...

Often we DEFEND previous dieting and exercise practices as having “worked” for us because we did see potentially an immediate result from them. Yet often as we are defending these old ways of doing things, we’re fighting against something new we’ve sought out because we no longer have the result we wanted. Aka the habits or routines weren’t sustainable. So the question that always comes to mind fo...

The Elephant and The Rope - Question Your Boundaries Question your limitations! I had a woman tell me that she was told women can’t get the ab definition I was showing in my picture. I’ve had people tell me they gave up lifting because they were told they simply shouldn’t after x age… Do not be an Elephant tied up. I found this story the other day and thought it so highlighted how we can all hold...

Struggling to lose weight? Need that little tip to kickstart your results?  Well let me save you a lot of wasted time and effort experimenting to find what works and share 15 fat loss tips tips I’ve found to make all the difference in my results.

I focus a ton on mindset on the podcast because I think our mindset behind things ultimately dictates our success or failure. We can have all the right tools and never embrace them or take action if our mindset isn’t there to move us forward. And I think our brain is often partly responsible for our progress stalling. We THINK we are doing all of the right things, but the reality is… We often aren...

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I know I’ve personally been guilty of this even… The comparing where you see someone else’s success in, well, really any aspect of life and you think… “Yea well they didn’t have to deal with (insert thing you think is holding you back).” But that is a self-limiting belief. And honestly not beneficial as a thought in any way, shape or form. It does nothing to move us forward and only reinforces the...

I definitely come at this from a personal perspective and one of a person who really freaking hated change growing up. My mom loves to tell stories about how I wouldn’t sleep like a month before school started because I was so nervous about the new year. And I went from this person who sooooo didn’t like change to a person forced to constantly change it seems like on a daily basis. I still don’t l...

Do It ANYWAY! Motivation is fleeting. When we are just motivated other things easily take priority. We do things when they are convenient for us. Now discipline… When we are disciplined, no matter what else is going on in our life…well we do the things we should anyway. But how do you become disciplined? I think there are a few key components to discipline…

We all do this… We say “It won’t work.” “I can’t do…” “I’ll never be able to…” “I’ll get turned down….” But we don’t actually “KNOW” what the outcome will be because we’ve never actually done the thing or tried to find a way around the situation. And I do understand we don’t have to try everything to know that some ideas are good or bad… Like jumping off a cliff… BUT I also think too often we writ...

Guess what? Someone always has it easier than you. And someone always has it harder than you. But also guess what? It doesn't MATTER IN THE FREAKING SLIGHTEST. All you can ever do is work based on your situation, your needs, your goals, your lucky breaks and horrible setbacks. I don't say this to be uncaring or unfeeling. Life can really push us to our breaking points at times. But the s...

So it’s interesting the words that illicit not so favorable responses from people. Like beginner for instance. No one wants to be called a beginner, which I find amusing as I always want to own up to being a beginner at something. It means I have an excuse to suck at it. Honestly I try to act like a beginner in most things because I feel I can always master something more or better. But beginner i...

There is one thing I think really is what success boils down to and I want to share why I think this… It actually came off of seeing a variety of responses to posts over the last week and thinking about the commonality in some of the responses across topics. It’s always interesting to see how people interpret the videos and tips you put out. I find it especially interesting the range of responses...

I’m telling you this as an incredibly stubborn, at times very pigheaded, person that definitely likes to learn by doing…and failing. However, over time, as much as I value those learning experiences, I’ve come to realize it’s ok to want a little “cheat code” to get better results faster and skip over the mess. There will be plenty of ups and downs along the way even having that guide. Honestly, I’...

PODCAST: Struggling With Your Age? These 5 Tips Will Help I’ll admit, there is nothing I hate more than when someone asks my age on a photo…because I know their goal is to give themselves as an excuse as to why they can’t look that way. They’ll say no they’re just curious or whatever, but I know…because I’ve done it myself. And I get it. There are new challenges we face as we get older. Changes we...