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Megan, Marisa and Lauren join us to talk about the physical challenges that women face during all phases of their cycle. They briefly touch on some of the physical and emotional tolls it can take, why having a severe period shouldn't be inevitable, and why coaches should educate themselves on this topic so they can recognize what's going on with their female clients and modify training accordingly...

Megan, Marisa and Lauren join us to talk about Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. They talk about why the name for the disorder will hopefully be changed, why and how it can be so misdiagnosed, why it's not good to self-diagnose, give dietary advice for how to help mitigate symptoms, and share their personal experiences coaching women with the disorder.

Kelly, Kels and Megan join us to talk about what it takes to fuel professional athletes and the similarities and differences between them and regular gym goers. They talk about their own personal experiences, and trace the role nutrition has had in their performance at a high level, and why aesthetic goals often need to take a back seat to performance goals.

Coach Libby Munro joins us from Down Under to talk about her journey dealing with her autoimmune disorders, the difficulties she had with finding a proper diagnosis with a multitude of ailments, and the dietary changes she made to become asymptomatic. She also talks about what inspired her to become a nutrition coach, and the crusade she's on to change the industries she works in, and the world.

Diana joins us to talk about changing habits and how breaking up large goals into smaller achievable steps is the best way to attain your goals. She draws on her personal experience of walking/running/biking a mile every day in 2020 and how it changed her habits, her patterns of thinking, and the way she self-identified; all crucial steps in achieving lasting changes. Nutrition goals are like buil...

Marisa, Lauren and Maggie join us to talk about stress, both acute and chronic stress. There's not much that can be done about acute bouts of stress, but they dive into the hormonal cascade that stress initiates and how it can create a vicious cycle that wreaks havoc on the body. We then talk about strategies (nutritional and otherwise) to deal with stress, how to handle loved ones who are stresse...

Doesn't eating carbs after dark make you fat? I need to eat 1200 calories to lose weight? Should I do keto? How much weight should I lose so I can do muscle ups? Cardio burns more calories so can I do that instead of weight training? Nicole and Manders join us to discuss a few of the most consistent and enduring fitness myths we see with clients and in general.

Maggie and Mikayla join us to talk about how to navigate body image with children. Kids are sponges and absorb so many of the things we say and do and learn to navigate the world through observing adults. Being a good example, a positive role model and a good communicator can help mitigate some of the negative thoughts and influences that might steer children towards low self esteem and negative b...

Acacia and Emi join us to talk about the best approaches to navigating the various challenges that can arise from partners and loved ones who might not understand your health, fitness and nutrition journey. We share the approaches that work for us and how to handle the people in your life that might become confrontational about it.

We sit down with Coaches Jess and Nicole for a conversation originally slated to be about getting back into a lifting mindset now that we are seeing the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. But the conversation turned to more broader themes of life changes and how to successfully navigate the different seasons of our lives and how it is almost always necessary to transition away from one goal...

We sit down with coaches Marisa and Mikayla and revisit a topic that is always at the forefront of our work- body image. Struggles with body image is one of the most common reasons and motivating factors that leads people to seek out nutrition coaching from the BIN team. We talk about our own personal struggles, celebrate some of our clients' biggest wins, strategies to deal with poor body image,...

Nicole, Marcus and Brenton share their experiences with college and professional athletics and reflect on the lessons they learned by living in a competitive environment, how it affects their drive in other facets of life, and most importantly, what it takes to have and develop the mentality and confidence to face adversity, overcome hardships and failures, and how to celebrate little wins that ad...

Ryann and Diana sit down to talk about what inspired them about being BIN clients enough to work to become BIN coaches. Krissy has always been clear about her preference to hire people who have learned BIN's philosophy and software and experienced firsthand success as clients then completing a rigorous internship under the guidance of our coaches. If you have any questions about the process or are...

Reunited at last! Ryann, Acacia and Q are now scattered across the country but came together to chat with the boys about pandemic life and what they've been doing since it turned life upside down. They talk about having meets cancelled, what to do about it, and how to come back to them now that they're starting up again.

Zach Anderson (@motionsustained) sits down to talk about what was originally going to be a conversation around building nutrition strategies for working professionals. What it evolved into was mostly talking about his story (he's literally an attorney!) and a broader conversation about the small changes that add up to big changes and the wisdom of taking the long view with nutrition, or as he call...

Megan, Ashley and Nicole talk about their experience of losing their periods as a result of over exercising, under fueling, and putting too much stress on their bodies. They go through what causes hypothalamic amenorrhea (the loss of menstrual cycle), why your period is so important and how to go about correcting it.

Ryan and Brenton sit down with BIN's newest coach Marcus Watts on his journey from professional basketball to Crossfit and going from eating whatever through the health scares that initiated the process of editing his diet down to veganism. He talks about the best approaches to transition to veganism and how to change your diet generally by experimenting with yourself and listening to the feedback...

Coaches Nicole, Jess, and Emily talk about nutrition during and after pregnancy. There are particular vitamins and minerals to take into consideration, how to deal with no appetite and bizarre food cravings, going easy on yourself, loving yourself as your body transforms, and how pregnancy is both the most challenging and most rewarding thing a woman will go through, and how pregnancy changes your...

We are back! We all know what's going on. So we invited coach Nicole to talk with us about our varied experiences with quarantine. We talk about grocery strategies, skills transfer and how not being able to go to the gym and practice your sport isn't the end of the world.

Emily and Marisa talk about severe periods, what causes them and what to do about them. They also give a few diet and supplement recommendations that might help alleviate some of the severity.

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Krissy and Ashley talk about the when and why people might choose to have a coach. Even the most experienced people have turned to coaches at various points in their journeys, and there are plenty of reasons why it's a good idea.

Emi and Ryan sit down to talk about cooking vegetables. So many people struggle to eat their vegetables because they treat them as an obligation and an afterthought instead of thinking about their possibilities. They talk about ways to make them more delicious, adventurous, and fun.

Krissy talks about how BIN started and how and why it has evolved, and what could be next for the future. She's joined by Ashley, who's helped take things to the next level.

This was sort of a Part II to episode 23. Megan, Ryann, Marisa and Acacia dive deep into the emotional costs of dealing with a disease, navigating an uncaring and expensive healthcare system, how it affects friendships and intimate relationships, and what it's like trying to find a new normal.