Coaching & Cocktails

It's been a rough week and we're here to tell you about it! In episode 48, Brandi and Tina discuss the difficulties of the week and wonder WHY we are so burned out all the time. This is a great lead-in to next week's episode and our review of the book " Burnout - The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle" by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. As we learn in the book, we're not...

Happy early 51st birthday Yvonne, the Female Bodybuilder! In Episode 47, Brandi and Tina are bringing you another Empowerment Project story. Meet Yvonne C.; just a week shy of her 51st birthday when this is released. She transformed into a female bodybuilder over the past year and a half, which culminated in her competing in her first ever bikini competition at the age of 50 just a few weeks ago....

In episode 46, Brandi and Tina are continuing on their journey to empower women by telling their stories. This is what we are calling The Empowerment Project. We're giving women the opportunity to tell THEIR stories (in case you're tired of hearing ours). We believe that in telling your story, whatever it is, gives you a sense of empowerment. It allows you to get "it" out of yo...

In Episode 44 we you heard Lindsay tell her story followed by Brandi and Tina discussing some of the highlights. One of the themes extracted was the idea of what we're now calling the "Improvement Season." Most people consider the time between competitions, regardless of sport, the time to  get bigger, faster or stronger; focusing on the physical aspects of improvement. In this epis...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Coaching and Cocktails podcast. Brandi and Tina couldn't be more thrilled to have been with you for a year now! Thank you for your continued support and we truly hope you love what we have in store for you in Season 2! We are so excited to kick off our new "Empowerment Project" as we enter into season 2 of the Coaching and Cocktails podcast. In Episode 44,...

Whew! What a day it was at the 2020 OCB Chesapeake Classic in Baltimore, MD! Brandi and I are elated and exhausted, but still wanted to take some time to give an overview of the show, all the highlights and a little insight into each of our TEN athletes who took the stage yesterday. An unbelievable day in every way! Huge kudos to promoters Bobby and Jess Covino for putting on another amazing event...

In this final episode of Season 1, Brandi and Tina introduce what's to come in the new season. The Empowerment Project is a collection of your (our listeners) stories. Everyone has a story to tell, and there is empowerment in telling it, not only for the owner of the story but for others as well. If you've been listening to us long, you know we LOVE stories and we LOVE empowerment and we...

In 2019 we had this crazy idea that people might actually enjoy listening to us talk about things we normally talk about just between us. So one day in October, we decided to record our conversation. We were so excited we never introduced ourselves or even told anyone what they were listening to in that first episode. We really had no idea or expectation of how people would respond, but here we ar...

In Episode 41, Brandi and Tina discuss what happens when changing training and nutrition aren't always the answer to the biofeedback we're receiving from clients. Weight spikes, or strange fluctuations in an otherwise "on point" training and nutrition program can indicate something more going on that can't be addressed with training or nutrition changes alone; or even at a...

In episode 40 of the Coaching & Cocktails podcast Brandi and Tina discuss some of the most common mistakes we see on stage. Coming off of our team competition weekend in Norfolk, some of our newer athletes had questions about what the hell they were looking at and what on earth was going on with what they were seeing on stage. Gave us a great idea for a podcast! Listen and learn "what NOT...

In Episode 39, Brandi and Tina take a break from the normal fitness conversation and decide to share our very own "hometown murder" stories. Fellow true crime fans will recognize the hometown murder series featured on our "other" favorite podcast "My Favorite Murder." Of course, even when we take a break from the norm, Tina has some life altering epiphany and we find...

In 2016, Brandi and Tina published their all encompassing guide to competing in physique competition, ' What to Expect When You're Competing .' It's your no B.S. guide to everything you need to know from making the decision to compete through what happens when you step off stage.  In this new 4-part series, we take it a step further and dive deeper into the lifecycle of a succe...

In 2016, Brandi and Tina published their all encompassing guide to competing in physique competition, ' What to Expect When You're Competing .' It's your no B.S. guide to everything you need to know from making the decision to compete through what happens when you step off stage.  In this new 4-part series, we take it a step further and dive deeper into the lifecycle of a succe...

In this week's episode, Brandi and Tina revisit the concept of "Fuck Politeness" (borrowed from My Favorite Murder hosts Karen and Georgia. In episode 4 of our podcast we discussed this concept in terms of protecting yourself from physical harm; but in today's episode we take it a step further and focus on the mental aspects of protecting yourself as well as how it's our d...

In 2016, Brandi and Tina published their all encompassing guide to competing in physique competition, ' What to Expect When You're Competing .' It's your "no B.S. guide to everything you need to know from making the decision to compete through what happens when you step off stage.  In this new 4-part series, we take it a step further and dive deeper into the lifecycle of a...

In 2016, Brandi and Tina published their all encompassing guide to competing in physique competition, ' What to Expect When You're Competing .' It's your "no B.S. guide to everything you need to know from making the decision to compete through what happens when you step off stage.  In this new 4-part series, we take it a step further and dive deeper into the lifecycle of a...

Coming to you live from Tina's bed (you have to listen to find out why), Brandi and Tina discuss how beauty standards and bias can impact placement in a subjective sport like physique competition. We also discuss how our own bias toward what we see as beautiful, in ourselves as well as others, can have an impact on our own self-image outside of any sport. Listen to Coaching & Cocktails po...

Brandi and Tina are taking a quick break this week, but we'll be back before you know it on our regular day next week! Stay tuned! Quick reminder of our contest going on! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Snap a screenshot and email it to us coachingncocktails@gmail.com to win some amazing stuff! Looking for a coach to help you be YOUR best self in bodybuilding or just in life? Let's...

In this quickie episode, Brandi and Tina launch their first ever listener contest for some pretty nice prizes, if we do say so ourselves! If you want to know what you can win and how, you have to listen! Contest details will also be posted in our Facebook discussion group (see below). Listen to Coaching & Cocktails podcast anywhere you stream your favorites: Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stit...

Ladies and gentleman, the eternal snow day we call the COVID-19 pandemic is OVER! Well, not really over but what we mean is that it's time to stop pretending we'll "go back to normal" any day now and all the fun foods, alcohol, and lack of activity we've been partaking in will just magically disappear. We've been at this thing about 4 months now, and it's time we...

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." - Maya Angelou. In Episode 30, Brandi and Tina continue their special Life Athlete series with Pillar 4 - Personal Growth. Now, more than ever, it's important to learn more, do more, and grow more. With the current state of the world - pandemic, politics, racial and social injustice, it's not eno...

In this second episode of a very special two-part episode of Coaching & Cocktails, Brandi and Tina, along with long-time friends and former clients, Raima C. and Heather T., sit down to have a conversation about the racial inequities in the United States and to take a personal look at the Black Lives Matter movement and our personal responsibilities to be more intentional in the fight against...

In this first episode of a very special two-part episode of Coaching & Cocktails, Brandi and Tina, along with long-time friends and former clients, Raima C. and Heather T., sit down to have a conversation about the racial inequities in the United States and to take a personal look at the Black Lives Matter movement and our personal responsibilities to be more intentional in the fight against r...

WARNING: Reflections in the mirror may be distorted by socially constructed ideas of beauty. Definition: bod·y im·age ( noun) the subjective picture or mental image of one's own body. In this episode of the Coaching & Cocktails podcast, Brandi and Tina unpack the truth about body image, what it is and what it isn't as well as the bullshit lies we tell ourselves pertaining to our imag...

Let's talk about stress baby, let's talk about you and me. Let's talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be.....let's talk about stress (sung in my very best Salt-n-Pepa " Let's Talk About Sex " tune. What is stress and why should you care? Because it can quite literally KILL you ....seriously....it can! However, stress isn't ALL bad, we N...