DDC Podcast

In today's Podtalk with Alyssa, we delve into the detrimental effects of stress on achieving your fitness goals and explore strategies for managing stress levels to foster well-being and goal attainment. Stress is a universal experience, and to a certain extent, it can be beneficial. However, when stress becomes chronic, it can disrupt our daily lives and impede progress toward our goals. Unfortun...

In today's episode of the DDC podcast, I discuss behavioral changes and how they can assist us in achieving our fitness goals. One prevalent behavior I've observed in my clients, and one I used to struggle with myself, is snacking excessively, which hindered my progress towards my goals. During the episode, I delve into the concept of behavior changes, explore different types of cravings individua...

In today's podtalk with Alyssa, we share a few tips to help you stay on track this Easter weekend and ensure you enjoy and have a good time with your loved ones. It's so easy to feel stressed or overwhelmed during this time, as you're probably worried that indulging in all the yummy foods and missing a few workouts will set you back in your journey and cause weight gain. This often leads to unheal...

In today's episode of the DDC Podcast, I have something very different for you all. Today marks my one-year anniversary of running my business full-time, so I thought it would be a great idea to delve into the behind-the-scenes of what it's like to run your own business. Everything I'll be sharing in this episode stems from my own personal experiences and the challenges I've faced. While I'm not a...

In today's podcast, we have a very special guest joining us. My client, Cristina, is here to share more about her amazing success story and how she has transformed her mindset. Previously, Cristina had a very unhealthy relationship with food, consuming less than 1000 calories a day. Now, she enjoys a great relationship with food, consuming over 2000 calories, indulging in treats without going over...

In today's Podtalks with Richu, we discussed the long-term diet mindset and how we can change our perspective to make healthy eating a lifestyle rather than just a restrictive diet. The word "diet" often carries a negative connotation, leading us to immediately associate it with fat loss and low calories, which is not necessarily the case. If you found this episode helpful, be sure to share it wit...

In today's podtalks with Alyssa, we shared 5 tips to help you continue with your fitness journey even if you don't see results straight away. We understand how frustrating it can be to put in the work and hours into your training and nutrition and not see any change in your body. It makes you feel discouraged and as if you are wasting time. Alyssa and I felt like that when we started our fitness j...

In today's episode of the DDC Podcast, I have something very special for you guys. If you know me, you know that I am a strong believer that our minds are powerful tools that can either make or break us. The person I am interviewing in this episode is someone who is using this tool to its full potential, and someone whom I truly admire. Daz Sidhu is a very successful online fitness coach who also...

In today's podtalks with Richu, we answered some of the questions you guys asked us on our social media. We touched a little bit on joint problems, social situations, how to say no, and how to lose 10 kgs. Don't forget to send us your questions so we can keep making more episodes like this! If you found this episode helpful, be sure to share it with someone who needs to hear it. Join me in my miss...

In today's podtalk with Alyssa, we discuss what to expect from a fitness coach. We often talk about mindset, nutrition, fitness, etc., but we haven't really touched on this topic too much. Everything we share in this episode is from our personal experience only. Don't forget that every coach is different, so everyone has their approach and way of doing things, and that's amazing. As I always tell...

In today's episode of the DDC Podcast, I am excited to introduce a very special guest. My client, Yani, is joining us to share more about her success story and how she went from feeling overwhelmed and overweight to feeling happy and amazing in her own skin. Yani started her fitness journey with me almost 5 months ago. Before this program, she had tried many different approaches and training style...

In today's episode of the DDC podcast, I share with you my four tips that have helped me stay on track during the weekends. I understand that maintaining focus on weekends is challenging, especially for those with kids or a busy lifestyle/social life, but I assure you, it's possible. I've successfully implemented these tips in my own life, and many of my clients have found them effective as well....

In today's podtalk with Alyssa, we discuss a topic we don't often talk about: relationships. It's a great topic for this Valentine's week. In this episode, we explore how your relationship can positively and negatively impact your fitness journey. Everything we discuss here comes from our own personal experiences. While we are not experts in this particular topic, we can share all about what we ha...

In today's Podtalks with Richu, we discussed a diet approach that has become very popular in the last couple of years, especially in the last few months. We have seen it all over social media, so we wanted to share our opinion about it—intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting is an interesting approach. It is not only done for fat loss purposes but is also a part of some cultures. Some people ad...

In today's PodTalk episode with Alyssa, we discussed some of the most common supplements in the market, their purpose, and whether or not we recommend them. We have already covered protein, aminos, creatine, and multivitamins in the first part of this supplements PodTalk, so make sure to listen to that if you haven't already. In this episode, we talk about other very common supplements: Fat burner...

In today's episode of the DDC Podcast, I discuss why eating healthy is not enough to help you lose body fat. This is a mistake I used to make when I started my fitness journey, and I would get extremely frustrated because I was eating healthy but not getting the results I wanted. I know many of you might be making the same mistake right now. Eating healthy is great—don't get me wrong; I always enc...

In today's podtalk with Alyssa, we discuss how you can wire your brain to help you start believing in yourself more and be more positive. Being positive 24/7 is impossible and very unrealistic, but there are different strategies you can start applying today to help you be a bit more positive each day and see the good in every situation. Alyssa and I consider ourselves very positive people, but tha...

In today's PodTalk with Richu, we discussed the difference between a Personal Trainer (PT) and an Online Coach. This is a topic we really wanted to address because we've noticed that many people mistakenly think that PTs and online coaches are the same, but they are not. Richu and I were both PTs before embarking on our online adventure, so we shared a bit about our experiences and explained why w...

In today's episode of the DDC podcast, I talk about the different emotions that you may be feeling at this time of the year and share some tips to help you get back on track with your fitness journey. Some of you may be feeling amazing and ready to smash your goals, while others may be a bit anxious or overwhelmed about the unknown or the goals you want to accomplish, and that is completely okay....

In today's episode of the DDC podcast, Alexander Levy, an online fitness coach whom I truly admire, joins us to discuss the reasons why people use money and time as excuses not to get started with their fitness journey. This is a common excuse we often hear from the people we talk to, so we wanted to address this topic. Many people are willing to spend 40 hours a week or more working for someone e...

In today's PodTalk episode with Alyssa, we discussed some of the most common supplements in the market, their purpose, and whether or not we recommend them. There are so many different supplements in the market, but some are more popular than others, such as protein powder, creatine, aminos, multivitamins, pre-workouts, glutamine, fish oil, and fat burners. In this episode, we only had time to dis...

In today's episode of the DDC Podcast, I have one of my beautiful clients joining me to share her amazing success story with us. Maureen and I have been working together for the past 5 months, and the transformation she's experiencing has been EPIC. She's not only getting amazing results and dropping body fat, but she also has more control over her foods and has learned how to take fitness with he...

In today's episode of the DDC Podcast, we have the lovely Alyssa joining us to discuss more about how you can eat off-plan. Alyssa and I have decided that we will be doing these Podtalks every single week, so stay tuned for more content like this. One of the main struggles that we used to have when we started with our fitness journey, and a struggle that we hear from our clients before they join o...

In today's episode of the DDC Podcast, I have a very special guest joining me to share his knowledge and wisdom with us. Josef Rakich, a very successful entrepreneur and online fitness coach, built the empire he has now from scratch, and he's here to talk to us about how he made that happen. Josef shared how the discipline he has with his fitness has had a huge impact on the discipline he has with...

In today's Podtalk with Richu, I'm bringing something completely different for you guys. We often talk about everything fitness-related, but today I wanted to share more about me and who I am. Hopefully, you guys can get to know me a little bit more with this. If you found this episode helpful, be sure to share it with someone who needs to hear it. Help us spread the message so that together, we c...