LiftingLindsay's More Than Fitness

Have you been hesitant lately to step out of your comfort zone? My hope is our conversation today with Marci will inspire you to take the next step, whatever that looks like for you!  Marci Nevin is a Fitness and Nutrition coach with a movement focused lifestyle and a macro based nutrition approach.  We talk about her story and how she started fitness and nutrition coaching, the advice she receive...

Your sugar addiction might be hiding something deeper… Today I am joined by someone I love very much and who I'm so proud of for opening up and being so vulnerable on this episode and that is my husband. I often talk about how excited I am for these episodes and I'm extra excited today. My husband Alex has competed in the past and has had his bouts with binge eating and other dopamine related issu...

Weight gain isn't inevitable this time of year! While this time of year can bring up a lot of emotions around food and understandably so, I want to remind you that it is only a few meals out of the season and there are strategies you can use to prevent weight gain over the holidays. I want to share what I share with my clients about this time of year along with my past experience and what I do now...

Rival camps exist between the "evidence-based" coaches and the "bro-science" anecdote coaches in the health and fitness world and I have a fantastic guest today to breakdown the "truth" when it comes to training, hypertrophy, biomechanics, and more! Ben Yanes is the creator of the Modern Meathead Community, a platform to understand the anatomy of all the major muscles in the body and how to apply...

The typical narrative when it comes to phases is you need to either be building or cutting. The constant back and forth between a caloric deficient and a caloric surplus. If you've listened to the last few episodes, you know there's a third option too where a lot of magic happens. That is the maintenance phase and there is so much work to do there as well. While this isn't an episode on maintenanc...

I am so excited to have Won Dolegowski on the show today to talk about ironically very similar topics I've covered recently on the show! Won is a Doctorate of Pharmacy and graduated from Southern Nevada in 2007. She left her former pharmaceutical career to pursue health-coaching full-time and is currently working as a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach and applies a functional health a...

Before we talk about why I love the maintenance approach and why I think you should give it a try, I want to talk about social media. I am officially as of now on Tiktok (I know). I'm not sure how I feel about it and I know I'm not the only one who has their issues when it comes to social media. Especially with the generation growing up on it, it has the potential to be super toxic. I'll keep you...

You're in for a treat today! I have been following (mildly stalking) my guest on Instagram for awhile and been mistaken as her in the gym a few times. Lindsey Mathews aka @trainerlindsey on Instagram joins me today to discuss her story with competing, gaining 50 pounds in one year, and important hormone health topics. Time Stamps: (0:25) We Have Another Lindsey (5:23) 2018 Competing One Last Show...

I'm so excited to announce the new learning portal BeStrong that Is part of your app membership now! I'll go over the basics of what you'll find on BeStrong, as well as break down new my New training program that starts on Monday October 31st! . BeStrong will continue to grow in new information every month! it includes  Lessons on training and nutrition How to set up your nutritional phases for fa...

If you're thinking about doing a bulking or building phase when it comes to your training and nutrition, I want to share some truths with you. The biggest one being that bodybuilding is an extreme sport and you're putting your body under stressors it wasn't designed for from a day to day perspective. That's not to say you can't have great success with a bulk phase but you need to be ready for it....

Energy balance vs hormones? Let's talk about why they both matter and I have one of the premier coaches in the space to talk about this topic. Sam Miller is the CEO of Metabolism School and Creator of the Functional Nutrition and Metabolism Specialization which allows students to become in demand coaches who solve complex and advanced hormone cases. Sam and I talk about what metabolism is, address...

I recently had a conversation with one of my clients that sparked this conversation and it has to do with this concept of a fixed vs a growth mindset specifically when it comes to fitness and health. What do I mean? Have you ever blamed your family genetics on why you don't have the body you want? Did you grow up in a household that taught you food restriction and you are continuing those lessons...

My guest today is here to dispel some nutrition myths and give us the truth about nutrition. Dr. Adrian Chavez holds a PhD in Nutrition and Health Promotion from Arizona State University, has over 5 years of experience working with over 1,000 clients, and helps simplify the science of nutrition and health to help his clients focus on what matters. We discuss the state of social media when it comes...

Today's episode I hope is really fun for you and please feel free to reach out and share with me your thoughts and opinions! If you've been going to the gym for awhile, you start to pick up on etiquette that is either spoken or unspoken. I want to cover many gym etiquette areas and share with you my thoughts and experiences with them! Time Stamps: (0:20) Gym Etiquette (1:28) Recent Survey (3:14) A...

Are you moving the needle forward or merely being busy? Busy can feel like productivity but when you take a step back, you'll notice something. You have the same results, same excuses, and you've constantly jumped from one diet or exercise plan to another. If this sounds like you, it's okay! I've been there too and it's not too late to recognize this and make a change! I want to share with you som...

Today's episode I break down what it means when people talk about exercises working a lengthened, mid, or short/contracted position of the muscle. Why should you care?! Because research shows that working muscle at certain lengths can provide more muscle growth. THATS AWESOME! The second half of the episode I give you advice on how to utilize this information when writing your own programming. I b...

We are all human. We all have messy days. Don't let them break your emotional health. I actually believe that people get caught in the cycle of bad nutritional days all the time because they don't allow themselves to embrace the freedom that can come from the messy day. They get caught up in a should-storm of shame and judgement. The messy day can be used to help get them back on track and enjoy t...

Many times life events come up and we may have to adjust our training. We might not be able to train as long and hard as before. Many woman ask me about this in terms to vacation and pregnancy. How can they not lose any progress during this time. The great news is maintaining muscle is actually easier than putting on muscle. ** NEW TRAINING STARTS SEPTEMBER 12TH -My personal training program is av...

One of the main roadblocks I see with individuals is a crippling sense of urgency and obsession with the outcome. Today we'll be discussing why this hurts more than helps, and how we can begin to identify it in ourselves and work on letting it go. NEW TRAINING PROGRAM STARTS SEPTEMBER 12th on the LiftingLindsay App. This is my personal program. It's training 4x a week, the training cycle lasts 6 w...

Can someone who has been lifting weights for awhile still experience body recomposition? Can we sit around maintenance and put on muscle and shed down a little body fat at the same time? Over the past 3 years I have been blessed to learn biomechanics and program design and mentor from some of the best in the industry. I have felt that my programming and my abilities to push myself have really grow...

Should you get 8k steps in a day, or 10k or 12k? Does it matter and make a difference? What about waist trainers? Are they worth the money? And how accurate is that watch of yours at tracking calories burned? These are the main topics we'll dive into in today's episode. Need Optimized training programs that have QUALITY exercise selection? Click HERE to sign up for the LiftingLindsayAPP Electrolyt...

Reverse Dieting is actually a very new theory in the fitness industry. Listen today to find out what a reverse diet is, the why's behind it, and the hows and how to set up realistic expectations for it so that you can minimize fat increases post fat loss phase.   NEW Optimized training starting August 15th. Sign up HERE to join. New program in Fat Loss group, as well as Muscle and Strength. Both a...

It doesn't take much looking around on social media fitness accounts to see people lifting on bosu balls, combo exercises, and banding their knees for every glute exercise. Are these quality hypertrophy exercises though? Do they have a place in your training, and if so how?... I have learned that people can become very religious about certain influencers they follow, as well as certain exercises a...

It is very true that hitting our goals can be a bit easier when we have a support system around us, but if we really want something we are not going to hang everything on everyone around us understanding and supporting our every goal in life. Today we have a tough love conversation about how sometimes we do use this as an excuse for not going for what we want.  We also talk about the importance of...

 I love testing out and trying new approaches and seeing how my body responds to different protocols. Last year I had some really good success with a full build approach (aka calorie surplus for an extended period). This year I want to see how my body will personally respond to a 3 month body-recomp approach (trying to get just a little bit of muscle, while losing a little bit of body fat at the s...