MetFlex and Chill

To watch this episode, please visit Rachel's YouTube channel . Listeners can find Stan Efferding at his website Stanefferding.com , and on Instagram @stanefferding and on YouTube @stanefferding Stan Efferding is an IFBB Professional bodybuilder and World Record Holding Powerlifter. He is one of only 10 men in the world to ever total over 2,300 pounds lifted in competition. Stan holds the title of...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel chats about what to focus on when you're trying to "shape" your body, why it may not be a good idea to endurance train and go into a bulk phase at the same time , benefits of peri-workout and pre-be...

To watch this episode, please visit Rachel's YouTube channel . Listeners can find Paul Carter at his website http://www.lift-run-bang.com/ , on Instagram @coachpaulcarter and @liftrunbang , and on Twitter @LiftRunBang . Paul Carter is a successful bodybuilder, powerlifter, fitness writer, and the founder of Lift-Run-Bang, a popular online coaching platform. Paul has spent almost 30 years of his li...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel chats all about metabolic flexibility tips to use before, during, and after your vacation so you can get exactly what you want out of that special break in your routine. Rachel also gives mindset pr...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel breaks down the most basic and advanced forms of macro tracking, how to use tracking as a tool vs. a diet, key reasons objective data is helpful on the mental and emotional toll of being in a defici...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel chats about misconceptions related to women 'looking bulky,' resistance training tips for beginners, minimum daily fat consumption, incorporating carbs after keto, and more! "The reality is, it's no...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel breaks down when and how to use the scale appropriately, tricks on how to emotionally disconnect with the weigh-in number, how electrolyte balance affects water retention, and more! "If you understa...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel chats about stubborn body fat areas, how to persevere through workouts while healing an injury, prioritizing your training schedule around your goals, overtraining, stress gut, and more! "If you've...

To watch this episode, please visit Rachel's YouTube channel .  Listeners can find Dr. Jaime Seeman on her website , on YouTube at Doctor Fit and Fabulous , and on Instagram @doctorfitandfabulous . Dr. Jaime Seeman is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist practicing in Omaha, Nebraska. She is also a fellow in Integrative Medicine at The University of Arizona School of Medicine and a boar...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In today's episode, Rachel takes a deep dive into how to "retrain" your metabolism by reverse dieting, understanding metabolic adaptation and what happens as you get further along in your dieting phase, how to choose foods...

To watch this episode, please visit Rachel's YouTube channel . In this episode, Robert and I give our perspectives on PSMF days, the pro's and con's of a PSMF approach, habits vs. hacks, how to find balance within the stressors of life so you benefit from hard work without burnout, calorie budgeting for the week, and much more! "With a PSMF protocol, if you're not educated on the different ways to...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel gives a detailed update on her current fat loss phase and answers listener questions on topics including calorie cycling, diet breaks and refeeds, hunger and craving tips, muscle preservation, rever...

Listeners can find Brandon DaCruz on Instagram @brandondacruz_ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/brandondacruzfitness .  Brandon DaCruz is an online nutrition and physique coach, internationally published fitness model, National Level NPC competitor and the National Sales Manager for a New York based sports nutrition company called Innovapharm.  Brandon has spent the past 12 years working with...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel takes a deep dive into protein absorption, the leucine threshold, the muscle full effect, optimal meal timing for muscle growth, and much more! "The amount of protein you can utilize in a single mea...

To watch this episode, please visit Rachel's YouTube channel . Listeners can find Bryan Boorstein at his website www.evolvedtrainingsystems.com , and on Instagram @bryanboorstein . Bryan Boorstein is the owner and founder of Evolved Training Systems and  Paragon Training Systems. He received his Bachelor of Science at JMU in 2006. Bryan has trained at the top level, the CrossFit Games, while also...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel chats about the 5 movement patterns you should be doing in your training to hit all the major muscle groups, benefits of prioritizing protein and why it's considered the "super macro," how to calcul...

To watch this episode, please visit Rachel's YouTube channel . Listeners can find Jenny Blake at her website https://jennythenutritionist.com/create-your-shape/ and on Instagram @jennythenutritionist . Jenny is a Licensed Nutritionist who helps active, Type A ladies change their body composition in her program, Create Your Shape. With a background in Crossfit and a Nationally Qualified Bikini comp...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel gives tips on how to get the most out of pre and post workout meals, training in a fed or fasted state and why there may be benefits to both depending on your primary goal, determining how often to...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel is a guest on The Low Carb Hustle Podcast where she breaks down why metabolic flexibility should be the ultimate goal, benefits to bumping up calories to bust through a plateau, how to make meal pre...

To watch this episode, please visit Rachel's YouTube channel . Listeners can find Aaron Straker at his website https://strakernutritionco.com/ , and on Instagram @aaron_straker . Aaron Straker is a N.A.S.N. Licensed Primary Sports Nutritionist and a self-described "general iron sports enthusiast." He prefers a pragmatic approach to nutrition that focuses on simple food selection, the importance of...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel discusses her experience being in an eight-month building phase, how to embrace being uncomfortable to accomplish a goal, telltale signs it's time to switch your nutrition/fitness regiment, tools to...

To watch this episode, please visit Rachel's YouTube channel . Listeners can find Ashleigh VanHouten on Instagram @themusclemaven and subscribe to her podcast Muscle Maven Radio In this episode, Ashleigh and I are chatting all about our 'Muscle Science For Women' course, who could benefit from investing in this course, how to make sustainable change to your physique, why it's our mission to change...

To watch this episode, please visit Rachel's YouTube channel . Listeners can find Tara Garrison on her website www.taragarrison.co m and on Instagram @coachtaragarrison . Tara Garrison is the founder of HIGHER, a luxury health coaching experience for high performers that includes training, nutrition, biohacking and mindset coaching. She has helped many celebrities, professional athletes, and top e...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel dives into how to change your physique without causing burnout, maximizing your gym time AND recovery time, signs of undereating, setting up a deficit, tracking your NEAT, and much more! "Training t...

To learn more and apply to work one-on-one with Rachel, visit her website: https://www.metflexlife.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter   In this episode, Rachel dives into six questions to ask yourself when it comes to protein sources, how to better understand protein quality, comparing plant proteins to animal proteins, complementary proteins, and much mor...