Not Your Quick Fix

Kara and Kylie are welcoming Josh Levine, online coach and muscle-building mentor, back to the show. Fresh off of a weekend together with other members of their coaching community at the IMPACT event, Kara, Kylie, and Josh discuss the importance of muscle and why muscle matters -- even in your fat loss goals. Many people, women in particular, are just seeking weight loss and fear “getting bulky” w...

In today’s episode, after catching up on their last few weeks of adventures and Kylie’s show,  Kara and Kylie provide tips and guidance for maintaining your progress while traveling. As the world re-opens this year, more and more vacation and travel plans are happening! With that, typically comes worry about sticking to plans and reaching fitness goals. Kara and Kylie dive into how to prepare your...

In today’s episode, Kara and Kylie are talking to Jon Childress, a competitive bodybuilder and the Head Coach/Owner of Childress Fitness. Similar to last week’s episode, Jon provides a look behind the curtain to the men’s side of the competitive bodybuilding world. Growing up, Jon played sports in high school and enjoyed competitive events. Soon after leaving high school, Jon made some poor choice...

In today’s episode, Kara and Kylie differentiate between bodybuilding and lifestyle fitness goals. A lot of aspects from bodybuilding can be applied to your general health and fitness goals, but it is important to remember that it is an extreme sport. In bodybuilding, “contest prep” is a specific period of weeks/months leading up to your show. In prep, a competitor must be 100% on track with every...

Kara and Kylie are talking about self-sabotage and The Upper Limit Theory in this week’s episode.  If you have ever felt guilty about being the smartest person in the class or had a great day only to ruin it later with negative thoughts, you are falling prey to self-sabotage and The Upper Limit Theory. We say that we want to be happy, but when we get close to it, we sabotage ourselves because we d...

In today’s episode, Kara and Kylie are talking to fellow coaches, and the owners of Full Effort Coaching, Kenny and Sarah Lipton. They are here to discuss their story and mission in coaching, as well as dive deep into what really makes workouts WORK for clients. Both Kenny and Sarah have always been interested in fitness and had definitive paths in mind for their journeys. However, their courses w...

In today’s episode, Kara and Kylie are talking about the differences between yo-yo dieting and periodized nutrition. Many individuals get confused when they hear that they have to go through phases of gaining and losing weight, even when they are doing it the right way, and they wonder how this differs from the rebound weight-gain they have seen from their own yo-yo dieting in the past. Kara and K...

Kara and Kylie are joined today by Hannah Deindorfer, holistic business coach and “fairy godmother” for female online fitness coaches. In this episode, you’ll learn why Hannah’s clients refer to her as the “fairy godmother” and how her talents and wisdom can be applied to so much more than business and fitness coaching as she discusses how mental health, our bodies, and food are interconnected in...

In today’s episode, Kara and Kylie are talking about how to be coachable -- aka the qualities that all SUCCESSFUL clients have. They dive into exactly what being coachable IS, as well as what it is NOT. It’s important to understand that coaching is not hand-holding – it’s about having an open mind and not being set in your old ways. You have to be willing to do things you have never done before in...

In today’s episode, Kara and Kylie are joined by Jason Phillips aka the “coach of coaches.” Jason has been making waves in fitness and coaching for years. He is currently Kara and Kylie’s business mentor as well! Jason joins the show to discuss his own fitness journey, and how that led him to where he is now. Eighteen years ago, Jason was the one who needed to be coached. He found himself struggli...

Today, Kara and Kylie are talking about overcoming the “all or nothing” mindset. They dive into what the all or nothing mindset is, why is it so damaging, and how you can work to change it. Whether or not we realize it, most of us have struggled with self-sabotage at some point in our lives. The all or nothing mindset plays a huge role in this type of behavior as it persuades you to take one thing...

Kara and Kylie are back to debunk more myths for you in this episode! This time, they are taking on the category of fitness/exercise to help you sort through the BAD advice out there and give you some GOOD tips to elevate your workouts. The myths that they address in this episode are: High rep, low weight is best for women who want to tone / lose weight Soreness is an indicator of a successful wor...

In today’s episode, Kara and Kylie are talking to personal trainer and online coach, Josh Levine. Kylie, Kara, and Josh first became friends through the coach that they share (Team Mihaly), and now often collaborate through their shared business mentorship with Jason Phillips as well. Josh joins the show to discuss the theme of his podcast ( The Struggle to Strength Podcast): overcoming adversity,...

In this episode, Kara and Kylie are deep diving into nutrition – specifically five bad diet tips you’ve likely been given. They debunk these nutrition myths while giving you some tips on creating a healthy, stress-free diet. The myths they are going to be addressing: ● Eating at night makes you gain weight ● Carbs are bad for you ● ALL that ANYONE needs to lose weight is a calorie deficit ● You ne...

In this episode, Kara and Kylie talk about what it truly takes to succeed. They cover the power of investing in yourself, your health, and your goals. People are often afraid of taking the risk and putting that belief in themselves, and so they share their own personal experiences overcoming this fear and how it’s positively impacted their lives. Taking a leap of faith and making an investment wit...

In today’s episode, Kara and Kylie are joined by their coach Justin Mihaly. Since 2013, Justin and Team Mihaly have impacted thousands of athletes and helped their clients reach their fitness goals. Justin is here to discuss how your environment and who you are surrounded by can have a huge impact on your progress. Both Kara and Kylie have worked with Justin for the last three years. In fact, they...

In today’s episode, Kara and Kylie talk about overcoming gym intimidation (or “gymtimidation”) to become your most confident self while training and they share their own stories about getting started in the gym! So many people worry about looking “lost” or doing something wrong in the gym that it stops them from going after what they really want. They want to help you overcome this fear so you can...

In today’s episode, Kara and Kylie discuss their personal journeys, how the Not Your Quick Fix podcast came to be, and what they hope you can get out of the show. As fitness and nutrition coaches, Kara and Kylie want you to understand that your personal health journey is a journey, there is no quick fix. With this podcast they hope to give you the right tools and education to reach your goals. A j...