The Reach Your Peak Experience (A Sports Nutrition Podcast)

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa the sports dietitian discusses how and why you should start incorporating self-reflection in your life.    Reflection is a powerful tool when used correctly. Want to discover how to do it? Listen to today’s episode to find out. I’ll share what you need to know when it comes to reflection and the varies ways you can use it to your ad...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa the sports dietitian deep dives into the topic of starvation mode.  Does it exist? Can you gain weight or simply stopping losing weight by not eating enough? Listen to today’s episode to find out the truth. I’ll share what you need to know when it comes to calorie restriction and weight loss and answer the question on your mind: Doe...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa the sports dietitian talks about the things you can be working on during isolation to maintain the momentum with your lifestyle habits.  It’s easy to be tempted to rest on your laurels and throw in the towel because of COVID...but that’s not the way you’ll ever reach your peak potential. Listen to today’s episode to find out what I’...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa the sports dietitian talks about his concept of accountability: The 3 Pillars of Accountability. Having accountability is one of the secret sauces of nutrition and health success but it’s one thing knowing you should have it. It’s another actually harnessing it and knowing how to do so. That is what I will share today to help you st...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa the sports dietitian talks about the considerations to make when deciding on if you should try and lose weight during COVID-19. Weight loss is dictated by the same physiology no matter if there is a pandemic or not, but weight loss goes beyond sheer science. There are other health and mindset considerations that need to be considere...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa the sports dietitian talks about COVID-19 and the link to immune health. Can your immune system protect you? And is it possible to “boost” your immune system? I answer these questions and more in this not to miss episode.  Listen to today’s episode to find out the truth from a nutrition expert.  Hope you enjoy!   Link to blog: https...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa the sports dietitian talks about the importance of sleep & whether or not it can have an effect on your nutrition. Sleep is a commonly overlooked aspect of health but this isn’t ideal. If you want to reach your peak and perform at your peak potential, then you need to know how to ‘up’ your sleep game. So does sleep and nutrition...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa the sports dietitian talks about the importance of Intermittent Fasting windows and whether or not the specific timing matters at all. This is a must listen for anyone who is thinking about trying fasting as a fat loss strategy or who is already doing it. However, you’ll benefit from this knowledge even if you don’t fast.  Listen to...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa the sports dietitian explains his 3 struggling dieter archetypes so that you can identify which one relates to you.  The podcast also covers what specific strategies each archetype needs to implement to move past the struggle and achieve more with their nutrition.  This is a must listen for anyone who is trying to lose weight, build...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa explains what flexible dieting beginners need to track! There is a lot of confusion around what actually does and doesn’t need to be strictly tracked when first getting started with flexible nutrition.  Listen to today’s episode to find out the truth from an nutrition expert.  Hope you enjoy!   Link to blog post: https://bit.ly/330U...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa deep dives into the Beyonce diet - one of the latest in many celeb diets. For a long time, many have looked to celebrity diets for their fat loss woes. Often jumping on the bandwagon without much thought. Last year that was the Beyonce diet. But is that a bad thing? Listen to today’s episode to find out if the Beyonce diet has any m...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa answers the question: are calories or macros more important for your body composition change? Nutrition can be confusing at times with all the information and misinformation out there. But getting your nutrition right is key for successful weight loss (fat loss specifically) and building muscle. So what do you have to prioritise? Wh...

In this episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa explains why you need to stop creating new YEARS resolutions and create new LIFE resolutions. What is a new life resolution? Why is it important? Listen to today’s episode to find out exactly how to boost and elevate your goal setting game for better nutrition success - whether that is for fat loss or muscle gain (and everything in...

In this special episode of The Reach Your Peak Experience podcast, Aleksa shares the top advice from 2019 that will serve you well in 2020. If you are currently on a fat loss journey or even trying to build your physique, then this advice will be particularly relevant to you.  Your best results may be the right advice away! Listen to today’s episode to find out how you can maximise your nutrition...

In episode #19 of 'The Reach Your Peak Experience', Aleksa talks about why your “deficit” isn’t working anymore (or never did)! If you are in a calorie deficit then you will lose weight. If not then you aren’t in one by definition. But why aren’t the deficit calories you calculated working? And what do you do when this happens? Listen to today’s episode to find out. Enjoy! Apply for Coac...

In episode #18 of 'The Reach Your Peak Experience' , Aleksa talks about the key nutrition considerations you need to have when following a vegan or vegetarian diet AND how to meet them! Too many people start a vegan or vegetarian diet without thinking about their health and nutrition needs and then are left potentially more unhealthy than before. A vegan or vegetarian diet can for sure b...

In episode #17 of 'The Reach Your Peak Experience', Aleksa talks about some key strategies to help you maintain your weight and not lose all your results while travelling and on holidays.  So many people (and perhaps you too) stress over what will happen to their weight when they go on holidays but the truth is you can implement some flexible strategies to help you cruise through the tri...

In episode #16 of 'The Reach Your Peak Experience', Aleksa talks about bloating management. Bloating is a common symptom for many which affects ones quality of life. And a lot of the time it can be nutrition related.  So what causes bloating and how do you manage it? Listen to today’s episode to learn today! Enjoy! Apply for Coaching: https://bit.ly/2pTfkoA   Get my e-book: https://bit.l...

In episode #15 of 'The Reach Your Peak Experience', Aleksa talks about the basics of muscle building & nutrition. It’s not all about weight loss. Gaining muscle is also such a popular topic and desired outcome for many. Perhaps that is you! So how do you get started on gaining muscle mass effectively?   Listen to today’s episode to learn today! Enjoy! Apply for Coaching: https://bit....

In episode #14 of 'The Reach Your Peak Experience', Aleksa talks weight plateaus and how to break through them.  So many people stress over weight plateaus yet it’s a normal part of the journey. All it requires is the right strategy to overcome it. In fact, if you are experiencing one it actually means you are progressing.  So how do you overcome a weight plateau?  Listen to today’s epis...

In episode #13 of ' The Reach Your Peak Experience ', Aleksa talks Intermittent Fasting and the different ways you can do it - both good and bad..  Intermittent fasting is a very popular weight loss method for many people so it is important we talk about the good ways (and not so good ways) to do as well as answer the question: is fasting a viable weight loss solution! Listen to today’s...

In episode #12 of The Reach Your Peak Experience , Aleksa discusses the importance of looking beyond the scale when it comes to assessing nutrition progress as well as for a healthier mindset when it comes to weight loss.  Too many people let the number on the scale reflect their self worth when in actual fact success comes in many different forms when you are improving yourself and your health. I...

In episode #11 of ' The Reach Your Peak Experience ', Aleksa dissects the major myths present in the nutrition world in 2019 that need to die out.  In fact, there are 5 myths that are particular prevalent and these myths affect weight loss potential. Find out what these are today. Hope you enjoy! Apply for Coaching: https://bit.ly/2YUZKVA Check out and SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel: ht...

In this special edition of ' The Reach Your Peak Experience ', to celebrate episode #10, Aleksa peels back the onion layers & opens up about his origins - where he has come from, his struggles, what led him to where he is today, and what the future holds.  It was hard opening up and sharing about my life & hardships but I believe it is important to show you we all go through obst...

In this episode of ' The Reach Your Peak Experience ', Aleksa discusses The Weekend Paradigm - the term he coined to describe the effect the weekend can have on your results. Calorie balance is key but the influence on this balance comes in many shapes and sizes. Today let's get into an important one that affects many people and perhaps even you. Hope you enjoy! Apply for Coaching:...