Last week was all about sales and how to make more sales by leveling up your own leadership, changing your mindset around the "sales call," and having a very clear message and offer. This week we're talking about your fulfillment/service delivery, i.e. your actual coaching! Improving your coaching is the quickest way to make more money, but it's al…

With the end of the decade wrapping up, new levels are on the minds of lots of folk and in order to move into that new level, the dynamic duo of resistance and fear are popping up A LOT. Today, I want to walk you through what the opposite of fear is to serve you in showing up more powerfully as a leader going into the new year!…

If you want to make more sales, you need to have a clear message that speaks to a clear offer that promises a clear result to your ideal client. If you're having trouble getting clear and figuring those 3 things out, the answer, of course, comes from some lack of clarity that you're having within you. That's what we dive into today. I'm currently l…

For this week's Wisdom Wednesday, I want to share the secrets of sequential skill acquisition, a term that describes the idea that in order to achieve mastery and great results in anything, you have to learn all of the smaller skills within it. In the same way that you have to train properly to build a balanced, proportional physique, you have to m…

You are the source of every result in your life - good and bad. You are source to your clients through your own personal development, growth, and healing. Want clients to invest in you? Invest in yourself. Want clients to do what they say they're going to do? Keep the promises you make yourself in your own life. Want a higher quality of client that…

Finding a niche is arguably step #1 in starting up your business and there's no better time to do so than December to set you up to get all of the clients come January! Everyone and their mother has thoughts and feelings about niching down and when I was getting started fitness coaching, I was led astray quite a bit and it caused me to really strug…

To contrast the episode from earlier this week about Naded's successful Halo streaming career due to extreme clarity and commitment, I want to share with you my own story of failing to have faith, buying into my fears, and the pain it caused and success it cost. From this, however, a new direction for Mind for Muscle has been born, which I'm extrem…

The extraordinary life you dream of, but don't let yourself "go there" because it's unattainable and unrealistic... yeah, that one. It's available to you through these 3 simple C's and I'm going to show you exactly how in today's episode!

You have to have the courage to fail. You get to sacrifice short-term gain and confidence for long-term results and mastery. I want to demonstrate this to you combining 3 of my favorite things: storytelling, growth, and Halo.

I have got a LOADED episode for you today where we'll be diving into what resistance in, the 6 forms of resistance, your upper and lower limits and how resistance comes into play with those concepts, and how this all works together to create your individual forms of self-sabotage, which keep you stuck!…

Have a great holiday everyone! Wanted to come at you with a quick episode with some tips to eliminate the anxiety that this holiday often causes so many of us. I hope it serves you in having a wonderful day full of food, family, and all that you're grateful for.

There are some health and fitness coaches who are committed to giving you a workout program and a diet plan and help you lose the body fat and that's great; I'm not here to knock that. But I'm here to change your life, not just your body. And in my experience working with my clients, when you change your life for the better, your body follows suit.…

An important lesson that we all need to learn from the wisest, most generous woman in my life, my grandmother.

I have a long and weird fitness journey. I consider the "start" to be the summer after I graduated high school, but I've been consistently working out since I was a freshman. Tune in today to hear my story of my fitness journey before my official "start," which includes my intense fear of setting foot in the gym. Know that you are not alone if you'…

Are you plagued by a deep, inherent fear that you won't fulfill your potential? Join me today for my story of how this fear plagued me for years and my tips for moving through that fear, leaning into the resistance, and achieving results I've never had.

Today's episode we are diving really deep into why diets fail, more aptly, why diets fail YOU (not why you fail diets). Then we are discussing why other fitness coaches are letting people down and setting them up for failure, why you can't lose the weight at all or maybe you do but you can't keep it off, and the solution to that problem FOR GOOD!…

Take it from Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwayne Wade... the key to leveling up in your leadership and physical fitness is your healing, personal development, mindset, and growth. If you're ready to discover your purpose, level up your leadership, and reclaim your health, it starts with your relationship with YOU!…

Welcome back! I am committing to daily podcast episodes Monday through Friday (with intentions to move to daily EVERY SINGLE DAY in due time). The podcast is going to look quite a bit different than it did back in April and I figured what better way to demonstrate what it will look like than taking you through my journey of healing, personal develo…

Getting back to the essentials of exercise with Essential #4 - Train Muscles, Not Movements. Now, it's very important to take into consideration what your goal is here. Certain goals will require you to train movements, but if body composition or general health and fitness is your goal, you need to start doing this!…

This episode is paying homage to one of the all-time greats, Dwayne Wade and the lessons that we can all learn about his work ethic, tenacity, and relentlessness.

Wanted to bring you guys a nutrition-based episode since that's the pillar of my coaching that I get asked about more than anything else. I think people are starting to see and understand how important nutrition is, but just don't know where to go to learn about it because there's so much bad and misinformation out there. Today I'm going to give yo…

What's your attitude like? Your attitude dictates your results and it can literally help you overcome life's biggest challenges. I had a crazy, amazing weekend and the number 1 reason it went so well is because I SHOWED UP. So how are you showing up? In support of others? In alignment with your purpose? Or not? And if not, why not?…

Thanks to my friend Todd for the suggestion for this episode. Water is important, alright? It makes up 60% of our bodies and 75% of our muscles. You are definitely better off simply staying hydrated (it's not that hard) than risking not being dehydrated. BUT the effect of dehydration on our performance is smaller than you think, depending on what k…

Today's episode is a bit of a nerdier one, but I only nerd out to show you guys EXACTLY what the deal is with inflammation. A lot of the fitness industry is about fear-mongering, i.e. trying to scare you with big, intimidating words so that you buy into a certain coach's methods or programs. I don't want to scare you into believing me; I want you t…

Society has told us that the main difference is professionals get paid for their work and amateurs don't. You may immediately think of college student-athletes and pro athletes, but what REALLY is the difference. WHY do the pros get paid and the amateurs don't? All "pros" have this one thing in common (whether or not they get paid for it). If this …

This episode was spurred on by some conversations I had the other day after posting a video of me training to failure in the context I think everyone should. Could I have done more reps? Yes, but my execution of the exercise would have had to change in order to do it. So why does it matter? What's the point in having the execution we have? Today's …

Exercise Essential #3 is to emphasize tension where exercises are hardest. All of the essentials build off of one another, but this episode really builds off of Essential #2 so make sure you go back and listen to that episode! We can accomplish this essential through manipulating 1) exercise tempo and 2) the resistance profile of an exercise. Once …

You spend 1/3 of your life doing it (or at least you should be), so let's talk about it. That's right; we're talking about sleep! Here at Mind for Muscle, we focus on lifestyle design to help manage our stress and optimize our sleep. But what is sleep? Why is it important? What does it affect? How can you get more of it? Tune in to today's episode …

I'm sure you've heard the phrase "how we do anything is how we do everything" and this especially rings true in regards to your self-limiting beliefs. So many of us don't think we're worthy of transformation and of great things and of course, this is true in fitness. But today, I wanted to provide an example of how this is true in regards to your m…

Lots of people ask me whether or not they should gain or lose weight, to which I usually say "which do you want to do?" but a much better question is how slowly or quickly you should gain or lose weight because there are options! Based on your energy balance, you will gain fat and muscle or lose fat and muscle in different ratios. In today's episod…

Exercise Essential #2 revolves around answering this question. It's not a trick either! Of course you like when things are easy and your body does too. The problem? Building muscle and developing your dream physique is hard. If it wasn't you wouldn't be listening to this podcast, right? Essential #2 is "initiate with the working muscle" and this wi…

Today's episode is going to lay the foundation for Pillar number 4 of Mind for Muscle and that is Lifestyle Design, which sounds big and fancy and over-the-top, but it really comes down to a few simple things. We KNOW how important sleep and stress management are for our overall success and happiness and that is especially true when it comes to our…

Pillar number 3 in the Mind for Muscle program is mindset training and while this is pillar number 3, this is probably the most important of the 4 and what really separates my coaching from most others. This is the one that really changes your life and causes the biggest breakthroughs in your fitness journey and outside of it as well. Mindset all s…

Pillar number 2 of the Mind for Muscle program is nutrition - the fuel for performance during training and the building blocks for recovery after. The foundation of proper nutrition is something you probably don't want to hear, but I'm going to give it to you straight in today's episode. Along with the diet tips, I share a brief story of my own to …

The first of the 4 pillars of the Mind for Muscle program is, of course, training - the stimulus for all results you want in your fitness transformation. The foundation of training within this program are the 5 Essentials of Exercise, which are meant to provide the framework for you to maximize your workouts. This episode will also introduce the fi…

The Mind for Muscle podcast is BACK with a renewed purpose and landscape. Episodes will be more frequent, but shorter with quick actionable steps each day. They will build on each other based on the pillars of the Mind for Muscle program. Those 4 pillars are: training, nutrition, mindset, and lifestyle design. Tune in every Monday, Tuesday, Thursda…

As I discussed in the recent episode about developing a growth mindset, nothing in life will come to you until you invite it in. But maybe you're having a hard time convincing yourself of why you want muscle. There are lots of reasons! In this episode, I'll tell you guys about my painful, embarrassing story about how I got started on my muscle-buil…

Today's episode features my (painful and somewhat pathetic) story of getting scammed by supplement companies - a story that I think many of us can relate to. Supplements are the sexy thing in the industry and the marketing and advertising can be a little too convincing of their "efficacy", but the fact is that supplements are just that. Supplementa…

My good friend and fellow online strength and nutrition coach Colin DeWaay joins me for an extremely insightful conversation about: -Overcoming pain physically and psychologically -How bodybuilding training is different from powerlifting from a programming and mindset standpoint -What Colin learned from his training partners over the years (Paul Re…

I've suffered from a lack of confidence and self-efficacy for most of my life, but all of my career and fitness gains have come from developing a growth mindset. I'm a strong believer that what you believe you manifest, so in this episode I'll explain the Law of Attraction and how you can use it (and how people misuse it). I also do a deep dive int…

Are you a college student going on Spring Break? Or someone escaping the cold winter for a warm getaway? Want to lose a few pounds before your trip? I've got the 7-Day Challenge for you! Starting January 21st, I'll be hosting a challenge on Facebook for people that want to shed some fat for spring using the techniques that I talk about in this epis…

Hussein Kasim, former strength and conditioning coach for West Ham United FC's academy team and owner of Force: Elite Athletic Performance, joins me to discuss a myriad of topics including: -The funny story behind how we became "acquainted" (hint: it was not under the friendliest of terms) -The state of YouTube fitness, how it brought us together, …

My highest engaging Instagram post of all of 2018 was one in which I talked about "my code" and how it had helped me overcome anxiety and optimize my fitness and my business. I got so many comments and DMs about it that I decided to make this episode where I dive deep into each rule and explain exactly how it helps me in hopes that you create your …

Your prayers: answered! For millennia, experts and gurus have argued what the best rep range for building muscle is and it has DIVIDED the fitness industry. There are the "gym bros" who insist on the 8-12 rep range as the "golden zone" and if you DARE leave it, you'll stay small forever. Then there's the new school, evidence-based community that st…

I am joined by Katie Feeley, the co-owner of Power Plant Gym in Aston, PA and we talk all things related to women and fitness. Katie shares her journey of navigating the fitness industry, not only as a woman, but as someone who studied Political Communication of all things while in school. She discusses in great detail what kind of obstacles she fe…

Last week, I put up a poll on Facebook and Instagram asking you guys what your primary goal for the start of 2019 was and the overwhelming majority of you want to get stronger! I want to help you put together a plan to do exactly that, so go grab a pen and paper, pour yourself some water, maybe a nice cup of coffee, and get ready to put some work i…

Today I'm getting back to my roots and discussing how I recommend training for athletic performance and how it differs from the training and nutrition of a strength athlete. For much of my schooling and practically all of my professional experience, this was my life, so it was great to provide you all with my prospective. In this episode, I discuss…

Today I am bringing you an interview with my friend and client Mike White. He is an elite powerlifter in the USPA with a 1,694lb total at 21 years old. He is the current intern coordinator over Olympic Sports at James Madison University and will be pursuing a Master's in Nutrition and Physical Activity starting in the fall of 2019 in hopes of becom…

How do you get yourself going on the days you simply can't get out of bed? In this episode we discuss three different approach: 1) Be patient and accept the bad days, 2) Accumulate small wins, and 3) Do something completely new and off the wall. I dive deep into specific strategies for each for lifting and life and how much overlap there really is …

In today's episode, I'm going to challenge you on whether or not you should even TRY to train for maximal strength while dieting because I'm a firm believer that if you can avoid it, you should. I also go into a deep dive into "keeping the main thing the main thing," when you SHOULD diet, how to pair your nutrition and training with long-term perio…