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Information communicated on this site, the newsletter, virtually, and in person is to educate, guide, and empower you to upgrade your health, how you look, function, and feel. You accept full accountability for the benefits or consequences that happen to you from the services or products that you invest in. Nothing here is meant to substitute for medical advice or a substitute for a diagnosis or treatment that a physician, licensed dietician, physical therapist, or other health care professional might recommend.
My qualifications are:
Masters Degree in Applied Kinesiology: Health and Human Performance
National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach
Master Primal Health Coach Certified
Strength and Conditioning Specialist Certified
Heart Rate Variability Analysis Certified
Kettlebell Lifting Certified
Personal Trainer Certified
CPR, AED, First Aid Certified
What my qualifications mean I can do:
Help you set meaningful goals with realistic time frames
Test and assess your body composition, blood pressure, aerobic fitness, functional movement, physical performance, and heart rate variability
Educate you on what your heart rate variability means and adjust your fitness programs so that you get more progress and avoid injury from a workout
Coach 1-10 people at a time using machines, free weights, kettlebells, barbells, additional fitness accessories, and heart rate monitors
Design individualized and goal-specific resistance training, corrective exercise, and aerobic conditioning exercise programs
Give you exercise coaching videos that thoroughly demonstrate how to set up the equipment along with how to perform that exercise safely and effectively
Give you a home stretches list with videos to make even faster progress on getting your body functioning and feeling terrific
Educate you on all the cellular and physiological upgrades your program is doing for you to boost your motivation
Coached on proper form so you use the correct muscles every time, improve your strength/performance faster, avoid pain,
Spot you during an exercise removing any doubt you may have and allowing you to focus on giving 100% effort on that exercise
Walk you through how a workout should flow based on the training method your program is using
Confirm if you’re doing an exercise/training method correctly
Help you plan out your workout schedule for the week so you make the most progress while factoring in your work/family busy schedules
Send you alternative exercise to do
Want me to change certain exercises in your program so you enjoy your workouts more
Help you CO-CREATE A CUSTOMIZED PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO UPGRADE YOUR CAPABILITY TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
Overview of what you’re struggling with
Educate you on a chronic health condition, its causes, symptoms, lab tests that can be administered by a physician, known measurement standards to evaluate where you are/track progress, how to self-manage it, and what are all of the areas of your lifestyle that you could implement action steps in to holistically upgrade/reclaim your health.
Help you set meaningful goals with realistic time frames
Help you create action steps using the knowledge & skills you already have
Guide you on where you can acquire new goal-specific knowledge on the condition you’re struggling with, nutrition, sleep optimization, stress reduction, physical activity, exercise, action step timing, deliberate cold/heat/light exposure, supplementation, lifestyle skills, and additional resources (technology, recipes, etc.)
Help you understand a published research study
Help you plan for & troubleshoot obstacles that are preventing you from making progress
Teach you how to be self-accountable
Teach you how to evaluate your action steps for effectiveness self-monitor your own behaviors
Review your food diary or nutritional tracker.
Help you upgrade/modify a recipe to help you achieve your goals and avoid sabotaging you.
Review a restaurant menu and give you options on what to order that supports your goals.
Review any food online/grocery store and let you know if it is a goal-supporting or sabotaging option.
Point you in the direction of special organizations applicable to your needs.
Act as a supporter and a mediator in their relationship with a medical professional.
Nutrition
How to adapt their body to burn fat vs carbs
How to avoid the negative impacts of alcohol and how to optimize your hydration
What are high quality foods, where to buy them, what are healthy sources of fats, protein, vegetables, fruits, dairy, nuts/seeds, probiotics, prebiotics, herbs, and tea/coffee.
Benefits of both types of fiber, what are optimal amounts to consume daily based on age/gender, and provide them with a master foods list with fiber totals.
Calculating your goal-specific calories and macro targets
Calorie Counting Myth & What you eat is far more important
What’s the problem with spiking their blood sugar, and a 3 step process to reducing their blood sugar levels.
Educate you on goal-specific supplements, highlight their benefits, and any known formulas to individualize an action step so you can make an informed decision if incorporating them into their lifestyle makes sense and would help you achieve your health goals.
Artificial sweeteners/preservatives, and what to look for on ingredient labels to prevent them from sabotaging their health and goals
How grains, legumes, and soy are unnecessary and harmful to your health
How to balance sodium/potassium for blood pressure control
Sleep Optimization
Blue light/Bright light
Deep Sleep
How much sleep is enough to burn fat and improve your health
How to reset your circadian clocks
How to troubleshoot insomnia and fall asleep faster
How to troubleshoot fragmented sleep and stay asleep longer
Would optimizing your sleep even help you
Physical Activity
How to use movement to mobilize body fat
How to use standing/walking to boost productivity, have more energy, feel less stressed, and live longer
The power of a post meal walk for fat loss and better blood sugar control
What should my active calorie burn be/how much physical activity is optimal for fat loss
Exercise
What is the optimal duration of a workout
Benefits of resistance training
Benefits of aerobic conditioning
Benefits of anaerobic conditioning
Lifestyle
Autophagy
Deliberate cold/heat exposure
Nutrient timing
Optimize your vitamin D levels naturally
Time restricted eating
Stress Reduction
Expect the unexpected
Control what you can, get rid of what you can, reframe the rest
Movement outside to boost happiness and lower stress
The short/long term impacts of stress & how to combat them
Upgrade your level of stress resilience
Resources
Recipes and guide you to finding recipes and cook books that will improve your health
Bread alternatives/substitutions
Healthy Energy Drink Options
Healthy Chocolate Options
Healthy Ice Cream Options
Healthy Water Flavoring Options
Healthy Noodle Options
Continuous Glucose Monitors
Heart Rate Variability Technology
Sleep Trackers
Places where you can book your own blood tests without needing a doctor’s referral letter
LEARN LIFESTYLE SKILLS THAT WILL UPGRADE YOUR CONFIDENCE TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
How to create effective action steps on your own, hold yourself accountable, how to review each action step for effectiveness, and how to upgrade them to accelerate their benefits
How to thoroughly review the pros and cons of making a lifestyle change motivating you to take action and create an action step in that area of your life
How to read nutrition facts charts, ingredient labels, along with what foods or ingredients to avoid that are harmful to your health or goals
What to consider getting rid of in your house that isn’t serving you and teach you how to shop for replacements that will serve you better
How to manipulate your lifestyle environment to create a habit that supports your goals and who you want to become
How to manipulate your lifestyle environment to destroy a habit that sabotages your goals and who you want to become
How to screen supplement companies and their products so you always get the benefits and avoid unforeseen consequences
How to dine out for special occasions, vacations, on the go, and holiday parties that align with your goals
DURING OUR LIFESTYLE COACHING SESSIONS
Acknowledge and celebrate your successes
Help you troubleshoot any obstacles that derailed you
Help you set meaningful, measurable, and actionable health goals
Help you create/modify/upgrade action steps that result in progress with a self accountability plan
Help you plan for obstacles that will derail you and create solutions to them if they happen
Ask you thought-provoking and open-ended questions to help you gain clarity and problem solve your way to solutions.
Use coaching tools such as affirmations, reflective listening, and summarizing to help inspire, create ownership, and motivate change.
Provide you with emotional support, encouragement, and accountability.
DAILY TEXT SUPPORT FROM 7AM-4PM AND 24/7 EMAIL SUPPORT
Any health/lifestyle question, freakout moment you have during the day.
Review your food diary or nutritional tracker.
Help you upgrade/modify a recipe to help you achieve your goals and avoid sabotaging you.
Review a restaurant menu and give you options on what to order that supports your goals.
Review any food online/grocery store and let you know if it is a goal-supporting or sabotaging option.
Supply you with published research to help you brainstorm what you want to focus on next.
Point you in the direction of special organizations applicable to your needs.
Act as a supporter and a mediator in their relationship with a medical professional.
What my qualifications mean I cannot do:
Diagnose an illness
Treat an illness
Offer medical advice
Recommend the discontinuance of medical treatments
Create a customized nutrition/meal plan to help mitigate the symptoms of an illness
Prescribe diets or supplements to treat the symptoms of medical and clinical conditions.
Perform the duties of a mental health professional and help you treat, cure, or fix emotional trauma, depression, or anxiety.
Conduct a laboratory evaluation
Purchase of supplements, fitness trackers, blue light blocking products, body composition tests, and blood tests:
The quality of the supplement products I sell from 3rd parties are NSF certified and/or cGMP which ensures the highest levels of purity and safety in the United States and Globally. If you choose to purchase any product from the store, I do make a small commission on each sale. I’m an affiliate of True Dark, Fitnescity, Direct Labs, and Function Health. If you purchase any blue light blocking products, body composition tests, or blood tests, I do make a small commission on each sale.
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