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31 Mar

4 Things to do Instead of Whole 30

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I while back I made a brutally honest video about the ever popular Whole30 Plan. In summary, Whole30 is nothing more than a well-packaged, unnecessarily restrictive, arbitrarily conceived exercise in orthorexia. Pretty much the beneficiary of good marketing and some short-term
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31 Mar

12 Principles of a Balanced Mindset

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Fat loss and enhanced health are not easy undertakings. There is a mess of environmental and psycho-social factors plus a myriad of individual circumstances to contend with.  1. You are not your scale weight/dress size/health status:
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31 Mar

Not Ready for Change? Don’t be so sure!

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“I’d love to commit but I’m just not ready right now” Every coach has heard this… and I’m willing to bet every one of us has uttered these words in relation to one pursuit or another.
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31 Mar

Diet Book Claims vs Reality: 9 Popular Diet Claims Debunked

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My name is Mike and I am a context-aholic. As such I have a knee-jerk aversion to blanket statements. Whether it’s across-the-board condemnation or praise of a certain food, diet or training system, I tend to
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31 Mar

20 Thoughts on Mindset, Aging and Happiness

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I recently had the honor of presenting at the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s BC conference. I spoke about the importance of mindset and how coaches and therapists can help empower their clients and patients towards improving their health
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30 Mar

The Crucial 30 Seconds Can Make or Break your Fat Loss Goals

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30 seconds… You have a very short window at least once a day that will set the trajectory for your success. 30 seconds may seem like an insignificant amount of time, but consider the following;
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30 Mar

11 Belief Triggers that are Preventing you from Success

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A couple of years ago I read Marshall Goldsmith’s outstanding book “Triggers”. I have since read it a couple more times as his concepts are life-changing. Although Goldsmith focuses more on personal and professional development, his principles certainly apply
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30 Mar

Why Moderation Wins in the Fat Loss Game

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Moderation; it’s vastly unsexy and shunned by most of the pop diet books authors. Moderation is the arch-nemesis of lightning-fast results and it’s perception of complication ambiguity are enough to remain ignored. I
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30 Mar

2 Universal Truths about Fat Loss and Health Pursuits

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While pop diet book culture and the weight loss industry peddles a cure-all for excess weight, true transformation lies beneath the surface. At the heart of change are 2 universal truths; 1.
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30 Mar

Living for the moment: Why it’s killing your goals and what to do about it

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Of all the human flaws we fall prey to, our need for instant gratification is one of the most prominent.  The  so termed “restraint bias” (also called current moment bias)  is monumentally counterproductive to fat loss goals.  As
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