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See if this scenario sounds familiar: Your figure or bikini coach has had you dieting pretty hard and nonstop for weeks. You made some good progress at first, strength/performance in the gym was okay for a while, energy throughout the day wasn’t too terrible all things considered, and you still liked asparagus. Then as the [...]
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Continue ReadingWhen I say bikini competition glutes…I mean the kind that deserve to win, not the loose, jiggly ones I see scoring trophies at amateur level competitions these days. Do you want glutes that look tight while you’re walking onstage or do you want to jiggle around up there until you’re fully flexed? Because I’m still [...]
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Continue ReadingIn this final installment, I’m going to take you through the steps of setting up a carb cycle for figure or bikini competition. As mentioned in Part 2, I don’t really see the point in carb cycling much sooner than about 6 weeks or so out from a contest, although I have occasionally used it [...]
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Continue ReadingI’m very proud to announce our latest Next Level success story! Jennifer Bock was just crowned Miss Swimsuit USA International, beating out 55 other high level contestants from all over the world! We’re working on an interview which we hope to have up this week, but I thought I’d post a few photos from her [...]
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Continue ReadingOkay I think I’m probably about 2-3 weeks late writing part 2 of Carb Cycling for Bikini Competitors, but I re-checked and google still has little to offer on the subject. Not that its google’s fault. I love google. So I realized after re-reading part 1 that I never really bothered to explain what Carb [...]
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Continue ReadingOkay, looks like I’m finally fired up enough about something that I may have to write my first blog post in 5 months. Every once in a while I like to pretend I’m a bikini competitor (this isn’t going where you think it is…get your head out of the gutter) looking for relevant contest prep [...]
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Continue ReadingI should really name this post “How to break typical bikini competition dieting rules and win first place”, but I’ll keep the focus on my client instead. Well, that and our collective awesomeness. The latest success story is Dr. Val Eckard, a 41 year old radiologist who came to me already in very good shape. [...]
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Continue ReadingSo the guy who was just blogging about how silly/cliche all the before and afters/testimonials have become…and how actual substance seems to take a backseat to marketing is going to break his own rule. But instead of just throwing up a testimonial and letting you wonder if the client really exists, or if they were paid for their words, I’m [...]
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Continue ReadingQ: I just switched to lifting heavier weights a few days ago. Why am I a pound heavier? A:This is a question many figure and bikini competitors have asked after beginning a traditional strength training (i.e. lift a relatively heavy weight for several reps, rest 60 seconds, repeat until muscle group is toast) program either [...]
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Continue ReadingAs a San Diego Personal Trainer to figure and bikini competitors, models, athletes and women wanting to get into peak shape, I’m constantly asked variations of one specific question: What are the secrets to bikini and figure competition prep? Given the understanding we currently have of how the body responds to diet and exercise, combined [...]
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Continue ReadingAs much as I hate some of the recommendations the “eat this, not that” books make, the concept itself is great. The average person with average fitness goals could probably make some measurable improvements in their overall health and appearance by simply referring to these guides whenever they’re thinking about a double bacon cheeseburger (or [...]
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Continue ReadingHave you ever thought about all the great opportunities that exist for fitness, figure and bikini competitors? Think about it: how many industries combine fitness, nutrition, beauty, dance (for fitness competitors that is) and modeling into one? There are so many ways of entering the competition arena and even more ways of using it as [...]
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Continue ReadingThis post is sort of an expansion on last month’s Do you really need to count calories post. That post focused more on determining caloric need and very briefly suggested a 40/30/30 macro intake (mainly for simplicity since it would allow one to use Zone Diet recipes). Now that I have more time to delve [...]
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