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What's More Important Than Tracking Calories and Macros? Dec 11, 2020

When it comes to health and fitness, we find that people often solely focus on calories, and at best, they pay attention to macronutrients like...

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The Biggest Dieting Mistake You're Making Dec 04, 2020

Are you neglecting the basics when it comes to dieting?

The first thing I ask when someone says they’re struggling with weight loss is,...

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What Causes Your Weight to Fluctuate? Nov 27, 2020

If you’re on a fitness journey, the scale can be a source of both motivation and frustration — we promise you are not alone in...

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The Truth About Artificial Sweeteners Nov 20, 2020

Artificial sweeteners can be helpful to increase water intake, curb cravings, and create lower calorie options. However, GI upset such as bloating,...

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Water: The Closest Thing We Have to a Magic Potion Nov 13, 2020

Finally! We found the QUICK FIX for whatever ails you!!

My clients will tell you, I am practically the hydration police and bring up their water...

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Psychological Predictors of Weight Loss Maintenance Nov 06, 2020

You’ve likely heard that perceptions and thoughts drive your behavior (probably at least 1000x from me alone lol)

Here I provide 18 weight...

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D.O.S.E - How to Get Your Daily Dose of Happiness Oct 30, 2020

We have hormones that regulate our menstrual cycle, our metabolism, our weight, our sleep, our energy..but did you know that we also have hormones...

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Do's and Don'ts of Eating Before Your Workouts Oct 16, 2020

“What should I eat before my workouts?”
The answer: “Well, it depends…”

Good Morning KJO Family! Coach Brooke here! I...

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Exercise According to Your Period Oct 02, 2020

In this blog post, I talked about the female menstrual cycle and some common (but not normal) symptoms that are associated with that time of the...

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TEMPO, why is it important for lifting? Sep 25, 2020

Tempo is essentially time under tension for each phase of a repetition.

4 Phases:

Eccentric: lowering the weight, lengthening the muscle
Isometric:...

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3 Elements of Behavior Change Sep 11, 2020

When woo woo meets science

When I tell people I got my PhD in mindsets and health behavior change ... it sounds made up

*mindset* & *behavior...

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Motivational Spillover Aug 24, 2020

You know when you have a streak of being on TOP of your workouts, other things tend to come along with it?

Like, Suddenly you have more *motivation*...

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