A health and fitness podcast. We help people who struggle with lack of motivation, and confusion around diet and exercise to free themselves from overwhelm and build self belief and lasting change.
https://empoweredin8.com
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 23 hours 34 minutes
episode 78: Ep 78: Lost your exercise motivation?
When you really want to train but just can't bring yourself to do it.
This one is for you.
We share the successful tools, tips and mindset techniques that we use with our clients.
The best place to be when you're low on motivation, is our group coaching programme.
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episode 77: Ep 77: Are progress photos worth taking? Hoovers; and goal resetting
EI8 week 4 client Q&A.
What we covered:
- Hoovers!
- Should you use progress photos? How often should you take them?
- Do face to face PTs teach form?
- How to choose a face to face PT.
- Goal resetting and navigating blips!
Join the waiting list to hear about the next intake of Empowered in 8 (July 2024).
episode 76: Ep 76: Partners who are feeders; heart rate zones, maintenance calories; and more
EI8 week 4 client Q&A.
What we covered:
- How to deal with partners buying snacks when the snack choices don't align with your goals.
- Food rules vs guidelines; when to use flexibility.
- Dieting on higher calories than before. Coaches claiming to increase metabolism.
- How to work out maintenance calories, should you use an online calculator and how to know what activity bracket you fall into...
episode 75: Ep 75: Should you use diet breaks?
Audio taken from our Friday Instagram Q&A. What we covered:
- What are diet breaks?
- Our thoughts on using diet breaks.
- The pros and cons.
- Do they help you stick to the process?
We'll be back with another IG live next week. Ask us your questions in advance by hopping over to Instagram.
@catherinekerrfitness
@sarah_cannon_coaching
episode 74: Ep 74: Time restricted eating; reverse dieting; maintaining muscle... and more!
EI8 week 3 client Q&A.
What we covered:
- The benefits, the downsides and the science behind time restricted eating. Including fat loss, body composition, cognitive function, autophagy, gut microbiome, PCOS, glucose metabolism.
- Reverse dieting and whether it's better to use this to come back up to maintenance after a period of fat loss...
episode 73: Ep 73: Have you broken your metabolism? And more!
EI8 week 2 client Q&A.
What we covered:
- Does your training programme matter for muscle building?
- What's the best rep range for muscle building?
- When is it good and when is it bad to push to failure?
- What even is pushing to failure?
- Training to build muscle vs building strength.
- The impact of water and coffee on body weight...
episode 72: Ep 72: calculating your calories - mistakes you might be making
Audio taken from our Tuesday Instagram Q&A. What we covered:
- How to calculate your calories.
- Common mistakes we see with setting a calorie target and sticking to it.
- Equipment we'd recommend when setting up a home gym.
We'll be back with another IG live next week. Ask us your questions in advance by hopping over to Instagram.
@catherinekerrfitness
@sarah_cannon_coaching
episode 71: Ep 71: creatine; weights vs cardio; front raise PBs
Audio taken from our Friday Instagram Q&A. What we covered:
- Creatine
- Weights vs cardio
- Front raises - our client smashing a PB!
We'll be back on Tuesday 30th April, at 7pm (BST), on Instagram.
Ask us your questions in advance by hopping over to Instagram.
@catherinekerrfitness
@sarah_cannon_coaching
episode 70: Ep 70: Do you self sabotage when you start seeing progress?
Part 2 of week 1 client Q&A.
What we covered:
- Self sabotaging when you're starting to see progress? We have some very helpful advice.
- Meal timings and food choices when life is busy and you don't want to ruin your dinner.
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episode 69: Ep 69: Do you have to be in a surplus to build muscle, and why do bodybuilders choose the stairmaster?
Part 1 of week 1 client Q&A.
What we covered:
- Why body builders' choice of cardio is the stairmaster.
- Do you have to be in a surplus to build muscle? If so, how much of a surplus?
Part 2 drops the day after this episode is published.
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