You’re not lazy. You’re not inconsistent. And you’re definitely not “lacking discipline.”

If you either quit a diet early or push so hard that it becomes miserable, you have a strategy problem, not a motivation problem.

In this solo episode, I’ll cover seven reasons of the most common reasons why, in my experience coaching them, hard-working trans lifters like you burn out dieting and what to do instead.

Links and resources:

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

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Take my free “Should You Cut or Bulk First?” quiz: https://nikias-dddr9p81.scoreapp.com/

Returning guest Dr. Eric Helms and I cover what you need to know about food, drinks, and supplements to consume before, during, and after your resistance training sessions.

Links and resources:

Purchase Eric’s Nutrition & Strength Pyramid books (3rd edition): https://muscleandstrengthpyramids.com/

Check out the MASS Research Review: ⁠https://massresearchreview.com⁠

Visit the 3DMJ website: https://3dmusclejourney.com/

Follow Eric on IG @helms3mdj: https://www.instagram.com/helms3dmj/

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

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Take my free “Should You Cut or Bulk First?” quiz: https://nikias-dddr9p81.scoreapp.com/

Jack Radford-Smith is a dietician, coach, and bodybuilder. He’s also the founder of an online coaching company, The Bodybuilding Dieticians.

In this interview, we delve into all things gut health:

• Practical tips to improve it
• Common gut health issues when cutting and bulking
• Overrated, underrated, and properly rated gut health supplements

Links and resources:

Check out The Bodybuilding Dieticians on IG @thebodybuildingdieticians: https://www.instagram.com/thebodybuildingdietitians/

Visit their website: https://www.thebodybuildingdietitians.com/

Connect with Jack on IG @jack.radfordsmith: https://www.instagram.com/jack.radfordsmith/

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

Follow me on Instagram @nikias_fittotransform: ⁠http://instagram.com/nikias_fittotransform/⁠

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Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@nikias_fittotransform

Sign up for the No Quit Kit email series on retraining your mindset for long-term fat loss success: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/4b368c26baa8/noquitkitsignup⁠

Take my free “Should You Cut or Bulk First?” quiz: https://nikias-dddr9p81.scoreapp.com/

This solo episode covers what you need to know about getting visible abs:

• How to train them
• How to reveal them
• What it takes to get and maintain them
• Differences between cis men and trans masc individuals

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

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Take my free “Should You Cut or Bulk First?” quiz: https://nikias-dddr9p81.scoreapp.com/

This is the start of an exciting new series, in which I’ll share personal updates about my own bodybuilding journey.

To kick things off, I explain why I don’t think I’ve been able to build muscle to my full potential for years, how this has made me feel like an imposter, what’s changed, and what’s next for me.

Links and resources:

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

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If you have a “trigger” food that you always seem to over-eat, you may have been told to “just keep it out of the house”.

I don’t believe this strategy is effective in the long term.

So, in this episode, I’m going to give you a better one, which doesn’t involve giving up on any food for the rest of your life.

Links and resources:

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

Follow me on Instagram @nikias_fittotransform: ⁠http://instagram.com/nikias_fittotransform/⁠

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Take my free “Should You Cut or Bulk First?” quiz: https://nikias-dddr9p81.scoreapp.com/

Loz Vickers is a natural bodybuilder and online coach.

She joins the show today to share her experience as a coach and athlete on these two thought-provoking topics:

• How to avoid burning out in the pursuit of building your physique
• The mental challenges of gaining weight as a female bodybuilder

Links and resources:

Follow Loz on Instagram @loz.v: https://www.instagram.com/loz.v/

Check out her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/natural-female-muscle-podcast/id1734998424

Subscribe to her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@loz.vickers

Check out Natural Bodybuilding Worldwide: https://naturalbbworldwide.com/

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

Follow me on Instagram @nikias_fittotransform: ⁠http://instagram.com/nikias_fittotransform/⁠

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Take my free “Should You Cut or Bulk First?” quiz: https://nikias-dddr9p81.scoreapp.com/

In this episode, I’m covering the last three foundational habits you need to create a system that will enable you to continue progressing towards your fitness goals, or maintain the results you’ve already achieved for the long haul.

Links and resources:

Research paper: “Eating attentively: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of food intake memory and awareness on eating” by Robinson and colleagues – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3607652/#sec39

Research paper: “Daily distracted consumption patterns and their relationship with BMI” by Van Meer and colleagues – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666322002276

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

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