Yo yo - your favorite nerd here, coming to you live from a caffeine storm and surrounded by enough physiology studies to rebuild the Library of Alexandria with protein powder dust. Today I want to break down why doing the Flex Diet Cert is one of the highest-leverage coaching upgrades you can make……and do it with a real example, real testimonials, and the real expert lineup (not the usual “fitness influencers with strong opinions and weak citations”). Let's dig in. The Benefit A few years...
about 10 hours ago • 3 min read
Greetings from semi-windy South Padre Island, where today was a no-kiteboarding day due to low winds, and my MN Vikings lost in the last few seconds today to the Da Bears. Argh! Here is what went down this week: Newsletters: I, Veteran - guest post by Adam Glass: A powerful Veteran's Day piece from my friend and veteran, Adam Glass. CEU Panic Season: It’s CEU Panic Season, and your favorite meathead nerd is here with the only certification that’ll actually make you smarter instead of putting...
1 day ago • 1 min read
Let’s talk about the one equation that runs your entire coaching career (and you probably weren’t taught it in any cert you’ve ever taken): Coaching Leverage = Physiologic Effect ✕ Client Ability to Change That’s the secret sauce.It’s how I coach, how I build the Flex Diet Cert, and how you stop wasting hours on interventions your clients will never actually do. Because here’s the truth:If it works great on paper but your client can’t do it → it’s useless.If it’s easy to do but changes...
2 days ago • 2 min read
It’s CEU Panic Season, and the inboxes of trainers everywhere are starting to smell like stale protein shakes and regret. You know the vibe:Deadline in six weeks.You’ve got 1.9 CEUs left to earn.You’re staring down courses titled “Why you should do toe yoga” Hard pass. Let’s fix this. I cracked the vault on the Flex Diet Cert for a limited time through Monday at midnight — because CEUs shouldn’t feel like academic waterboarding. Here are 12 reasons to do it before your brain cells stage a...
3 days ago • 2 min read
It is your fav meathead nerd typing this somewhere between a caffeine overdose and upcoming wind here in South Padre TX.... ...And guess what time it is? CEU PANIC SEASON. That magical annual ritual where fitness pros everywhere wake up in a cold sweat realizing their renewal deadline is coming faster than a rogue kettlebell to their head on a botched snatch. You know the vibe: “Oh crap, I still need 1.9 CEUs.” “I guess I’ll take that $19 webinar on mindful breathing for postural hamsters...
4 days ago • 1 min read
In this episode of the Flex Diet Podcast, I sit down with my good friend Dr. John Rusin to dig into his new book, Pain-Free Performance: Move Better, Train Smarter, and Build an Unbreakable Body. We talk all things movement, strength, longevity and how to actually perform at a high level without wrecking yourself in the process. John drops some serious wisdom from decades of training and coaching, and we get into the real science behind balancing load, recovery, and pain management so you can...
7 days ago • 1 min read
Greetings from nuking winds here in South Padre Island, TX, where your favorite nerd is going to test the theory of gravity today. Here is what went down this week: Newsletters: Sleep-Deprived Meathead Brain: When sleep, stress, and caffeine all fail, there’s one nerd-approved trick that can flip your brain back online in an hour, and no, it’s not more coffee. That MTHFR....: You don’t need a $599 gene test to “unlock your methylation.” You need creatine, sleep, and a reality check backed by...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Hola from S. Padre TX as it is your favorite kiteboarding and lifting nerd here, typing this with one eye twitching and the other half-open, because last night I slept like a caffeinated ferret in a leaf blower. You ever get that kind of brain fog?The kind where your neurons feel like they’re running on expired battery acid and your frontal cortex forgot how to human? But instead of biohacking nonsense or $600 “nootropic gene panels,” I reached for my old reliable: creatine monohydrate. Now,...
9 days ago • 5 min read
The MTHFR Gene Everyone’s Talking About… But What Does Actual Research Say? Hey friend — your favorite nerd here.Strap in, because we’re about to dismantle one of the most overhyped pieces of gene bro-science ever to slither out of TikTok and into your DMs. I got this question again today - so I wanted to address it here The $599 Gene Test That Promises “Optimization” You’ve probably seen a certain Human Biologist that rhymes with “Shrecka” — peddling “the test that unlocks your...
11 days ago • 4 min read