Shoutout to @Nicole Morita for inspiring all of us. In the past 1.5 years, she’s increased her strength and boosted her bicep curl by 40%. That's amazing! For example, I've been doing the same 18 lb bicep curls for about 6 months now! Here’s how she did it: Consistency over perfection As a busy mom, her schedule isn’t predictable. Instead of trying to follow a program perfectly, she used it as a guide and built her workouts around pockets of time throughout her day. Mind–muscle connection (focus + energy) She put her focus and energy on the muscle she was training. Where your energy goes, your body follows. Just like driving or surfing—if you keep looking at what you don’t want to hit, you drift toward it. When you shift your eyes and energy to exactly where you do want to go, the car, the board, your body follows. No more mindless reps and wasted time and energy currencies. We get to double our ROI for the same amount of effort in less time meaning your waistline and muscle definition will appear in half the amount of time! Can I get a "woot"!!??

Close the loop for the behavior you intend to automate. The habit loop goes like this: Cue → action → reward. Declare your completion here and drop a "done" and a quick recap of what you did today! Your post may be the inspiration another teammate needs today!

GLP-1s (peptides) are showing promising benefits beyond weight loss, including: • Reduced cardiovascular events and hospitalizations • Improved cognition and potential protection against neurodegenerative disease • Kidney protection • Anti-inflammatory and possibly regenerative effects • Reduced cravings for food, alcohol, and nicotine GLP-1s are supplemental. Lifestyle is always the driver. Prioritize 6–8 hours of sleep, consistent whole-food meals built around lean protein and vegetables, and strength training 3–5x/week—this is how you lose fat without losing muscle and how to avoid the fat loss stalling and having to increase the dose and the risk of potentially dangerous side effects. 1. Establish waist-to-hip ratio as a baseline. It’s a useful marker of body composition: reflecting both total body fat distribution and overall muscle mass. 2. Use relative strength baselines as a marker of muscle retention or loss. Options include total push-ups, Z press (load + reps), or split squat (load + reps). 3. Keep a log to ensure daily protein targets are met in order to avoid muscle loss 4. Track calories daily and weight weekly. Cap weight loss at ~1% per week—this is how you lose fat without sacrificing muscle. I know a lot of your are extremely interested in the GLP-1 buzz. Watch the video- you can speed it up and finish it in 13 minutes. Post your questions and comments below!!

In my many years of trying to improve my cellular and aesthetic health, I’ve learned what works—and what doesn’t. And I’m here to let you in on what I wish I knew 25 years ago… You don’t need to cut out all sweets and treats to build muscle and lose fat… you just need to eat well 80% of the time and plan for treats 20% of the time (what I do). You don’t ever need to start back at square one—feeling like all your hard work is erased if illness, injury, or life chaos takes you out for a few weeks… (your health “bank deposits” remain untouched, and you get to keep building on those compounding gains). No drama, no reseting, no gearing up to "be/feel ready". Just a quiet hop back on the wagon. You don’t have to starve or think about food all day to lose fat— you just need to learn a simple meal-building system once (like the hand portions that I teach you), keep practicing it, and it works even on vacation and during the holidays. You don’t have to spend an hour in the gym 4x/week or go on long runs (you can if you like) to build muscle—which directly helps reduce belly fat— you just need to ditch the “junk reps” most of us didn’t know we were doing and focus on a quality 15-minute lifting session, close to failure (SEE BELOW!) 4x/week. Best of all, you get to drop the guilt and finally understand what’s driving the cravings, stress eating, and binging—then learn how to stay one step ahead of it. No guilt. No drama. Which one of these gives you the biggest feeling of relief? Which one do you not quite believe yet?

Fourth and final week of the inaugural round of the Muscle-Building Challenge. 💪 We laid the “bricks and cement” of a solid body—now we get to the fun part -design and refine with calorie customization for fat loss. If the above is you, April’s fat loss challenge (premium tier) is where it gets exciting. You’ll learn the system of how to lean out (without suffering)—even on vacation, during caregiving, and in the middle of chaos—while keeping your hard-earned muscle. If you’re still building your muscle foundation, and not quite ready for April’s Get Lean Challenge, that’s also a huge win. 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱+𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺. We’ll be here when you’re ready for the lean phase at any time-you get to choose because the challenges keep running all the time! Tune in to tonight’s call to learn more about April’s Get Lean challenge and hear about 𝗠𝗬 𝟭𝟬 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗥𝗢-𝗗𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔 𝗚𝗟𝗣-𝟭 (Replay will be uploaded into the Muscle Challenge Course within the classroom!)