“Should I cycle calories or eat more on training days?”

by Bryan Krahn | Jul 25, 2022 | Fit Notes

Here’s a question I get often: “Is it better to eat the same calorie level every day, or eat more on training days vs. off days or days I’m really busy?” Short answer is, well, it depends. I know: that answer sucks. But the good news is it...

Putting a big red X through your weekends, weddings, and nights out

by Bryan Krahn | Jul 18, 2022 | Fit Notes

So a coaching client reached out with a good-bad problem. They have some really cool social events to look forward to, in the form of weddings and weekends away and nights out with friends. But they also have fat loss and fitness goals, which is what had prompted them...

Here’s the deal on alcohol

by Bryan Krahn | Jul 11, 2022 | Fit Notes

Here’s the deal on alcohol: The ideal or healthy amount of alcohol in your diet is ZERO. Zilch. Zip. Nada. Not one glass of wine a day for the resveratrol or a drink after work to take the edge off. The much celebrated health benefits were all a ruse. A case of...

“I’m sorry I let you down.”

by Bryan Krahn | Jun 27, 2022 | Fit Notes

I hear it from clients from time to time. I’m sorry I let you down. It happens after a rough stretch where they fail to hit the process targets required to reach their goals, and the calendar is now their enemy. I tell them that life happens and they haven’t let...

Planned cheat meals vs. “mulligans”

by Bryan Krahn | Jun 20, 2022 | Fit Notes

I get a variation of this question from clients about once a week: Hey Coach, I’m starting to dread the weekends, mainly because of cheat meals. Sometimes I go overboard when I start eating and they become full blown cheat days. It’s like a slippery slope...