Why You Should Eat a Big A$$ Salad During Fat Loss
As a child, salads didn’t exist for me. I was your classic chicken nugget and mac n’ cheese girl… In fact, I’m not sure I knew a side salad was an option until my late teenage years, and even then, it wasn’t something I was eager to order or put on the menu. ...
7 Ways to Make Your Workouts Harder
Are your workouts hard enough? Are you doing enough to build muscle? Lose weight? Tone up? At Complete Performance most of our clients come to us FINALLY ready to chase their body composition goals. They trust us with their nutrition. They hold on to our...
Power Requires Specificity
In our last blog on sports performance, we talked about the essentials of power development. You can find that link here Today, we’re going to go a little bit more in depth with how we get that power to transfer the best. SAID Principle The SAID principle is going to...
How to Get Back in the Gym
Since I was 13 years old, the gym has been one of my favorite places. It’s the constant in my day, my safe space, and my time for ME. When I come back after time away, it’s like coming home after a long vacation – I’m grateful for the break, but SO ready to get back...
How to Know If a Challenge Is Right for You
In a country where over half of our population is overweight, we are DESPERATE for solutions. We need something - ANYTHING - to get our rear in our gear, drop the unnecessary pounds, and fit the mold our society pressures us into fitting. Workout VHS tapes and DVDs...
Essentials of Power Development
It’s a very timely topic today on power development and power output because we’re heading into a season for most athletes that work with us. Specifically, we have many softball, baseball and track athletes who rely heavily on power output and speed to be successful....
5 Challenge Takeaways
Flashback 10 years ago and weight loss challenges were all the rage. Lose 20# in 6 Weeks. Drop 10# in 3 Weeks. Tone Up in 10 Weeks. You name it, I ran it. My coaching career began in a challenge-based gym, and I truly believe I would not be the coach I am...
How to Get Vacation Ready
You’ve been DREAMING of this… Counting down the days… Telling everyone about it… IT'S A VACATION BABY! You might be mentally ready for vacation, but are you physically ready?? Or are you like most of our Complete Performance team (before joining the team of...
I recently made a video that had a lot of good questions asked, and it was based on the long-term adaptations that happen from throwing as you grow up and essentially the adaptations that we find overtime is that the shoulder on the throwing side is commonly down or...
Are Fat Loss & Weight Loss Different?
“I want to lose weight.” ^ Without official statistics, that is easily the most popular request from prospective clients. As someone who has been through her own body transformation, I LOVE to hear this. As a coach, it excites me to meet someone who has come to...
Micronutrients 101: Do You Need Them?
Food Quality -> Calories -> Macronutrients -> Micronutrients -> Supplements, Nutrient Timing, Etc. That’s the order of importance when it comes to fat loss. Without a solid base to the pyramid (AKA consistently eating high quality foods 80-85% of a time),...
Should Pitchers Bench Press?
When training any client for anything, it is important to consider safety, effectiveness, and carryover to sport. It is important to understand the functional demands of the sport and how the exercises chosen will help the client reach their goals. Traditionally, the...