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Plenty of these around 😂

Which one are ya? #creaturesofthegym

Sunday breakky. 👨🏽‍🍳

After training twice a week for the last 18 months I’ve stepped it up to 4 days last few weeks. Workouts are shorter with an in out and mentality. Due to injuries I keep weight relatively low on most things and have higher reps to reach good volume. First week near killed me but now body is starting to adapt and the extra frequency feels like it’s bringing up some old muscle memory in the shoulders and legs. At 35 I’m not interested in having low body fat like back in the day, but rather maintain a healthy body fat percentage to support muscle growth and recovery. Plus I’m not going to lie, I love to eat lol. It’s been a very long time since taking shameless selfies but nothing lighting, filters and editing can’t fix 😂. Hope you are all driven to finish out this challenging year strong. Start creating healthy habits and a growth mindset now leading into 2021. 💪🏼👍🏼👊🏻

Haha legit tradie diet

Kings diet

Something I’ve preached from the beginning with online coaching. Motivation fluctuates immensely. Using it as the only fuel for pursuing goals will result in failure. It’s doing what is required when you’re not motivated that leads to success.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

Tamara Borghardt

Every so often a client comes along that inspires me before they’ve even begun any coaching. Tamara was one of those clients. I first met Tamara in my early days of PT work. 7 years has passed since then and what has transpired in her life since was a lot to deal with. The loss of her Mum, Nanny and Great Grandma over 4 years and only 2 years between her Nana and Mum within that time. So much personal tragedy to deal with whilst at the same time raising 2 beautiful children alongside her husband. Not only that, but she had also started up and was running her own real estate business too!

Despite all this on her plate, Tamara still contacted me wanting to make a positive change with her health and fitness. Coping with trauma can lead to unhealthy coping mechanisms. I was blown away she was still functioning and to even have the desire to improve eating habits and training was enough for me to be inspired. I knew she would succeed.

In those 7 years my approach and understanding has changed a lot and the flexibility of still eating the foods we love in moderation allows long term sustainability. This was evident for Tamara as she loved the new approach compared to the early days.

Then Covid 19 hit half way through the 12 weeks! Gym shut down and so much uncertainty with every aspect in everyone’s lives. But Tamara still kept going. She really doesn’t give herself enough credit. I couldn’t be prouder and her desire to make better choices helped me to see the continued the resilience people can have in face of adversity.

Just over 7kg loss and huge cm reductions all over the body. I’m very excited where she can go from here as we can always improve areas like consistency her training etc

Here’s what she had to say:

“So I’ll be the first to admit that I could have achieved so much more if I had bothered to exercise in the 12 week challenge that I have just completed.....however.... look how far I came with just improving my diet! It really goes to show that diet is key!!

Thanks to Dean from Natural Advancement Health and Fitness for helping me with a sustainable plan where I could still have my iced latte and dark chocolate every single day!

I have really struggled with my relationship with food due to the stress of the past few years with losing our 3 queens of our family 😓 and really needed someone to help me get my sh together and change my mindset. Dean has helped me with this and I am so friggen grateful.

Thanks so much Dean and sorry I let you down by being too lazy to do the exercise part of my plan. Kicking myself now. 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

Slow and steady wins the race..... 🙌”

Give Tamara a “LIKE” for being a Boss!