Because beast isn’t just a workout.  You can take a class at any gym if that’s all you want…my vision for all my beasts is overall wellness. 

Wikipedia’s definition of wellness:  a healthy balance of the mind, body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being. 

So I ask myself; how can I teach this? 

I want to teach you and give you the tools to crush your goals. Show you your strengths and abilities and your own inner confidence. Learn the importance of food. How food alone is the hardest obstacle when trying to crush your goals. Create a complete program that makes you face new challenges every week; and includes the most amazing support group.

I’m always intrigued by my clients who start with me and tell me they don’t need a nutrition plan; that they eat relatively healthy. We start working together and, after a few months of no real results, I ask them to try a nutrition plan with me. To their surprise they see results; they have new found energy and understand why they need a nutrition plan.  Friends and family start to notice there’s something different about them. They have a new glow and sparkle. 

So why do we wait to take this next step?  Why is this the one part of the program everyone wants to drop?  This is what makes Beast what it is. It’s not an option; it comes with the package, working out and building muscle is very important for our well being, but these two go hand in hand, and we can’t train one without the other if we expect to see changes.

We are all busy; we are all hardworking, driven individuals, who can all make excuses why we don’t have the time.  But we need to take, or better yet make, that time for ourselves. 

This is the one life you have to live; I want you to have the most of it!

Definition of a Dietician (Wikipedia)- A dietitian (or dietician) is an expert in dietetics; that is, human nutrition and the regulation of diet. A dietitian alters their patient's nutrition based upon their medical condition and individual needs. Dietitians are the only healthcare professionals licensed to assess, diagnose, and treat nutritional problems.

Definition of a Nutritionist - a person who studies or is an expert in nutrition.

I am not a dietician, or an expert, nor will I ever claim to be and nor will I try to work outside of my scope of practice. The courses I have taken call me a nutrition specialist. 

Even though I’m not an expert, I have a passion for food and, more importantly, healthy food. I love to cook, I love to eat and I love to create new recipes. I love finding healthier versions of the comfort foods we have all grown up on. Our lives circle around food; we need it to survive, it truly plays a huge impact on whether we live or die. 

Over the last four years I have dedicated the majority of my training to nutrition and how we can utilize food to help with performance. I’ve learned the Canada Food Guide inside and out, and can most likely recite it in full, by memory. I’ve dabbled in learning about physique training and sport performance and learned how to calculate macronutrient targets. But what I have found the most intriguing is the importance of clean eating. How eating good, clean food makes you feel and look! Learning that food is the most under utilized drug in the world, that we have most of the cures we are looking for in our local grocery stores. We have become a society of convenience; it’s easier to have our food pre-made and packaged in an easy to open box (loaded with preservatives) rather then preparing it for ourselves. And what becomes even easier is the excuses I get from people about how much time clean eating takes. Let’s dial it back to what I am really trying to say, I am not an expert on nutrition, I am always trying to take new courses to teach me new things, to make sure I understand the full scope of food and the benefits we can take from it. 

This is also what I feel sets me aside from other trainers. There are tons of excellent trainers out there and I will never discredit any of their abilities. Many of the trainers close to me have been my inspiration. For me it’s about the complete package. I not only want to teach you about movement and strength, I want to show you balance, confidence, overall wellness and what links it all together is nutrition. I don’t want to give you a strict program that, once it’s done, you just go back to how you used to be. I want to teach you how to continue eating healthy.  I want to give you tools to use for a life time and to know that if you ever stumble, I am always here to help you find your place again. One thing I am learning is there should never be an end date on your goals. You can achieve a goal, but after the success comes the next one, even if it’s as simple as maintaining your results. We need to get the “end date” idea out of our head. This process is never ending!