Progress Through Change

A little Friday photo dump!☀️

1) 3 Weeks Out Check-Ins, we broke under 150lbs!💪🏼

2) Trained with my favorite client, she’s been wildly consistent!❤️

3) Picked up some fresh smellin dogs from the groomer, bigdoglittledogdenisontx 🐶🐶

4) Evening hang with Mom and Dad😌

5) Client updates and PTC continues to grow! Thanks for being here, team 🙏🏼

6) Ran into my good friend and client Nathan repping the PTC shirt. He’s lost over 100lbs🤯

Whole lotta life to live, making the most of every day. 🌎

Alright, but for real.. WHICH ONE?! 😭

Option A means you're the person at the gym that people start recognizing by smell before they recognize your face.. 👃

Option B means your legs never get a day off and sitting down on the toilet becomes an Olympic event every single day for a month.. 🤕

There's no correct answer, only suffering.. Choose your fate 👇😂

Ladies, lifting heavy will NOT make you bulky. It will make you capable.

Shape, strength, bone density, confidence that carries into everything else. The women I coach aren't chasing bulk, they're chasing what heavy lifting builds that nothing else does.

For the ladies who are chasing MAXIMUM muscle, they know it takes copious amounts of intense, hardcore training and eating for YEARS to achieve.

Women who lift, how has it changed your life outside the gym? 👇

SAME scale weight. Completely DIFFERENT body. 💥

This is Craig. He’s 5 weeks into online coaching with me, and what you’re looking at is a body recomp done right.

No crash diet, no dramatic weight drop, just eating way more clean food than he was used to, training hard, and showing up consistently week after week.

And here’s the thing, we’re not even halfway through his prep for a big beach trip. This is just the midpoint of the midpoint.

This is why I don’t let clients get obsessed with a number on a scale. Craig’s proof that the mirror and the tape measure tell a truer story than the scale ever will.

5 weeks in and there’s a lot more coming. Drop a comment or shoot me a DM if you’re ready to get the ball rolling on your own body transformation. 😎

Craig N Lori Barrow

Coffee people vs pre-workout people.. This is basically a personality test at this point ☕⚡

No wrong answers, just pick your fighter and defend your choice in the comments! 👇🔥

Protein shakes are an amazing tool! But.. they’re not 100% necessary either. Both true at once.

I’ve got clients who use a quality shake daily and it works great, when it’s filling an actual gap.

But here’s the part people miss.. Hitting your number matters. Blowing way past it doesn’t get you anything extra. Your body isn’t storing bonus gains because you downed an extra scoop.

Once you’ve hit your target, more protein just means more protein, and a bigger grocery bill.

Protein shakes are a tool for convenience when whole food isn’t realistic. They’re not a cheat code, and overshooting isn’t dedication, it’s just extra calories (and extra cost) with a fitness label on it.

Do you think there’s a real ceiling on protein, or is more always better in your book? 👇🤔

Dips and Pull Ups💪🏼

Two absolute staples in building a well rounded upper body. I love bodyweight exercises for learning foundational movement patterns that translate over to other exercises in the gym.

Nothing wrong with using band assistance or a machine too.

Would you rather be able to do 50 perfect dips or 50 perfect pull ups?! 😎

Who’s got the better legs? I can’t lie.. big man has me in the mobility department😂

Tough week for Flapjack as he recovers from a tooth extraction.. dude is down to his last fang. On the bright side, he gets nothing but wet food these days, so dudes protein intake probably has most of yall beat..🤷🏻‍♂️🐟

10 minutes in and out. No wandering, no wasted trips down aisles I don't need.

The secret nobody tells you: walk the border of the store. That's where the single ingredient, healthiest foods you want live.

🥩🐟 Protein: flank steak, cod

🥔🥬🍌🍈🥦 Carbs & Micros: red potatoes, russet potatoes, sweet potatoes, bananas, blueberries, spinach, melon, broccoli

What's the ONE thing that's in your cart every single trip, no exceptions? Drop it below, let's see who has some overlap😎