Just thought I’d give a quick update on our success rate lately. We’re still right around our usual 90% placing rate since we started back in 2010. Over the past 13 months, we’ve put 22 different girls on stage (I told you we were a small team! :). Collectively they brought home 49 top 5 […]
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Just a quick run through of what I consider some keys to a proper bikini competition training program. This isn’t going to be a book, so I’m not covering everything…just what pops into my head as I type 🙂 Bikini Competition Training Key 1: Appropriate volume per bodypart based on YOUR strengths and weaknesses If […]
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Just a quick post about how we handle bikini competition diet and training for various body types and starting points. We accept clients of all shapes and sizes, and always make it a point to let each applicant know prior to enrollment what our approach will look like for them. Scenario 1: Initial Cut followed […]
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This is a revision of one of my more popular articles. Â It seems the judges have been looking for bikini girls to be leaner and dryer than they were a few years back when I wrote the original article on Ideal Stage Weight for Bikini Competitors. So I’ve taken a close look at where my […]
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This is going to be a short one and not as technical as some of my other articles. I basically just want to briefly touch on how we go about determining our clients’ bikini competition diet macros, specifically whether to go low carb/high fat, high carb/low fat, or moderate carb/fat once we’ve determined caloric and […]
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Congratulations to Next Level Bikini Prep client Melanie Barrera on her amazing transformation! Â She just did her second show ever, NPC Europa in Dallas, TX. Â Her first show ever was NPC Battle of Texas about 6 months prior, where we were able to take home two top 5 medals. Â Next show is NPC Battle on […]
Continue readingI’m going to just dive right in here: Most girls suffer from post-competition rebounding because they should have given themselves more time to get stage ready. Ever hear a bikini coach or YouTube/Instagram fitness celeb say this? Probably not. I mean how are they going to cash in on the ’12 week miracle transformation’ craze, […]
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We’ve just added our third co-coach, Nikky Rash from Orlando, Florida!  Nikky is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and NPC National Bikini Competitor. She will be offering primarily online training/nutrition, but also has (limited) availability for in-person training in Orlando. As always, our coaches coordinate behind the scenes to ensure all our clients are getting the […]
Continue readingJust a quick post now that we’re at the end of yet another amazing season! Â We are proud to announce that ALL bikini clients have placed top 5 and qualified for Nationals (or Provincials for Canadian regional level clients) this year, and actually dating back to April of LAST year (2015)! Â So that’s 1 year […]
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July 2016 Update: I’ve received a number of emails/inquiries from people who assumed that because I wrote this article about CKD dieting that it is the approach we take for our clients. Just want to point out that we DO NOT do CKD or Ketogenic dieting, as you will find if you can suffer through […]
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Carb cycling seems to be standing the test of time as a staple of the typical bikini competition diet, so I thought I would write a brief article on what I see being done incorrectly by many competitors, and how to make your carb cycle better. First I want to clarify that I am talking […]
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This is an expansion on a very, very simplified article I wrote back in 2010 on how to set up your Bikini Competition Diet Macros. Â I’ve been hesitant to get too in depth with this since adjusting a diet is really an ongoing process, and you need to know when to leave things alone and […]
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Should a bikini competition diet utilize IIFYM (if it fits your macros) or the ever popular “clean eating”? Its funny that we’re considering bikini competition diet IIFYM and “Clean Eating” to be opposing viewpoints/concepts now. Just 10 years ago I was in charge of a successful 12 week lifestyle/body transformation program at my gym, and […]
Continue readingUPDATE: We have made some structural adjustments/improvements and are now able to take on non-competitors and those a bit further away from being stage-ready!  Just fill out the application at the end of this post if interested. As many of you probably know, several months ago I made the move to strictly working as a local […]
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Just because its “clean” when you eat it doesn’t mean it’s going to be clean coming out the other end. That’s what I should have named this article. But seriously, it’s not uncommon when suddenly moving from the typical American diet to the average bikini contest prep diet to experience some gas/bloating. I think some […]
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