Helping People get healthy again,
reshaping the body from the inside, out.
Helping People get healthy again,
reshaping the body from the inside, out.
Building resilient & optimized metabolisms
WHY was I so over weight?
WHY did I look so sick?
WHY was I so tired?
In the world of medicine, there's a growing realization of how much our metabolic health affects different illnesses.
It’s called Metabolic Syndrome.
Picture your body like a perfectly tuned orchestra, but if one instrument goes out of tune, it throws the whole performance off!
It's never just one thing causing the chaos.
Want to know a secret?
You can actually tweak your body's hormonal and biochemical systems using a cool technique called Innervation Training and by following the Cycle diet.
Don't wait until it's too late—take charge and fix yourself now!
As a husband and a father,
my family was on the verge of
LOSING ME FOREVER.
As my weight had reached a critical point, I was a ticking time bomb!
TOGETHER, my wife and I embarked
on a NEW JOURNEY towards a healthier lifestyle, which lead to our remarkable transformations!
Innervation Training and the Cycle Diet changed everything!
Find out how...keep scrolling down
National Health and Nutrition Examination data from between
2009 and 2016:
Just 1 Out of Every 8 Americans Achieve Optimal Metabolic Health.
According to this study only 12.2% of Americans are metabolically healthy.
By not dealing with your health you risk shortening your life span.
Unless you act today you’re going to continue to experience:
High blood pressure is a crucial risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
However, when coupled with high fasting blood sugar levels and abdominal obesity, the likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease is significantly increased.
This combination is characteristic of metabolic syndrome, which is a severe health condition that elevates the risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and other diseases linked to fatty buildup in artery walls (atherosclerosis).
Overweight and obesity, insulin resistance, physical inactivity, genetic factors, and increasing age are underlying causes of metabolic syndrome. But, there are ways to prevent and reverse metabolic complications.
Please scroll down to learn more about:
The food you eat, matters!
Why does focusing on
weight-loss end in failure?
Metabolism vs. Weight-loss
Why obsess over metabolism, you ask?
Well, I was treating my body like a trash can, filling it up with junk food and processed foods at every meal and neglecting exercise.
Over time, my body started to rebel.
I thought I would lose weight by simply reducing my calories, by a lot!
But...what I didn’t know was, how foods affected my body.
I thought a simple math equation of subtracting calories was the solution. Oh no!
It's going to take a whole lot more than cutting calories to undo the havoc that's been wreaked.
It was time to show my body some love and give it the TLC it deserves.
Weight-loss isn't talked about
the way it needs to be understood.
Weight-loss isn't talked about
the way it needs to be understood.
Have you considered this...weight-loss isn't about weight loss?
Why does Weight Loss end in Failure?
Why is it so important to train the palate to accept whole foods!
Click link to learn more about metabolism & the Cycle Diet.
A healthy metabolism comes first.
Focusing on weight-loss puts the cart before the horse.
Weight lost in a compromised metabolism, will have undesirable consequences…
"weight loss needs to address the biology of weight loss, not the mathematics of it." It's all about building a resilient and optimized metabolism.
Course correcting metabolism and hormonal systems involves internal processes, that can't be quantified...
Before focusing on weight-loss, one must first focus on re-synching bodily functions before sustainable weight-loss is possible.
Understanding Metabolism:
The Truth About Counting Calories,
Sustainable Weight Loss
and Metabolic Disruption.
Here's how we did it!
But First...
What has been your experience?
Please share with us, email today!
The old-fashioned weight loss centers are all about the calorie counting game, but that's like trying to win a car race with a bicycle! Sure, you can lose weight doing the math, but it won't exactly make you a healthy person.
In fact, the dieting game can get downright frustrating and counterproductive, especially when your body starts to rebel against you.
We say enough is enough!
We know that metabolism is more than just counting calories! It's like a giant puzzle, with pieces that include quality sleep, happy vibes, healthy stress vs. unhealthy stress, and so much more.
Instead of letting our body work against us, we believe it's time to put our body to work for us! But how?
Does this sound familiar?
I know my lifestyle is slowly killing me.
It affects my everyday life as it casts a shadow over my family's activities; I just don’t have the energy anymore.
I’m tired and at a crossroads, I don't know where to begin.
“Knowing that a change needs to be made is the easier part.
We promise, making the change will be one of the hardest things you’ll ever do.
We can help you make that change.
"Are your results
matching your mindset?"
To be sustainable,
your process must be:
enjoyable
invigorating
your journey must nurture
support and fuel self-esteem
“Feeling and experiencing wellness in an authentic way.”
Who will benefit?
Innervation Training Helps Build a Healthy Metabolism
Body Building Style Exercise
Supports Bodily Functions
Traditional body part training is still the superior form of exercise in course-correcting:
And getting these systems
back in sync with each other.
How we do it.
OUR PROGRAM PACKAGES
Each Program includes an information package detailing Innervation Training principle's and methodologies.
(An How-to-Guide)
STANDARD PROGRAM
Training Program &
Diet Strategy
PREMIER COACHING PROGRAM
Our Coaching Program
“Click to Inquire”, contact us to find out more.
Focus on what matters to achieve success
Focus on what matters to achieve success
Activity
Effective & Efficient exercise for quality of life.
Nutrition
Weight loss isn't about dieting; it's about training your metabolism to work for you.
Mindset
Make a choice, to take a chance, or your life will never change.
We have many tools to help you succeed during your journey towards a sustainable lifestyle.
Core Values
Our Beliefs
Our Creed
Our Motto
“I may not be where I aim to be; however, today I am no longer where I used to be.”
Invest in understanding your biofeedback.
Biofeedback is important!
(internal cues)
This approach is different
because it's from the inside, out.
Biofeedback is learning your body from the inside-out, compared to external feedback, outside-in, this leads to a more engaged, and satisfying experience.
Course correcting metabolism and hormonal systems involves internal processes that can't be quantified...
biofeedback is the only way to corrective action. It comes from the inside, out.
Our process is simple; however,
it happens when you're ready
to commit to yourself.
Time to make changes!
Make a choice, to take a chance,
to change your life!
Make a choice, to take a chance,
to change your life!
Talking about weight-loss
the way it needs to be understood
Are you eating for
purpose or pleasure?
Over time, consuming whole foods consistently can have a noticeable impact on your physiology.
To be blunt;
sustainable, realistic, and long-term weight loss Needs to address the biology of weight loss, not the“mathematics” of it.
Why?
2020 March
167 lbs.
2022
128 lbs.
2023
123 lbs.
Until the taste buds are trained to be equally accepting of whole foods
as hyper-palatable foods (processed foods), like the ones that set off the brain's reward circuitry,
Tell me if you’ve experienced something like this?
3 realms of time
"the dieting quagmire"
Summary of the
Three Realms of Time
The decision is made to lose some weight
Immediate Realm
You get into counting calories and restricting your food.
These first few weeks of your diet, feels marvelous...
You aren’t extraordinarily hungry. The weight seems to be melting off.
This is known as
“the anti-catabolic phase”
of metabolic compensation.
The immediate realm are the effects everyone associates with weight-loss.
You feel good at this point,
as though you could do this forever.
Residual
In the residual realm of time, your body makes its way into starvation mode
The human body doesn't know the difference between “a diet” and “starvation”
Instead of surrendering fat, the metabolism now “compensates” by going into fat-storing mode to preserve as much energy as it can.
It compensates by slowing down the rate of fat burning, and turning on fat storing.
How does a metabolism compensate and respond over time
to less calories coming in...
Cumulative
As we move into the “cumulative phase” of the diet, there will be metabolic hell to pay for surrendering lean muscle mass for energy needs.
It preserves its fat stores and even tries to store more of it because of your on going caloric deprivation, you have now turned on your
fat-storing hormonal factory.
eventually this lead to psychologically and biologically “unhappy” long-term consequences.
All the weight and sometimes more,
comes back.
In the end, eating less does not necessarily force the body to just burn bodyfat.
"the dieting quagmire"
tell us if this has ever happened to you?
This is known as
“the anti-catabolic phase”
of metabolic compensation.
The immediate realm are the effects everyone associates with weight-loss.
But then things frustratingly goes south. Why?
This is because there are three general phases of time to consider when discussing the metabolic compensation system:
a.k.a. weight-loss
The immediate
The residual
The cumulative
The mistake most yo-yo dieters make is to think all the positive responses to dieting that take place within the immediate realm of time are going to last forever.
The immediate effects are simply the ones that most people associate with their dieting efforts.
The immediate realm: What's going on?
You lose a few pounds, but it’s mostly water weight because you’re eating low-carb.
You feel good at this point,
as though you could do this forever.
Diet marketers pitch their diets to people based on the effects people experience in the beginning; for example, the “7-day quick starts” advertising takes advantage of this immediate realm.
Makes you believe its something that it is not... sustainable!
Once the initial "immediate"
phase of dieting is over.
The body is no longer “tricked” by a lack of calories. It responds to protect itself and survive.
Instead of surrendering fat, the metabolism now “compensates” by going into fat-storing mode to preserve as much energy as it can.
Here is what happens after those first several weeks of diet by calorie-counting deprivation.
The Residual Effects time frame
The metabolic compensation system is extremely adaptive.
This is even more true when considering the residual and cumulative effects of dieting, and any general lack of incoming calories.
In the residual realm of time, your body makes its way into starvation mode
The human body doesn't know the physiological difference between “a diet” and “starvation”
How does a metabolism compensate
and respond over time to less calories coming in...
It compensates by slowing down the rate of fat burning, and turning on its capacity for fat storing.
Most people have experienced weight-loss on a diet, only to have that weight-loss slow down, stall completely, even when eating a huge caloric deficit.
This is due to your body adapting and “compensating” for the ongoing lack of calories coming in.
The Residual Realm:
Weight loss slows, then might even stagnate. Hunger and cravings climb up while energy goes down. Eventually, this can’t be maintained, so you start to gain the weight back.
A long-term deprivation diet with no relief
will generate intense hunger, and that will have all kinds of fallout and long-term consequences: physically, mentally, emotionally, metabolically.
Long-term deprivation diet with no relief will generate intense hunger, and that will have all kinds of fallout
The Cumulative time frame
As we move into the “cumulative phase” of your diet, there will be metabolic hell to pay for surrendering lean muscle mass for energy needs, as the body keeps adjusting and compensating for the lack of calories coming in.
So when the metabolism realizes there is inadequate calories coming in, your metabolism compensates by surrendering the calorie hungry lean tissue - muscles.
It preserves its fat stores and even tries to store more of it. In other words, because of your on going diet via caloric deprivation, you have now turned on your fat-storing hormonal factory.
So, the initial happy “anti-catabolic phase” of your diet that you thought was so wonderful, kicked your metabolic compensation system into action, and eventually this lead to psychologically and biologically “unhappy” long-term consequences.
You can’t “out-calculate” your metabolism because it’s too complicated, too dynamic.
The cumulative realm:
All the weight and sometimes more, comes back.
This is where you see all the stats about how most people don’t just fail to keep the weight off after a diet; on average, they gain more pounds after a diet.
Maybe hunger doesn’t return 100% to normal. Psychologically, you’re also extremely frustrated.
If you’ve done something really extreme, you’ve lost muscle, which would affect not just energy expenditure from movement and exercise, but would also affect even your resting metabolic rate.
In the end, eating less does not force the body to just burn bodyfat.
Make a choice, to take a chance,
to change your life.
Make a choice, to take a chance,
to change your life.
the tAO Person
Staying consistent, and living sustainably.
The “Tao” cannot be captured, described, or held onto.
It is a constant flow.
Trying to define the "Tao"
is like trying to hold on to running water.
It is a natural truth that you know only when you know it.
For the Tao person of focus it means you are always in and of the moment.
If you’re looking for a blueprint for "how” to be consistent, this is the “way.”
According to Taoist beliefs, a healthy mind is achieved by breaking free of one's self-centered view of the world and embracing the ever-changing flow of energy.
When many people in the actual fitness industry address this kind of thing , it’s in the most superficial, hackneyed and trite kind of way.
Macho mentality stuff like:
It’s wrong-headed.
It leads to unhealthy mindsets that emphasize struggle and deprivation, or it leads to focusing on things that don’t matter, all while losing motivation for what does.
Sometimes the answer is to step back,
and learn to enjoy the experience of the process, and bring out your best self,
and challenge yourself to grow
and become even better.
It leads to unhealthy mindsets that emphasize struggle.
We borrow Tao concepts from these approaches here and there to help us deal with issues related to calmness, authenticity, motivation, mental clarity, and personal growth.
People who are able to follow their “inner vision” for themselves are always going to feel differently, train differently, and approach their goals differently, relative to their others..
Practicing Tao embraces the fact that our body is the house where our true self will reside for the rest of his life.
Like any house, the Tao person makes
their house - their body - a place where they can be “at home.”
They create a physical living environment within themselves, and it is one where the more they like their surroundings, the more they experiences a lack of clutter, by letting go of mental and emotional attachments.
The more clean and organized it is, the more likely they are to be “at home” within themselves. They will think more clearly and will be a better version of themselves.
Motivation becomes a non-issue when you live from the inside, out.
The path of the Tao person, or of any person for that matter, should be a path to fulfillment.
It should not be a path to increase a sense of lack or need, or to pursue rewards and recognition. You will soon find you can never accumulate enough of either, if that is your goal.
Is your own undertaking, no matter what it is, truly a vehicle for growth in your life, or is it mirroring your attitudes and behaviors in other areas of your life?
Are you always measuring yourself by externals like the weight scale, the tape measurement, the weight on the bar, the number of workouts, or the number of calories?
These are informational tools only. They don’t measure anything of self-worth.
To be attached to outcomes and results leads to the kind of
“loss from gain” where even external victories lead to loss.
The goal should always be self-discovery and self-direction
Achievement comes from fulfillment, and fulfillment comes from the process.
If you do not enjoy and are not challenged by the process, then you will not find what you seek, and you will not be able to stay consistent.
When you practice the activity from a place of strength and sturdiness, then no matter how exhausting the activity may be, it feels “invigorating” to you.
Three Energies of the Tao
The Chi energy is both physical and spiritual, which fluctuates and includes biofeedback from the body. Rest and recuperation are essential for the body and spiritual self; otherwise, one is likely to burn out.
Mental rest is also crucial, and obsessing about what's next will prevent the mind from resting.
Our Shen energy path is the energy we radiate outwards each day.
It is a vibe that we put out into the world.
It is what the world around us experience’s from what we radiate.
Our Shen energy is real; it cannot be faked. It is not the vibe you “want” people to perceive; it is the actual real vibe you put out.
Someone with a lot of Chi energy will also radiate a lot of Shen energy.
Jing energy is the spiritual battery of life, fixed at birth and gradually depleted over time.
Negative emotions and attachments can drain Jing, leading to aging and a decrease in energy sources.
Measuring oneself against external standards can also deplete Jing.
Practicing any activity this way, from the inside out rather than from the outside in, can strengthen you beyond measure….precisely because you don’t measure
You can make it fun and challenging in a way that grows and stretches you, and not in a way that narrowly defines and limits you.
So the question begs: are you as strong in your head as you are in your body, and vice versa?
If doubt, worry, or guilt factor prominently in your active mind, then you are not on the right path.
Where doubt exists, possibilities will not.
Tao people don’t know “try.”
They only know I will and I am.
This does not mean there will not be setbacks.
What it does mean is that following a path to just “be” a better person will lead to results
The operating mantra should always be, “I may not be where I aim to be, but today I am no longer where I used to be.”
Pure Motivation
Pure motivation can be a tool for explosive results leaving everything else in its wake.
But passion, when not handled or managed correctly, can result in you blowing yourself up.
Do you have a “pure motivation?”
To have a pure motivation or passion means having a love for what you are doing.
Do you love what you do for no other reason than the enjoyment of the process?
People with a pure motivation seldom experience real stress or anxiety or tension before a competition or a performance, they just experience excitement and anticipation.
When you cross into that realm where the pursuit becomes about “outcome” instead of your level of self-connection, then you risk the dangers of obsessive behaviors taking over.
Instead of a “comparing and competing” mentality, pure motivation is based on “aspiring and appreciating.”
Aspiring and appreciating are not about forgetting your roots, but about taking stock of how far you have come, and appreciating it for no other reason.
Pure motivation will always yield an enjoyment of the process and a celebration of the event.
When motivation is pure, your emotional intelligence nudges you toward higher performance, pushing, striving, enduring-all for the sake of the challenge.
Enjoy and appreciate the challenges, and aspire to greater ones.
Zen dieting
What would “Zen dieting” look like?
What does Zen have to do with shedding pounds?
The quality of mindset determines the quality of behavior.
Anything and everything we do is a reflection of our mindset and who we are.
This is where Zen and the Tao come in to play.
The wrong way to view dieting is what Scott calls the "North American Diet Mentality", and its emphasis on magic solutions, right or wrong diets to follow, good and bad foods and food groups,
and so on...
Zen dieting becomes a question not of “what food is best?” but of whom am I being?
In the North American Diet Mentality, you think, “I want to lose weight and stay lean, but I don’t want to be hungry, and I don’t want to experience cravings.”
Well, the fact is this is not “reality,”
and a Zen approach wouldn’t have you trying to negotiate with reality; you accept and surrender to it.
When doing something active or physical like eating or exercising, if mindfulness is part of who you are now (rather than a state of mind) then the more passive parts of mind, body, and spirit learn from the part that is currently being engaged.
The same applies to the emotional and mental influences on physical well-being, at moments when the physical side of self is the passive element. Each realm becomes open to learn from the other, currently engaged realm.
Mindset of Achievement
"Mental Clarity"
Mental clarity is the key element to keeping results you have achieved, staying inspired, and going beyond motivation and will power to have and keep that which you seek
Mental clarity is the path of thought and vision that turns motivation to inspiration.
Mental clarity then, is about removing thought and mental debris, in order to have a clearer vision and resolution toward attaining and permanently being, rather than merely achieving a goal for a moment in time.
Mental clarity then, is about removing thought and mental debris, in order to have a clearer vision and resolution toward attaining and permanently being, rather than merely achieving a goal for a moment in time.
Think about it. How far can you see ahead when driving through the fog? The mind works the same way.
Your thoughts make you feel a certain way; it’s not just the other way around. Your circumstances never have you down, it’s your thoughts about your circumstances that do that. But your thoughts about your circumstances can also be precisely what lifts you out of such a state.
Zen Mind
The premise is simply that the mind needs to be empty if you want to put more stuff in, just like an empty bowl.
If the bowl is already full, then the universe cannot come and fill it. If it is “empty” then it has room to receive.
Too much thinking, and too much information, can block awareness, and it can prevent you finding the answers you are looking for.
When you keep your mind full of useless energy and focus, the real answers cannot enter.
So, when you’re in a plateau and can’t lose any more weight, or things just aren’t going well, you might start adjusting your calories and tweaking this or that.
All you needed was to step back and realize, “Oh, I’m not getting enough sleep, and I’m incredibly stressed at work right now.” The answer was mundane and obvious all along, but you get trapped so that you can’t see the obvious.
Take time to “savor the moment” and that becomes part of focused, self-directed thought.
This applies to food and dieting.
You can learn to savor food as food.
When you do this it doesn’t become mutated into a substance dependency issue or some kind of “I want, I need” cycle.
It is just appreciated for what it is.
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N.N.C.P. (Natural Nutrition Clinical Practitioner)
C.H.N. (Certified Holistic Nutritionist)
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To help our clients strive to feel and perform like elite athletes, and thrive in everyday life through
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Ask me about how I went from fat to fit to fat and back to fit. How i struggled over the years and what it took to pull myself up.
Over a decade journey of depression and unhealthy choices and how I dealt with metabolic dysfunction.
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Training metabolism starts
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