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@niecey85 I will preface this by saying I am not an RD or eating disorder specialist and those would be the people I would recommend if this is a large enough issue to where eating patterns are disordered and it is stalling progress. However, I think the biggest first step is understanding...

@niecey85 I would say outside of bodybuilding, I really enjoy watching sports and playing fantasy football. In fact, I typically have sports talk radio on in the background while I am in my office working. As I type this, The Herd is on in the background.

@niecey85 I think it can be a great approach for maintaining weight once someone has established habits for doing so. However, I don't think it is a great approach for a beginner or someone trying to gain/lose weight.

@niecey85 I think the biggest thing is just being comfortable with not being stage-lean and actually being at a sustainable body fat percentage. I think far too many people do themselves a disservice in the offseason by cutting far too frequently and/or trying to stay too close to stage-lean...

@niecey85 I think it depends upon the person and you need to kind of feel out / get to know each individual client. I've had clients who I have tried to explain the "why" to who didn't really care and others ask a lot of questions and want to learn more. I think as a coach it is important to...

@niecey85 I don't know that I would call any 1 study revolutionary; however, each new study builds on the current body of literature to give us an idea of what may be better/worse approaches to try. What those approaches are may change over time as well with more data / experience. For...

@niecey85 The "publish or perish" mentality was definitely a thing when I was in grad school. Honestly, that (along with all of the hoops you have to jump through in academia) were a large part of the reason I got out of academia and have been coaching full time since graduating in 2015.

@niecey85 I think that depends upon the individual. Some like knowing the "why" while others just want to be pointed in the best direction to be at their best onstage.

@mcolley10 Absolutely! I'm glad you enjoyed the Q&A. If there is enough interest we will have to do it again sometime!

@mcolley10 I don't know that I have seen a whole lot of evidence that it can drastically be changed. I think most competitors find that their offseason weights where they feel happy/healthy kind of always fall in that same general range.

@mcolley10 I would like to see some peaking research done. Specially, it would be interesting to know why people respond differently to the same protocol. For example, some people look best the day after a high day, for others they may look best 2 days late and I've even worked with some who...

@trumpeter2 Most of my clients track steps during prep. At first we just aim for their usual daily activity then as prep progresses we may add more in as necessary and it essentially turns into a bit of LISS. However, the biggest thing is that daily steps aren't going down when they feel tired...

@mcolley10 Several things: - Less HIIT Cardio - More aggressive carb ups during peak week - Greater focus on NEAT - Use of back to back refeeds / diet breaks - I've actually brought back a bit more "bro" and a bit less powerlifting into my / clients training

@niecey85 I may be biased because I have a CSCS, but that is the training cert I typically recommend. It requires a 4 year degree to take the exam and the pass rate on the exam actually isn't all that high. If I remember right it was something like 50-60%. Now just because someone has a CSCS...

@niecey85 My book! https://www.amazon.com/Bodybuilding-Complete-Contest-Preparation-Handbook/dp/1492571334 Others I would recommend are Eric Helms Pyramid Books, Layne Norton's Contest prep book and Brad Schoenfelds Science of Muscle Development and Hypertrophy. I own all of these as well.

@niecey85 Scheduling is huge for me. I also think that having boundaries is important as well. For example, when I'm lifting at the gym, my phone is in my car. When I am lifting in my back garage in my home gym, my phone is on do not disturb mode. If it isn't the day prior or day of a...

@niecey85 While you can learn what you need to know to compete and be successful coaching yourself, having a coach may accelerate that timeline. It also takes away the stress of having to make all of your own decisions. You can just do what you are told, report back and it is on your coach to...

@niecey85 I work with a coach so that I don't overthink things which I tend to do when coaching myself. I worked with a local coach at my gym in 2004, Layne Norton in 2006, 2008, 2012 when I won my pro card and I have been working with Cliff Wilson since 2014 including my 2016 prep for my pro...

@niecey85 I do think there is a range of body weights / body fat where an individual feels and functions best. On the low end as you are dieting to stage-lean there is typically a point where loss becomes more difficult, requires more restraint/sacrifice and you start to feel more of the...

@mcolley10 More collaboration between sanctions. The untested side of the sport has 1 main sanction (NPC); however, the drug-tested side is an alphabet soup of sanctions, most of which don't work with eachother. In fact, last year there was a day where I believe 4-5 of the largest sanctions...