Balanced Bodybuilding Radio

Episode 17: Eating Out on a Diet

Ever wonder how to order healthy food at a restaurant? What if something is labeled "healthy" but has tons of calories? How do you choose foods that are macro friendly? Is it possible to order anything healthy at a fast food place? If you are a bikini competitor in your improvement season or just trying to lose weight, you will want to listen to this one!!!
 
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Episode 16: Ways to Measure Your Body Fat Percentage

What is body fat percentage and why is it important to know verses just tracking body weight? If you are a bikini competitor in your improvement season or trying to lose weight to get healthier and feel better, tracking your body fat percentage can be very helpful for your progress! Amy and Leemarie break down the most common methods of measuring body fat percentage and go over the pros and cons of each one!
 
Article referenced: https://www.ehproject.org/health/how-to-measure-body-fat
 
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Episode 15: Diet & Nutrition Q&A

In this episode we take on listener questions about dieting and nutrition for fatloss! Do you really need to track lettuce? Are carbs bad for weightloss? How do you know whether to have a free meal or a free day? Are artificial sweeteners bad for our health? All of these and more! If you are a bikini competitor in your improvement season or just trying to lose some weight and life a healthier lifestyle - this episode is for YOU!
 
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Episode 14: What is the Best Diet?

Trying to lose weight? Are you a bikini competitor in your improvement season? What is the BEST diet for you? Here we go over the three most common types of diets- a strict meal plan type, flexible dietibg (or counting macros) and intuitive eating. Listen for the pros and cons of each diet type and which is appropriate for you in your season!
 
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Episode 13: Our Favorite Things

In this episode we go through all of our favorite workouts, exercises, gym equipment and apparel as well as our TOP supplements and nutrition advice! We even give some dieting tips and amazing, macro friendly recipes!! Bikini competitors and lifestyle clients tune for how to make fat loss easier and fitness more fun!!
 
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1st Phorm Core21 (sleep aid)
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1st Phorm Creatine
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Episode 12: Building Good Habits & Breaking Bad ones

What habits do you want to build? Working out? Eating healthy? Drinking water? Getting enough sleep?How do we make those things easy and rewarding? Amy and Leemarie go through the 4 Laws of Creating Good Habits from the book Atomic Habits by James Clear and share their personal tips on how to apply these laws in real life! Follow us on Instagram @balancedbodybuildingradio@amyehinger@leemarie183Watch on YouTube: Glam Girl BikiniJoin the team: https://www.glamgirlbikini.com/get-started

Episode 11: Fitness trackers, are they worth the hype?

Do you wear a fitness tracker? Do you ever wonder if the data they provide is accurate? Should you count on those calories burned in your cardio session or those steps tracked throughout your day?  Will fitness trackers help you lose weight? What about the ability to track your stress? Amy and Leemarie dive in to all of those questions and more!!
 
Research articles referred to in the episode:
 
https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.30791
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0314-1
https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2180160
 
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Episode 10: Balancing Fitness & Life with National Strongwoman Melissa Kenner

Melissa Kenner is a nationally ranked strongman competitor, full time career woman, full time mom of 5 year old twins, part time bootcamp coach and client of Leemarie's! She recently competed at the 2023 Strongman Nationals in Dallas TX. We talk about how she got into fitness, why she competes and how she balances meal prep, training & recovery with a family and full time job!!
 
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Episode 9: The 3 S’s - Sleep, Stress & Stomach

Sleep, stress and stomach (or gut health) are the three S's that are lesser known factors that effect fat loss and muscle gain! In order to optimize your progress towards your goals, you will need to have all of these things in a good place. Coaches Amy & Leemarie discuss each "S" and how it affects fat loss and muscle gain goals for that improvement season - bikini competitors and lifestyle athletes, listen up!
 
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Episode 8: Cardio& Fat Loss

If you are a bikini competitor in your improvement season, do you need to do cardio or will it effect your gains? If you are trying to lose weight, what type of cardio is best? Should everyone do cardio for general health and fitness? We discuss all of these topics PLUS the different types of cardio and how to know which is best for YOU!
 
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