#41 Holly Baxter-Norton WBFF Fitness Pro: what is evidence-based coaching, importance of diet breaks, planning your reverse, honest truths of prep, negative metabolic adaptation

This incredible lady surely needs no introduction but incase you are not familiar with Holly, she is a WBFF Fitness pro, evidence based coach and Ms. Dietetics, Director of Team Biolayne, and co-founder of diet coaching app Carbon Diet Coach. (Among MANY other things!).

Holly brings an enormous amount of expertise to this episode and we really only just scratched the surface of all her knowledge and experiences on all things training, nutrition and comp prep - one hour just isn’t enough some times! 

We spoke about:⁠

• Importance of diet breaks (physically and psychologically)
• Holly’s competing background and how she got into the sport
• Finding her federation and category
• Why Holly is taking a break from competing (for now!) to focus on other areas of her life
• Holly’s tips for letting go of a stage physique 
• Why you should be planning your reverse
• Getting a head start on your mindset before prep
• The honest truths of prep
• Social life sacrifices and how to still weave in time with friends
• Understanding negative metabolic adaptation
• What is evidence based nutrition and exercise?
• The individuality of diets
• Holly’s number one piece of advice to new competitors

And SOOO much more!⁠

If you want to follow Holly, learn more about her journey and her coaching services you can do so at  @hollytbaxter and check out her new coaching platform you can do so at @carbondietcoach

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Until next time…⁠

Love you!⁠

R x