Dan Aquino

One of the first things many people notice after starting a GLP-1 is that they simply aren’t as hungry as they used to be. That’ll be the first symptom that’ll help with weight loss, but it can also make it easier to unintentionally eat less than your body actually needs. Most importantly I’m talking protein…

One of the most common concerns people have about taking GLP-1 drugs is fear whether they’ll lose muscle along with body fat. The short answer is it can happen, but it’s also a lot more in your control than you think. Weight loss often includes a combination of body fat, water, and lean tissue. Because…

If you’re considering taking a GLP-1 or have recently started one, you’ve probably heard people talking about how much weight they lost. While losing weight may be the goal, it’s important to remember that not all weight loss is the same. That number on the scale only tells you the total of how much weight…

Food should support your lifestyle, not control it. I think a lot of people end up making nutrition harder than it needs to be because they separate it from the rest of their lives. Meals become strict rules instead of something that helps them feel good, recover, perform, and enjoy life. The reality is that…

In my last article, I talked about some of the common variables that can cause training plateaus. But once you’ve identified those variables, the next question becomes: “What exactly should I change?” For this article I’d like to go more into the resistant training side. Most people immediately think the answer is more weight, more…

At some point in training, everyone hits a wall. It’s inevitable for the weights to stop changing, the progress slows down, and it starts to feel like all the work you’re putting in isn’t paying off the same way it used to. Your first reaction may be to push through harder with more weight, more…

In training, we’re always told to fix what’s “wrong.” Tight hips, uneven movement, compensations, they’re all things that surely can seem to need immediate correction for injury prevention and for the general population, that’s usually a good approach. Cleaning up movement helps reduce pain, improve efficiency, and build a healthier foundation long term. Now when…

Healthy eating really doesn’t have to be as complicated as people make it out to be. With endless labels, diet trends, and conflicting advice, it’s easy to feel like you need a perfect system just to eat well, but in reality, your body responds best to real, natural ingredients. It sounds self explanatory but think…

Whether it’s a struggle with knowing what to eat or what not to eat, there’s pressure to eat perfectly but there most definitely is ways around that. Diet culture has convinced us that progress only comes from strict rules, cutting foods out, and constantly starting over. An all or nothing mindset will only short term…

Balance in training to some means doing less, but that’s not always the case. Knowing when to push and when to pull back so training stays something you want to do, not just something you feel trapped by, is where balance comes in to play. If every workout is starting to feels like a grind,…

If you’re not sweating, sore, exhausted, you’re not working hard enough. That’s something I’m sure we’ve all heard before or may even have fallen onto thinking. But the real truth is recovery NEEDS to play a factor in your training. It’s not a break from training it’s a necessary part of it for your body…

Anyone can push themselves in a workout, but pushing with intention is what actually creates the results we’re looking for. Without a clear purpose in mind, intensity becomes misplaced stress disguised as progress. Your goals are usually quick to think of when you know what you want but it most certainly needs to work with…