A Podcast Designed to Bridge the Gap Between Macros, Metabolism, and Functional Medicine. Here we focus on translating complex concepts into leverage for your health, fitness, and nutrition goals with a special emphasis on content for coaches & health professionals.
Sam Miller is a best-selling author in the field of nutrition and metabolism has more than 15 years of experience as a health, fitness, and nutrition coach. His programs help coaches and health professionals improve their clients’ results. A popular online educator, podcast host, and mentor, he consistently offers simple, strategic methods for transformation and translates complex concepts into leverage for any health and fitness goal.
His workshops, classes, and specialization programs have served over 2,500 coaches worldwide. He has been a featured speaker for companies like LinkedIn and a content contributor for industry titans such as Barbell Shrugged, Muscle Intelligence, T-Nation, Elite FTS, Active Life Rx, and more. He is a certified nutritionist and licensed, board-certified health practitioner who holds a master’s degree from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Science from Elon University.
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Back for another round of listener Q&A and a majority of the topics covered today are training and recovery related including training stress, what too much training would look like, and training add…
Being an "influencer" on social media has become overcomplicated, especially in the coaching space. To influence means to have an effect on the behavior of another individual and that is what our con…
I have covered women's health topics and subjects in many of the past episodes but wanted to talk specifically today about some tips, tricks, and tactics for female tracking. What analytics we should…
This episode on supplements takes a different angle in addressing what the look for when purchasing your next product. A BCAA, pre-workout, or whey protein product from a random company you find at t…
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When a client says they don't want to go get bloodwork drawn, it's time to start asking some questions. Do they have white coat syndrome? Are they afraid of needles? Financial barriers? We need to ge…
Another round of your questions, mainly tackling nutrition considerations for hormone health. We have to remember that hormones are not a Nintendo 64 cartridge you can just blow on and they magically…
We are taking a deep dive into the pharmacological problems seen within hormone replacement therapy. I recorded another episode on HRT earlier that addressed this topic from more of a lifestyle persp…
At the tail end of every reverse diet or maintenance phase, it's important for us to understand when we should enter back into a deficient. Having a checklist for this makes sure we don't enter back …
Short but valuable Q&A for the coaches this round from the Nutrition Coaching Collaborative. I cover a few questions around continuing education, the importance of networking, and revisit why the pro…
Was thrilled to join Sarah and Kenny Lipton on the IAM Podcast and wanted to share this episode with you on my platform. Obviously from the title we take a deep dive into cortisol's role within physi…