Given the rising popularity of our Female Phase Training protocol. We decided to re-post one of our published article on the subject. This article was originally published in the international alternative medical journal Townsend Letter which is geared towards physicians, but many personal trainers and serious exercise enthusiasts have asked for more detail. So, here it is: Published in the August 2012 issue of Townsend Letter by Jade Teta ND …Read More
Comments and research on exercise topics
15 Facts About Weight Loss And The Menstrual Cyle
Jade Teta ND, CSCS Given the popularity of our blog and protocol Female phase training, this article provides additional information on how the menstrual cycle impacts weight loss. Now, I know most people are not physicians, so if the science is WAY too heavy for you, just skip down to the end for the simple bullets There are two phases of the menstrual cycle the follicular phase & the luteal …Read More
Holiday Help: 5 Simple Fat Loss Tools
By Jill Coleman One of the 5 tenets of Metabolic Effect is that “Fat loss happens anywhere.” On our YouTube channel, you can see us “dining out” at gas stations, vending machines, room service and The Cheesecake Factory, among others–making choices that can help us lose fat, or at the very least not gain fat. To “live the fat loss lifestyle” is to not bring your life to a halt …Read More
What Causes Cellulite and How to Fix It
The two most frequent topics we get asked about here at Metabolic Effect are belly fat and lower body fat (specifically What Causes Cellulite). I have already written pretty extensively on the physiology of belly fat (You can read those blogs HERE, and HERE and also HERE). In this blog I want to attack the issue of lower body fat and address the “what causes cellulite and getting rid of …Read More
The Art of Personal Training: Does your trainer “get you”?
By Jill Coleman We asked on Twitter what quality was most important to people when it comes to their trainer? The options were certifications/knowledge, celebrity/well-known, looks the part and “gets me.” (We didn’t offer the option of “gets results” because we assume that that is the #1 thing clients need and want in a trainer—duh!). Overwhelmingly, people responded, “Gets me” above the others. Coming in second was “looks the part” …Read More
Female Phase Training: Training with the menstrual cycle
Jade Teta Here at the Metabolic Effect clinic we specialize in hormonal fat loss. We have three integrative and functional medicine doctors who are all medically trained naturopathic physicians. I say medically trained, to distinguish what we do from the many “holistic” health practitioners who call themselves naturopaths without attending medical school and with what amounts to associates degree level education in natural medicine. But, that is an aside. The …Read More