Train with Jackie

Train with Jackie Functional Health & Nutrition Coach & NASM Certified Personal Trainer

03/18/2026

I've been terrible about sharing prep updates... what questions do y'all have?!

03/09/2026

Everyone thinks workouts are just about physiques. You just think about the influencer gym with a bunch of nice bodies, hard muscles, $4,000 cameras for marketing the next fad workout program.

It's not actually about that. The gym is the place you go to build capacity for adaptation to stress. The place you go to practice for when life gets hard. The place you go to CHOOSE hardship.

This is the decision that prepares you for difficulty outside the gym. When real life applies pressure - divorce, grief, financial stress, screaming toddlers, big life decisions - you don't get to lower the weight in those moments. You have to finish the reps.

If you've already practiced finishing the reps, life doesn't feel quite as heavy. Strength training teaches your mind and body the SAME thing. You don't get to quit when it's hard.

So sure, you can build muscle definition in the gym, but you can also build the kind of resilience that allows you to maintain composure in difficult situations.

Go strength train and let me know how it changes your life.

Thirty. Flirty. And thriving.Emphasis on thriving.
03/07/2026

Thirty. Flirty. And thriving.

Emphasis on thriving.

03/06/2026

Here's what no one tells you about weight loss...

You're probably familiar with the math equation of calories in, calories out, but are you familiar with the hormonal side of weight loss?

Leptin = hormone that signals your full
Drops

Grehlin = hormones that signals hunger
Rises

Cortisol
Rises

Thyroid output
Could drop

So if this is more than a math equation, don't you think it would be responsible to understand your hormones in a fat loss phase? Understanding that you're likely going to be hungry is a pre-requisite for a successful fat loss phase.

It's a small price to pay for the greater good, but it's one that you need to know about. Weight loss doesn't come quickly or easily and you're going to have to say no to foods that you would normally say yes to.

If you're ready to cut fat for bikini season, but have tried everything on your own without results, it might be time to partner with someone who understands psychology and physiology in a fat loss phase. Comment "FAT LOSS" and let's chat about your plan to be confident in a bikini on the beach this summer!

03/04/2026

I was recently asked if I've ever turned clients away from coaching, and the answer is YES!

Examples:
1. The no-show pattern.
If you miss two consult calls without communication and then get upset that I won’t move forward, that’s data.
If you can’t respect a 30-minute call, I can’t expect consistency with check-ins, workouts, or nutrition compliance.

2. Client who blatantly told me she wasn't going to eat animal protein (despite a laundry list of health concerns that would've benefited from it). There are vegan coaches out there, but I'm not one of them. If I know right off the bat there's a lack of trust in me or the process, this isn't going to work for either of us.

3. The ghost roster client.
I’ve let clients go for not completing workouts or communicating. You’re not going to sit on my roster, do 20% of the work, and then say “nothing works for me.”
If I’m coaching you, we’re coaching. Not pretending.

Misalignment wastes time, money, and momentum.
I don't ask for perfection. I don't ask for obsession. I don't even ask for flawless adherance. I just ask for effort and communication.

The women who thrive in my program aren’t perfect, but they are responsive. They ask questions. They show up imperfectly but consistently. They understand that hormonal healing, body recomposition, and metabolic repair require partnership.

I will meet your effort with expertise and celebration of wins!

03/03/2026

Chronic yeast infections were ruining this clients' life. Imagine having a yeast infection 6-10x per year and never seeing improvement.

Well, that all changed when she started clearing estrogen from her system, focusing on gut and vaginal health and reducing inflammation. She dropped weight quicker and hasn't had a yeast infection since.

Quick note that even though her stools have temporarily loosened, this should be a very short term affect and will clear up and return to normal in a few days. If it doesn't, we'll dive deeper into why!

If you're dealing with chronic infections (yeast, HSV 1 or 2, EBV, H. Pylori, etc) there's always a root cause. You don't have to deal with it forever!

03/03/2026

14 weeks from the stage!

What else do you want to know about?

4 years132 ➡️ 136Here are 4 lessons to pull from 4 years of training. 1. Muscle takes TIME to build. There are four YEAR...
03/02/2026

4 years

132 ➡️ 136

Here are 4 lessons to pull from 4 years of training.

1. Muscle takes TIME to build.
There are four YEARS in between these photos. Don't you dare have the audacity to walk into the gym and expect to build the body composition of your dreams in the first 3 months or think it's not that hard.

2. The scale is irrelevant to your body composition.
There's only a 4 pound difference in these photos, but as you can see, I carry the weight SO much differently with having a much leaner composition. I have more muscle and less fat. Can you imagine the frustration over the last 4 years if my only concern was the scale? 🤯

3. You can’t diet your way into a physique you haven’t built yet.
Both photos are 14 weeks out from the stage but the off-seasons between them were completely different. Growth seasons matter. Maintenance phases matter. Strategic calories matter.
If you’re constantly dieting, constantly trying to be your smallest, you’re stalling the very progress you want.

4. Sometimes, "balance" is bu****it.
While balance is preached all across the internet, and for good reason MOST of the time, I didn't build this physique by being "balanced" 100% of the time. Sometimes life requires you to be unbalanced to hit your goals. I tracked my food. I declined dessert. I added more weight to my exercises than what was comfortable. Not everything in life is always "balanced." In fact, it rarely is.

Which one of these lessons was your favorite?

02/25/2026

Fun fact: I actually DO plan on losing 20+ pounds this year, so let's do it together!

Here's what I'm doing:
1. Walking!
Increase those steps and make it non-negotiable. This is a great way to increase energy expenditure, improve cardiovascular health, and stay strong!

2. Track macros!
You can't be in a caloric deficit if you don't know what a deficit is. Sticking within your calories (even when it's not fun) is the best way to see progress.

3. Sleep!
Not getting enough sleep is enough to stall your progress for weeks. Ghrelin increases, cortisol increases, and progress becomes impossible. Go to bed on time!

What is the hardest part of losing weight for you?

02/24/2026

You can't manage what you refuse to measure.

Some of you out there are 5-6 figures in debt and have "tried everything, but life is so expensive."

Others of you are willing to track every tiny metric in your business, but won't pull up an app to spend 5 minutes tracking your food for the day.

Nobody bats an eye when an activity or item doesn't fit in your budget, but suddenly it's obsessive when the same concept is applied to food.

Hate to break it to ya, but there are expensive items around every corner (houses, cars, vacations, donuts, pasta, cake... you get the idea?)

Are you tempted to buy the $2.6 million dollar house in the next neighborhood over? Probably not, because you don't have the money. So why do you all of the sudden think it's ok to overspend on your food?

Tracking data is how we get the outcome we desire. No, it's not glamorous to live in a 200k house when you could be posting pictures of the inground pool in the stone mansion. Also not glamorous to be posting pics of the chicken and broccoli you had for lunch, but guess what? That chicken and broccoli gives you freedom. Funny enough, it gives you financial freedom alongside the physical freedom to spend on what's really important to you.

So, I don't know what your beef is with tracking macros, but if you want more freedom in your health, tracking is free and available to everyone with access to the internet.

02/19/2026

My weight is up over a pound this week.

Am I frustrated? Yes. But what I refuse to do is make emotional reactions based on what a piece of plastic between my feet says.

My clothes fit better.
I feel leaner.
My progress photos don't lie.
My waist measurements are going down.

So who's the one lying? The scale.

This is why it's so important to remove emotional attachment from the scale and make sure you're grabbing other forms of data for tracking progress.

My body composition is clearly changing. My waist is tighter (by 2 inches to be exact). My delts are popping a bit more. Even my glutes look tighter and leaner, which is one of the last things that I normally see changes in.

This is how progress works. If you're constantly ruled by the scale and making emotional decisions, you're literally never going to get anywhere.

Trust the process.

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