In episode 16, I interview William Grazione in a Q & A format. We go over the concept of flexible dieting, reverse dieting, and other tactics to ensure a successful fat loss and post fat loss phase. We also touch on coaching red flags, keys to a healthy lifestyle, and reasons for coaching success. Reach Will on IG @william_grazione or www.metabolicevolution.com. Will’s Bio: I am William Grazione, Husband, father of 4, physique coach, Pro natural bodybuilder, with a B.S. in Exercise Science. I live in Lutz, Florida with my beautiful wife Tanya who also shares a passion for fitness and being a birth doula.
I started playing competitive sports at 12 years old, I excelled in football. After high school I received an athletic scholarship and played football for Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma for a few years until injuries would plague me. After my third knee injury I decided it was time to give up playing football, and continue on with the passion that I truly loved which was weight lifting. Closing on my senior year in college I became interested in competing in bodybuilding. At the time I had no idea Natural Bodybuilding even existed. Eager to learn I quickly started reading more books based on sport performance, hypertrophy, metabolism, and strength and conditioning. I also began researching the web, this was when I stumbled upon Layne Norton and his series on Bodybuilding.com "Life of a Natural Pro" I was then more eager than ever to increase my knowledge.
After my final semester at Bacone I moved back home to Saint Petersburg, Florida and would start preparing for my first natural bodybuilding competition. I chose the 2010 OCB Southeast States promoted by Nicole Weeks, IFPA & NGA Figure Pro. During my contest prep I utilized the knowledge I had acquired to that point in academia as well as my own research of evidence based coaching practices. After dieting for 12 weeks I would go on to win the open short class and the overall at my first bodybuilding competition.
A year later after a series of metabolic restoration, my girlfriend Tanya and I had decided to hire Dr. Norton for our 2012 season and would go on to achieve our best physiques to date. We have since become great friends Layne and I look forward to helping Dr. Norton change the fitness industry one client at a time.
During my first two seasons as a bodybuilder I became confident in guiding others around me that had aspirations of competing in physique contests or just gaining the education they needed to end their weight gain issues. My knowledge continued to blossom as I became infatuated with learning more regarding science and metabolism. As I continuously helped more people, coaching become my passion, and having the ability to guide so many over the last 10 years has been an abolsute blessing.
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