Welcome back to The Results Method Podcast.

In this episode, Alicia Kyrgios and Sarah Priestley take you inside a real athlete check-in, five weeks out from the FMG Gold Coast show and nine weeks out from FMG Italy.

This week threw up a curveball. Midweek, Sarah had already dropped 800 grams, nearly double their target rate of loss. Instead of celebrating, Ally flagged it as a red flag and made immediate adjustments. More food. Less output. And the result? Sarah looked fuller, sharper, and continued to lose fat.

If that sounds backwards, this episode is for you.

Ally breaks down exactly why pushing harder at this stage of prep is one of the most common and costly mistakes she sees, and what she did instead to protect Sarah's muscle, performance, and stage-ready physique.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why losing weight too fast in prep is actually a red flag
• How to identify when your body has shifted from resisting fat loss to adapting to it
• Why more food and less cardio can produce better conditioning
• The real markers Ally assesses beyond scale weight (and why most coaches stop too early)
• How strategic carbohydrate placement improved Sarah's training performance
• Why low resting heart rate at this stage signals adaptation, not fitness
• What efficient fat loss actually looks like versus excessive fat loss
• How the coach-athlete relationship and open communication changes outcomes

This is what a real, collaborative, data-driven prep looks like from the inside. No guessing, no pushing through, no shrink-at-all-costs mentality.

👥 About the Hosts

Alicia Kyrgios is an Accredited Sports Nutritionist and Contest Preparation Coach with over two decades of experience helping both lifestyle clients and competitive athletes achieve sustainable results. She is also the Director of the FMG Italy and Dubai shows, an international MC for FMG events, and sits on the board of the Sports Nutrition Association.

Sarah Priestley is an FMG Pro athlete and social media manager and strategist coach who helps business owners and competitors build strong personal brands online.

Together, they bring elite performance insight and real world practicality to every conversation.

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