Nikias Tomasiello
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Hosted by Nikias Tomasiello, a transgender online training and nutrition coach, the Fit to Transform Podcast is the show for you if you’re committed to transforming your physique, lifestyle, and mindset. With a mix of solo episodes and interviews with his own clients and experts in the fitness and health industry, Nikias is going to help you build science-based habits to lose weight, gain muscle, and, most importantly, maintain these results for life. If you’re ready to start your lifestyle transformation, get yourself a cup of tea (or pre-workout) and enjoy.
Nikias and Steve Hall make first callouts sound less like phone appointments when you're eyeing a bodybuilding stage.
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A careful lower-body coaching session that turns deadlift jargon into practical exercise-selection choices.
The episode is strongest when it slows the argument down enough for the exercise names to regain their meaning. Dr. Eric Helms and Nikias spend real time separating stiff-leg deadlifts from Romanian deadlifts, and that distinction is the point: knee angle, hip hinge, starting…
A clear hypertrophy discussion that turns loading myths into practical programming tradeoffs.
Nikias and Derek keep the discussion centered on load-induced muscle growth, and they do a good job separating useful coaching ideas from the usual myths around hypertrophy.
Discipline here is measured by daily follow-through, not motivation.
Coach Natalie Vuesss and Nikias keep the focus on the plain work of bodybuilding prep: the meal plan, the cardio, and being ready on stage day. The conversation keeps coming back to a simple test, end the day able to say the work got done.
Lucy Cook's first podcast interview follows transition, body image, and the rush of stepping onto a trans-centered bodybuilding stage.
Lucy Cook's first podcast interview keeps its focus on fitness, transition, and bodybuilding without overplaying any one thread. It traces years of chasing low body fat, then the weight gain that came at the start of transition, before landing on her first competition and what…
A practical guide to bodybuilding contest prep, from stage flow and posing to the basics of nutrition.
Contest prep is treated as the practical side of a bodybuilding show: how lineup calls work, what the mandatory poses look like, and where a 60-second posing round fits into show day.
A practical reset for listeners stuck between chronic under-eating, premature bulking, and shaky maintenance estimates.
Episode takes on a common physique-building trap: trying to gain while living on too little food, jumping into a bulk too soon, or treating maintenance calories like a fixed truth.
Yoga, grief, breath, and brave self-compassion.
Western bowhunting lessons from the field.
In this solo episode, Nikias Tomasiello outlines six essential skills to develop before starting a fat loss diet, including food tracking, flexible meal structures, and mindset shifts.
Steve Hall argues that the claim "bulking is dead" lacks nuance and rests on Eric Helms' 2023 massing paper, whose conclusion recommends a surplus for muscle growth.
Loz Vickers, a natural female bodybuilder who started at 17 and competed at 19, explains how tracking her Christmas dinner and skipping school graduation events for training led her to prioritise longevity over perfection.
Nikias Tomasiello and PhD candidate Derrick Van Every review their narrative paper on hypertrophy myths, starting with muscle growth potential, where Van Every says new lifters gain roughly 1 to 2 kg of fat-free mass, with high responders gaining close to 4 kg.
Nikias Tomasiello, a 5-foot online coach who diets on 1,200–1,500 calories, shares nine tips for clients on 1,200–1,900 calories.
Michias Tomasiello launches "The Redemption Arc," a series on his own bodybuilding, after hypothyroidism and a year of gut problems limited his muscle gain from September 2022 onward.
Dorian Varović, a PhD candidate at the University of Zagreb, says his meta-analysis of 11 studies found training at short and long muscle lengths produced similar proximal, mid and distal growth, against his initial hypothesis.
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Trans coach Nikias details three common physique-building mistakes he observes in the transmasculine fitness community: bulking too soon after a cut, chronically under-eating, and beginners bulking before they have the necessary skills.
Nikias brings Derek Van Avery onto Fit to Transform to talk through a recent paper.
Nikias frames the conversation around effective lower-body exercise selection and notes that the interview is long enough to be split into two parts.
Nikias Tomasiello sits down with Steve Hall to unpack bodybuilding contest prep.
Coach Nikias opens the conversation with a familiar first question: who is Natalie, what does she do, and why is she good at it.
Lucy joins Fit to Transform for her first podcast interview.
In this solo episode, Nikias Tomasiello discusses how to achieve visible abs, addressing the skinny talk trend on TikTok and sharing his personal experience from a 2022 photoshoot prep.
Coach Nikias announces a free physique blueprint program for masculine and feminine body types, including training and nutrition guidance for transgender individuals.
Host Nikias Tomasiello discusses how cutting and bulking experiences differ for transgender individuals, blending fitness advice with personal insight.
Coach Nikias answers common questions about cutting phases, including how long to cut and managing diet fatigue.
Host Nikias Tomasiello interviews Luke Lehman about the physiology of weight loss beyond calorie deficits.
Coach Nikias answers frequently asked questions about bulking, drawing on six years of coaching experience to guide listeners on effective physique development.
Coach Nikias interviews Dr.
Coach Nikias and guest Brandon discuss practical strategies for maintaining fat loss goals while traveling.
Coach Nikias and guest Brandon discuss how to maintain fitness and nutrition goals while traveling for leisure or business.
Coach Nikias introduces a Q&A episode where he answers listener questions about fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle transformation.
Host Nikias Tomasiello interviews Dr.