Our Approach

At Barbell Kitchen, we make nutrition feel simple, practical, and doable. We teach the why behind the science and help people apply it in real life—through one-on-one coaching, education, and systems that actually stick.

Our work is rooted in the core pillars of health: food, movement, sleep, and community. Using a macronutrient-based approach, we help clients fuel their bodies well, build sustainable habits, and feel confident navigating food long term—without extremes or confusion.

Coaching

Along with nutrition and training, we help clients build awareness around their mind–body connection and how it impacts energy, stress, and overall well-being. Coaching is fully personalized and grounded in the core pillars of health: food, movement, sleep, and community.

We work with both outcome-based goals and behavior-based goals—whether that’s finding balance, supporting autoimmune conditions, losing fat, gaining muscle, or improving your relationship with food. The goal is feeling better and building habits that last.

Coaching includes:

• One-on-one support starting with an initial consultation and in-depth onboarding so we truly understand you, your lifestyle, and your goals (we get to know you like a close friend).

• Goal setting and planning that balances outcomes and behaviors—you bring the goals, we help map the route.

• A customized nutrition plan with shared, cloud-based tracking tools so you and your coach can collaborate closely (no spying, just support).

• Regular check-ins to assess progress, troubleshoot obstacles, and adjust as needed—think part accountability, part encouragement.

Our Clients

We work with athletes, parents, first responders, students, and real people who want nutrition that’s personalized—not templated. Our clients come to us for support across performance, health, and healing, and stay because the approach works.

Here’s what a few of them have shared about their experience.

ANTHONY

Before working with Sara, I had stuck to the traditional Paleo, eat clean, thought process around nutrition. I was attempting to train hard, run a business, and have some semblance of a personal life, but none of it was going well because I felt drained and beat up all the time. I didn’t realize I had been severely under-eating for the amount of work I was doing day-in and day-out. Within a few weeks of Sara dialing in my macros, explaining some better food options, and inspiring me with her badass Instagram posts about delicious and healthy meals, I was sleeping better, recovering faster from training, and hitting PR’s on workouts and lifts! Everyone needs a coach, and Sara has done an incredible job coaching me back into a healthy place.

NIKOLL

I am a former collegiate athlete and current healthcare professional, so health and fitness have been a part of my daily life for as long as I can remember. For years, even when competing as a swimmer, it has been a struggle to find an eating program I can live with and stick to. A month ago I started flex dieting with Sara as my guide and inspiration. Working full time and with a 4 month old at home, I need a program that can change as quickly as my day does. In the first month alone, I have been able to eat funfetti cupcakes, drink beer AND still lose 10 lbs!! I couldn’t be happier and more grateful to Sara for introducing me to the concept of flex dieting which allows me to live a normal but healthy lifestyle.

Ronelle

In 2016, I decided it was time to look at my food choices and nutrition after trying every "fad" diet that's out there and not seeing any results. We started by looking at macros, which I had never heard of before, and the types of foods that would help me meet those goals. I started to see results and feel better about myself just by following the numbers Sara gave me. However, it wasn't just about Sara providing numbers, it was about her using her extensive knowledge and experience of food, supplements, what our body is trying to tell us it needs, and how to adapt your body to those changes. I later enlisted personal training with Sara, after having several injuries. For the first year, I had a lot of setbacks, and eventually got to place I had never been before, over 210 pounds. I decided "enough was enough" worked with Sara every week on how to hit my macro goals. Over a few short months, I started to see significant weight loss, 10, 20, 30, and a year later a total of 75 pounds. I now weigh less than I did in High School. I have never made a better decision, of not just losing weight, but changing my lifestyle. Sara and I both look back and talk about it how I could not do a squat even close to parallel, afraid to do a box jump, and did not have the flexibility for a kip swing; basically was starting from scratch after being an avid Track and Field athlete and Water Polo player in High School and College. I never want to go back to where I was, only to look at it and say I can't believe how far I've come. I could not have done any of this without Sara and all of her experience and knowledge. She isn't just a nutrition coach; she is a personal trainer, life coach, teacher, mom, listener, and most of all has become a close friend of mine.

Nadelle

As a lifelong athlete, of course I knew how to lose weight after my second baby. It was simple: less in, more out. So, for months, while breastfeeding, I tracked my 1,200 calories habitually and exercised regularly. After losing a little weight, I settled in to what I thought was my mid-30s, postpartum mom bod for life. 

I’m so glad I had it all wrong. I didn’t hate my body. I respected it for growing two humans, but seeing what Sara was doing other athletes made me slightly envious. They were eating DONUTS and still showing off their six packs. Despite my curiosity, I STILL didn’t think the macro approach was going to work for me because I was a 15-year vegetarian and a 5-year vegan. There was no way she was going to get it, want to work with it, or understand it. Wrong again. 

When I finally stopped holding myself back and asked Sara to be my nutrition coach, everything seemed to change for me. I hit my macros every single day for 15 weeks and I lost over 10% of my body weight, but without losing strength.
While Sara’s nutritional knowledge is abundant and thorough, where she excels is as a coach. Do you want to talk about protein? She can do that. Do you want to talk recovery? She can do that. Do you want to talk about why you have a weird relationship with food? She does that even better. She meets you where you are as a human and guides you to achieve your goals— in the gym, in the kitchen, or in the mom wrestling ring— she is there to teach you all the Jedi mind tricks and practical strategies you need to manipulate your food to manipulate your body. 

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