Pauline Nordin

Is it having a dream about making a body transformation? Pauline Nordin posing as fitness model They want to change more than they want to stay the same. Nope. That’s not it. What is it all my clients have in common about wanting to transform? It is not “I’m thinking about it.” Not “after vacation.” Not “when life settles down.” Not “starting Monday.” They are sick of negotiating with themselves. They come to me saying: “I want a fit body. I want to transform my body now". Wh

The Only Body Transformation Challenge Is Today. People often ask why I don’t run traditional body transformation challenges anymore. The answer is simple. A body transformation is not an event. It is a lifestyle. Gina Aliotti, IFBB Fitness figure professional and Dana Lynn Kaye founder of Devotion Nutrition & I. All of us live the fitness lifestyle. We hosted a fitness challenge together in 2018. Yes, I create structured training programs. I use periodization. I change train

How do you gain more lean muscle? You join the ones who know how! Welcome to Iron Eagle Bodybuilding gain lean muscle 101 with Pauline Nordin. You do not survive and dominate the fitness industry for nearly 30 years by accident. You do it by mastering the exact mechanics required to build lean muscle, real dense, defined muscle that stands the test of time. In this course, Pauline opens up her private vault to give you an unfiltered look at what elite training actually looks

Fitness Is a Lifestyle, Not a Challenge Why did I leave the body transformation and diet culture despite thousands of successful transformations, before-and-after photos, and happy clients? Here's a glimpse back in time to when Fighterdiet was the nutrition system I used while coaching Body Transformation Challenges from 2014–2025. ​ The word diet means way of life. ​ Because I realized that most people were falling in love with the transformation, not the lifestyle. And that

MONDAY. How on earth do YOU stay motivated to hit your workouts? I find myself dragging my feet, got no energy, focus is on so many other things I don't have the drive to give my all to train hard. I just got back from my training session. I am on week 2 of 4 in my current routine for my 4-12-1 program. There is not one piece of me right now that want to commit to more. I must motivate myself to just GO, DO IT. I know what it takes to stay strong and get stronger. I want to

So it's Friday again. I'm feeling defeated in my coaching power. My intention is always to help clients help themselves. I get requests from clients that they want a community, somewhere to feel supported and build friendships... I try to cater, I try to provide a place online for my women enrolled in my subscription that gives access to my real training life, with all that goes with the lifestyle of strength training, nutrition, wellness, mindset, all that body and mind dail

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You'd have no Fat loss diet problem anymore. This is why I teach you how to rethink the concept of sticking to your diet or complying with a fat loss diet protocol. Everyone wants a simple go to fat loss diet meal plan, but then we complicate the simple and lose at keeping the excitement for healthy eating alive. You end up in diet depression and it seems that the only strategy that works is first sabotage yourself with poor food choices. After adequate time spent on self-sab

100 simple tips for Muscle Gains To gain lean muscle or not to gain lean muscle.... Here is a list for 100 simple tips to keep you motivated! Start accepting your body and let it have time become more and more the way you want it. Evaluate your primary intention with your training year. What’s most important for you to work towards? Train your hardest workouts when you’re naturally most motivated to train, skip putting it where it’s convenient. Invest in more sleep every ni

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Said I never because I have eczema and I call it delicate princess skin. When it's summer my fitness lifestyle with tight fitting leggings and sport bras as my daily outfit becomes stressful. Many years ago I broke out in rashes all over my body as soon as my body started to perspire to release heat and stay cool. It felt so unfair that everyone else in the gym worked out dripping in sweat with no sign of discomfort. I too wanted to be able to stay in sweaty clothes to keep t

The Self-Relationship & the need to slow down I remember feeling too fat at this photo shoot in 2017. I didn't have my ideal six pack of abs and nothing else mattered. It is wednesday and day 2 on my 4-12-1 workout plan for myself. I have set my goal to complete 12 workouts in 4 weeks time. Can I train more? Yes. Do I have to force myself to do it? No. Right now I don't want to pressure myself to commit to more than I feel is good for now. I want to look forward to every sess

10 Things to know about my training life after 40, I’m 44. 2003 visiting Los Angeles in California for the first time in my life and deadlifting with poor form. If you do see me deadlift in my workout videos then it’s too light and not loaded to challenge my muscles. Romanian deadlifts, sumo deadlifts, unilateral deadlifts, conventional deadlifts, off the rack walkout straight leg deadlifts, on the bench stiff leg deadlifts: I did them all for many years! I train clients who

Long gone are the workout days when my body let me do whatever I wanted without holding me back. It was the era in my life when mind over body was how to get strong, build muscle and get shredded. It did not matter if it felt good, I wanted to achieve my goals and had pride about training and push myself to the limit every day with no end or pause. I was young, ambitious and hungry for building my body the way I envisioned a Frank Zane like physique, but as a woman. My young

It's Sunday and I am preventing my Sunday Blues from taking over. The best way to manage my mind is to focus on all I'm grateful for and truly put in my effort into setting my mind straight right away in the morning. I start my day like all days with 10 minutes Laughter meditation in bed. Then I start with a gratitude for having health, food, a home, family and a cat. I take big breaths and AAAAH a few times, then it's time for coffee. On my table I found my list of to do f

Hello Hello! It's Wednesday again. It's Defeed Day 3 out of 14 Defeed Days in a row. This is a diet day where your discipline will be tested. After two days on plan it's getting close to the weekend where most of you want to enjoy, relax and just have a little bit of extra. Nobody likes to talk to coach Pauline now because only the few are actually serious about getting leaner, healthier and stronger. Today, MOST of you who are focused on your nutrition will feel that pull to

Got 10 minutes a day to join my Easy Fitness Life Routine? Commit to just one session of 10 minutes a day with me so you get out of your own way! This Full Body Warmup workout with broomstick & Supermans for a strong lower back is workout day 2 out of 12 to complete in 4 weeks. Here's how you can plan it out: Monday-Wednesday-Friday 4 weeks workout plan Pick one workout from the playlist and do that one. You can do the same workout for 12 workout days in a row! Commit to one