Beyond Fat Loss

About Beyond Fat Loss

Beyond Fat Loss is a podcast for gym-goers who want to build muscle, lose fat, and improve their physique without extremes or bullshit. Hosted by coaches Sean & Katie of SKD Coaching, this show brings human connection back to fitness in a world full of AI-written content, TikTok trends, and unqualified influencers. We share what actually works, what doesn’t, the lessons we’ve learned through coaching others - and walking the journey ourselves. Expect honest conversations, practical strategies, and real coaching insight to help you create sustainable results and a body you’re proud of.

Publisher

Katie & Sean Darlow

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Feb 2026

Latest episode

25 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Oct 2026

   Lean Building: Are You Getting Your Nutrition Right?

   FREE RESOURCES Not sure whether you should lose fat or build muscle next? Take our free quiz and find out which direction may be right for you: https://skd-n8p4dzzf.scoreapp.com/ (https://skd-n8p4dzzf.scoreapp.com/) Want to know how good your lifting habits really are? Take our free Lifting Habits Quiz and identify the areas that could be holding your training back. https://skd-yjxqbxt3.scoreapp.com/ (https://skd-yjxqbxt3.scoreapp.com/) Want to make peace with the scales? Get our free guide to help you understand your scale weight and stop letting individual weigh-ins dictate your decisions. Make Peace With The Scales — Free Guide: https://skd-scales-guide.subscribepage.io/ (https://skd-scales-guide.subscribepage.io/) WANT HELP WITH YOUR OWN GOALS? Whether you want to lose fat, build muscle or improve your approach to nutrition and training, SKD Coaching provides personalised support to help you work towards your goals. If you'd like to find out more about working with us, you can enquire here: https://forms.gle/9NujVMgsG1SZJ8Ec7 (https://forms.gle/9NujVMgsG1SZJ8Ec7) EMAILS Want more from us beyond the podcast? Join our email list to get our weekly emails, with behind-the-scenes insights, more of our opinions and extra thoughts on the topics we discuss. Sign up here: https://skd-coaching-emails.subscribepage.io (https://skd-coaching-emails.subscribepage.io) In this episode of Beyond Fat Loss, we're putting Sean's nutrition under the microscope. Sean has tracked his calories for around 15 years, consistently hits his protein targets and eats what most people would consider a healthy diet. But does that mean his nutrition is as good as it could be? Katie reviews Sean's current approach to nutrition, his lean building phase and some of the mistakes he's made along the way. Together, we explore why hitting your calories and macros is only part of the picture, and how to work out what actually deserves your attention. In this episode, we discuss: - Why eating a healthy diet and hitting your macros doesn't necessarily mean your nutrition is optimised for health, performance and physique goals. - Sean's experience with lean building, including why eating more calories doesn't automatically mean building more muscle. - How chasing scale weight and increasing calories too quickly can lead to more body fat gain than necessary. - Why you need to look beyond the scales when assessing progress during a muscle-building phase. - How much protein do you actually need to build muscle, and could eating more than you need be taking attention away from other nutritional priorities? - Why dietary variety and getting a range of fat sources matter, even when your calories and macros look good on paper. - How to plan your nutrition around social events, enjoy eating out and stay consistent without feeling that every meal needs to be perfect. - Why one higher-calorie day doesn't automatically undo your progress, and how to approach your nutrition more flexibly across the week. - What Sean has learned from his own mistakes, and how those lessons are helping him approach building muscle differently. The aim isn't to find more things to track or give yourself another set of rules to follow. It's to understand which parts of your nutrition matter most for your goals, where you could make improvements and when you might be better off leaving things alone. Because sometimes, the answer isn't to do more. It's to get better at recognising what actually needs to change. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating or review, share it with someone who might find it useful, and follow or subscribe to Beyond Fat Loss so you don't miss future episodes. Thanks for listening!

2. 

   18 Oct 2026

   Beyond Calories and Protein: Nutrition Myths, Women’s Health & What Really Matters (Part 2)

   Want more from us beyond the podcast? Join our email list to get our weekly emails, with behind-the-scenes insights, more of our opinions and extra thoughts on the topics we discuss. Sign up here: https://skd-coaching-emails.subscribepage.io (https://skd-coaching-emails.subscribepage.io) In part two of our conversation about Katie's recent nutrition qualification, we're getting into some of the nutrition messages that have been doing the rounds for years, particularly those aimed at women. From protein intake and building muscle as we age to dietary fats, insulin, supplements and the Mediterranean diet, we're discussing what the evidence tells us, what gets overcomplicated and where it's worth focusing your attention instead. We also talk about how the fitness industry can use fear and exaggerated claims to sell solutions, particularly to women navigating different life stages, and why getting the foundations right is often more useful than chasing another diet, supplement or specialised programme. In this episode, we discuss: Why nutrition advice aimed at women can become unnecessarily complicated, particularly around peri-menopause, menopause and ageing. Protein intake, how much you need to build muscle and why protein distribution throughout the day can become more important as we age. Protein quality, leucine and what to consider if you follow a vegetarian or plant-based diet. Why resistance training, progressive overload and consistency matter for maintaining and building muscle throughout life. Dietary fats, why they're important for health and recovery, and why eating fat isn't the same as gaining body fat. Saturated fats, different types of dietary fat and why the quality and variety of your food choices matter. Insulin and carbohydrate intake, including why normal increases in insulin after eating aren't something to fear. Supplements, misleading marketing and why it's worth getting your nutrition and lifestyle foundations in place before looking for additional solutions. The Mediterranean diet: what we like about it, where we think it can be overcomplicated, and what we could learn from the way people eat in Spain. As always, the aim isn't to give you another list of rules to follow. It's to help you understand your nutrition better, make more informed decisions and work out what actually matters for your own goals. FREE RESOURCES Not sure whether you should lose fat or build muscle next? Take our free quiz and find out which direction may be right for you. Should you lose fat or build muscle next? https://skd-n8p4dzzf.scoreapp.com/ (https://skd-n8p4dzzf.scoreapp.com/) Want to know how good your lifting habits really are? Take our free Lifting Habits Quiz and identify the areas that could be holding your training back. How good are your lifting habits? https://skd-yjxqbxt3.scoreapp.com/ (https://skd-yjxqbxt3.scoreapp.com/) Want to make peace with the scales? Get our free guide to help you understand your scale weight and stop letting individual weigh-ins dictate your decisions. Make Peace With The Scales — Free Guide: https://skd-scales-guide.subscribepage.io/ (https://skd-scales-guide.subscribepage.io/) WANT HELP WITH YOUR OWN GOALS? Whether you want to lose fat, build muscle or improve your approach to nutrition and training, SKD Coaching provides personalised support to help you work towards your goals. If you'd like to find out more about working with us, you can enquire here: https://forms.gle/9NujVMgsG1SZJ8Ec7 (https://forms.gle/9NujVMgsG1SZJ8Ec7) There's no obligation to work with us. Fill in the form and we'll chat through your goals and be completely honest about whether we think coaching is the right fit for you.

3. 

   11 Oct 2026

   Beyond Calories and Protein: What Really Matters for Your Nutrition? (Part 1)

   Want more from us beyond the podcast? Join our email list to get our weekly emails, with behind-the-scenes insights, more of our opinions and extra thoughts on the topics we discuss. Sign up using the link below. https://skd-coaching-emails.subscribepage.io (https://skd-coaching-emails.subscribepage.io) In this episode of Beyond Fat Loss, we chat about what Katie has learned from a year of studying advanced nutrition science, including how it's changed her approach to nutrition coaching and the way she helps clients make decisions about their diet. Rather than going over the usual advice about calories and protein, we're getting into the bigger questions: how do you know which nutrition approach is right for you, and how do you make progress without becoming reliant on one method forever? In this episode, we cover: How Katie's nutrition qualification has changed her approach to coaching. Why knowing about a nutrition strategy isn't the same as knowing when to use it. Calorie tracking vs non-tracking approaches: the benefits, limitations and when each might be useful. Why tracking can be particularly useful during a fat-loss phase, and how to develop confidence in your nutrition outside of it. How to stop jumping between nutrition methods because of conflicting advice online. Why calories and protein matter, but shouldn't be the only things you consider when building a healthy diet. The importance of dietary variety, including different fat, carbohydrate and protein sources. Practical ways to eat more fruit and vegetables, even if you don't currently enjoy them. Why sustainable progress comes from choosing an approach that suits your goals, circumstances and lifestyle. The aim isn't to tell you that one approach is always right or that you need to make your nutrition more complicated. It's to help you understand your options, make informed decisions and develop the confidence to manage your nutrition through different phases of life. This is part one of our conversation. In part two, we get into women’s health, the Mediterranean diet and our experience of eating this way while in Spain, alongside a wider discussion about the fitness industry's influence on nutrition advice and the information being marketed to women. If you're interested in building muscle, losing fat, improving your health or simply becoming more confident in your nutrition, we hope this episode gives you a few things to think about. FREE RESOURCES Not sure whether you should lose fat or build muscle next? Take our free quiz and find out which direction may be right for you: Should you lose fat or build muscle next? https://skd-n8p4dzzf.scoreapp.com/ (https://skd-n8p4dzzf.scoreapp.com/) Want to know how good your lifting habits really are? Take our free Lifting Habits Quiz and identify the areas that could be holding your training back: How good are your lifting habits? https://skd-yjxqbxt3.scoreapp.com/ (https://skd-yjxqbxt3.scoreapp.com/) Want to make peace with the scales? Get our free guide to help you understand your scale weight and stop letting individual weigh-ins dictate your decisions: Make Peace With The Scales — Free Guide: https://skd-scales-guide.subscribepage.io/ (https://skd-scales-guide.subscribepage.io/) WANT HELP WITH YOUR OWN JOURNEY? If you'd like us to help you plan and navigate your own balance build — including your nutrition, training, progress tracking and adjustments along the way — you can enquire about SKD Coaching here: https://forms.gle/9NujVMgsG1SZJ8Ec7 (https://forms.gle/9NujVMgsG1SZJ8Ec7) There's no obligation to work with us. Fill in the form and we'll chat through your goals and be completely honest about whether we think coaching is the right fit for you.

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