PHYSIQUE UPDATE! Has less weightlifting changed my body? 

Hey my friends ❤️ I really wanted to talk a bit about the journey to how I got to my current physique, metabolism & training style and what I would have done differently if I were to start now! Hope you enjoy!! Lots of love xx

Could you please do a video that really gets into the diff types of training and their benefits i.e. hypertrophy, functional, strength, calisthenics, etc?

Could you do a video explaining the principles of hypertrophy and strength training and the differences between them? I've been weight training for a while but I'm still not really sure what distinguishes the two! x

I swear I always leave your videos in a good mood - you're bubbly personality is so infectious!

The whole idea of thinking of your long term goals instead of short term physique is soooo important and thank you for pointing it out in this video. I often struggle with the dilemma of wanting to be a better runner vs how training makes my body look, even though I know what matters most to me is the physical achievement. We need to celebrate strong, powerful and athletic bodies more, not just the classic size 6 model or the Instagram booty girls. They are beautiful too but athletic bodies can be really under represented at times.

I love that you transitioned to functional training. I am a retired physical therapist and athletic trainer. I used to do mostly weight lifting for aesthetics. I thought stretching and functional training was over rated. BOY WAS I WRONG. What I realized as I got older (55 years old right now) is I still look good but boy did I get tight and mobility as you get older especially if you retire goes. EVERYONE should add stretching and functional mobility to their training if the goal is to have an active life free of pain way up into your older years(which pain comes with increasing limited mobility). Incorporating animal movements has been awesome as well as increasing functional movement patterns in training which require the use of multiple muscle groups working together vs just a bench press. Keep up the good work I think you have optimized the way most people should train if quality of life is goal.

Can you make a video on the different types of training and what they consist of. And how they impact our bodies? I was so confused watching this video because I don’t understand all those different exercise types

4:44 - when Natacha spoke about her shoulders I was like “yes, you have gorgeous shoulders”

The fitness industry really needs more people like you, Natacha. People who mindlessly throw out guides to make money and who don't have a knowledgable scientific background are given wayyyy to much credit. I TRUST YOU! You have showed your audience that you have tried it ALL, that you have taken science into account, that you are fine with not having the curviest physique but your body does amazing things because you don't, that the improved quality of life because of your fitness (not fitness as your life) is what is important. Your guide MOVE. is the first I have purchased and you are probably the first and last person I will purchase guides from. Thank you for sharing your journey!!!!

You are my NETFLIX during this quarantine! I loveeeeeeeee everything you do

“I’d never miss a bus 🚌 in my life” LOL 😂 I absolutely love you!! 💕

You’re one of my favorite fitness youtubers! The mentality you have is so helpful, so considerate, and generally just a positive approach to treating your body & mind well. I’ve been switching from cardio to strength training and de-stigmatizing muscle as bad because it adds weight has become a lot easier just from looking at some of your videos. Thank you for the content, you’re amazing! ❤️

That's exactly what I'm doing now. I'm integrating more functional moves in my strength training and it's so fun to try new things and switch it up a bit!!! You're attitude in life, self love, and mindset with your training are so inspirational!!!! 💛💛💛

I love how transparent you are about your training and how you got to the point you're at now, making really clear your current training style differs from what actually got you there. Most fitness youtubers these days are not as explicit about it and I feel like a lot of people just follow them blindly not considering that they probably start from a really different body than those youtubers. Your videos are just awesome and inspire me to change up my training style! :) Lots of love from Germany

thank you for continuing to motivate and inspire me and many others! I love your videos! You can tell that you actually plan them out and put lots of work into them but also make everything look effortless. I appreciate the work you do!! Much love! 💙

Literally when I'm feeling down and you upload, I instantly smile!!

I'll be forever grateful for finding your channel. You're my number one inspiration not just in fitness but on maintaining a happy and self-loving attitude. Thank you! 😊❤

These are my favourite types of videos! I love all the advice that you give, I’ve semi hit a plato with my training and your workouts have really been helping me switch it up a little bit and enjoy training 😊💓

I really love how genuine Natacha is. Her positivity and good vibes is so infectious. She always seems so real, and with no hidden agenda. So refreshing... Every.... Single.... Time❤️😎

I love that you really try to consider lots of different types of people and circumstances. So glad I've found your videos! Please keep doing what you're doing and educating us!

You've taught me so much!! You've totally changed the way I see training and weight-loss 👍🏼

I've just binge watched a LOAD of your videos and now I'm a new subscriber! Love your content!! :)

Thank you SO much for sharing this. So important for people to build a base - I feel like functional training is trendy (it’s fun!) but you’re being honest about how you got your physique, which is super rare. 💕

35 hours of cardio a week?? Oh hell nooo!!!

Oh yesss so excited for this video!! Your physique is so amazing!

And this is why you’re my FAV fitness RU-vidr! Can always count on your content to deliver❤️

I watch your videos on repeat and I am just finishing up week 7 of build. For me I wanted to do your guide was because I enjoy doing the type of training that you do. By doing your guide I have started to find that love of working out again. I just want to thank you for being you and the bright/happy light that you bring to this world💕☀️

QUEEN!!!! Love you so much!!! So beautiful in every stage of the process and your progress is inspiring!!!

Thank you for giving us insight on your fitness background. That really helps us be more realistic with our goals and how we expect our bodies to look in a certain amount of time. As much as we want to look like you, we are all on our own journeys with different lifestyles. Patience, consistency, and hard work are key!

I love how you’re full of positiv energy ! You deserve more subscribers

Thank you for this video! I really feel like many fitness influencers post crazy and cool workouts leaving the Impression that they built their body this way.. when they are actually training differently Outside of RU-vid/Instagram. I always appreciate your honesty! Have a great day love, greetings from Germany xx

yes this is the kind of honesty we need on here! So many instagram and youtube videos of people with a certain type of physique doing these fun and unique workouts that most probably didnt give them the body they currently have but a lot of people watching those videos are mislead. Thank you for being the one that sets it straight for your viewers

Natacha! So much respect for you girl! Love your mindset towards fitness. Always learning a lot from you!

Really love that you shared this bigger picture. Sometimes I get caught up in the now and put too much pressure on myself to have results rn when I should be more understanding that this is a complete journey!

I always get so excited to see a notification about one of your videos!! I know I'll be in for a treat and always leave with a smile on my face and inspirational knowledge to benefit too!

You have been such an encouragement to me, Natacha. It wasn't until I started following your channel a year ago that I finally started feeling free to train for reasons OTHER than physique. My body has never been where I've wanted it to be and I still struggle with insecurities about my size. But you just love training for strength and mobility and longevity, and that's really why we SHOULD train. Quitting the diet/physique-driven mentality is so hard, but I'm trying my best. Thank you so much for everything you do. 🙏🏼

Love your happy personality and positive energy😻😻 glad I found your videos

Yay get so happy when you upload! Thanks for this video, I definitely want to follow what you suggested and slowly incorporate more functional training and gymnastics into my workouts!

I can now do 10 proper push ups without dying! Thanks for the inspiration 💕

This is exactly what I needed today! I loved your video and how informative it is, so thank you so much!

You made me discover and fall in love with functional trainings Natacha ! I discovered and tried it first with your Instagram and your program made me dig into it even more and guuuurl, I understand why you pushed it to 80% of your training routine!!

ahh I love you so much Natacha! Your honesty and positivity is so refreshing

I discovered your channel a few weeks ago and I just adore you! You have such a positive attitude and you're so inspiring! So thanks for your advice, thanks for sharing with us your daily life and more particularly, thank you for being yourself! Kisses from France 😘

I've been going to the gym 5-6 times a week for around 6 months now. My journey started with cardio also and as my confidence grew I started weightlifting. I'm starting my strength training with pull-ups but I still focus on hypertrophy. There are just so many moves and machines to learn how to use! I think exploring that is what keeps me doing what I'm doing. Some days I still feel like I don't know how to lift! 😅

Thanks for sharing how you got to functional training. I love your functional training videos-they just look so fun. I'm excited to build a base so I can work up to functional training someday.

Makes so much sense. I haven't really been doing any functional trainings which is why I think results have been slowly recently. I'm going to start incorporating it into my training! Thanks Natacha xx

You have no idea what an inspiration you are for some of us. I’m so happy I found this channel!

YYAAAAAS NATACHA FRICKING OCEANE UPLOADED A NEW VIDEO 🔥🔥😂

I'm always so happy when I see you've posted a video 😃

This was SUCH a good video seriously thank you so much for this!! So informative and authentic, honest, just perfect thank you 🙌🏼😍

I learned new things again and leave inspired and cheery! :D Your videos are the BEST !!!!!!!!

Yesss I love this video!! Thank you for clarifying what you did to get your physique 💖 you look amazing. I’m watching this at school hehe

I always feel so motivated when you post❤️💪

I cannot believe how similar how journeys are! omg... now i'm slowly testing out gymnastics/crossfit after a few years building up my metabolism, working on hypertrophy and strength so yesss its an amazing journey and i'm so happy for you!!! 😝xoxoxo

You are literally the brightest, meaningful woman I’ve seen here on RU-vid 💪🏽

This is a really informative video!! I started transitioning into doing functional training a few months ago because I was tired of doing the same old 4-day-a-week hypertrophy training. Now I actually look forward to working out again because I do what I wanna do and have fun with it. I currently weight lift 3 days a week and do 2 days of HIIT. At first I was worried about losing mass but I realized it was just what I needed to look and feel better. Thanks Natacha!

You leave the most motivating and inspirational content out there💕💕

I love your videos so much, always so happy and informative! Would love to see a fitness Q&A soon and learn more about your iron man experience :) x

I love your videos! Thank you for your attention to detail. You have such a sweet spirit and you put your all into your work. You rock!

Love you 🥰🥰😍😍 everything that I k ow about training and nutrition is from you and I see results. Thank you for everything that you do 🤗🤗

Exactly what I needed right now. Almost 1 year in strenght/hypertrophy training and I'm getting a little concerned with how "bulky" I am getting. I must go on and trust the process. Thank you!

Thank you so much. That was so helpful to me! I am always neglecting hypertrophy training because I don’t really enjoy it ... but now I see, that I need to incorporate it at least a little in my weekly routine 😅 so thanks a lot!! Big hug from Berlin, Hella

ur so amazing! i love ur videos so so much. thank u for being so real and honest

So excited for this one!! Looove you and your videos!! ❤️❤️💕

gosh this video helped me SOOOOOOO much i am so so happy you made this. thank you!!!💛

great info thank you! completed Cut recently, loved it!

Thank you so much Natacha! I feel like you’ve educated me so much!!!!!

WOW such amazing insight and helpful guidance!!! thanks Natacha

The video I have been waiting for and didn’t even know it!!! This is awesome

Natacha!! Omg im so happy you’ve uploaded, honestly your videos make me soo happy. I’ve been sick for 3 days 😩 but when ur vid popped up in my feed my face light up!! Oh and also I JUST GOT MY PERIOD BACK!! ( i’ve lost it for a year due to under eating but since i’ve discovered your channel, my mindset has changed so much from: prioritizing physique goals to just do thing that make me feel the best! ) Starting now, I’m gonna eat more nutritious food and prioritizing on what makes me feel happier & better. Sorry for my horrible english , love from Indonesia 🇮🇩 ❤️

I need to say, strength training is so much fun! and so effective when it comes to muscle growth, I´m so happy that I gave it a try (and YES it´s hella much fun to be strong and to be able to lift so much weight) .. sadly there are not many girls in my gym who tried this form of training - the good old fear of heavy weights :( I still hope that this will change with time! P.S.: great vid natacha, I love your personality& your videos are always so inspiring 💕 thx, stay as you are!

another great upload from you! thanks for mentioning your IronMan training style period - I commented on some of your previous videos that listening about your competitive sports background would be super interesting 😊

Been waiting for those answers for soooo lonnngggg!❤️❤️❤️

Such an inspiration to know that the journey is kind of similar to all of us, and we are just figuring out on the way and improving. In the end, it's all that matters IMPROVE!

Wow. This is crazy helpful. Thank you Natacha. You're the best.🤘💚

Natacha I cannot say how all the information you give us has changed my way of training and also my body. I did purchase your training guide Move and since then I have seen not only changes in my physique (as having more definition overall and more peachy bum haha) but also how helpful it has been to my progressive overload. Before following your guide I was not able to squat more than 50 kg (I weight 54 kg) for a year I could only do one rep 60 kg but with my knees caving in and my hip wobbling all over the place.. for an entire year! I was so frustrated.. And you honestly are so right in mixing hypertrophy with strength but also unilateral/isometric exercises. Also you included so much of accessory exercises (in Move) that I believe they are essential. Now I squat comfortably 60kg 5 reps and I am building up my pull-ups! I cannot stress enough how valuable is the information you share with us. Thank you very much :)

Thank you for always being so honest and sticking to the facts. You deserve way more subscribers as the message you put out is so real and important. My journey so far is a bit similar to yours, I did my first half marathon last October and since then have been lifting at least twice a week and have been bulking. I’m doing a bit of a cut now but taking it slow and steady as I don’t want to kill off my metabolism. Sorry for the ramble, love your RU-vid and Instagram so much, keep it up Natacha 💖🥰

I absolutely love your videos, they’re so inspiring. It’s probably just me being dumb, but I have no idea what all those different types of training styles are, it would be really helpful if u did a video explaining all the different styles and their benefits xx

Thanks for being such an inspo 😍

I really liked this video, very interesting! I just started weigth training a few months ago, after being a "cardio queen" myself haha, and I LOVE the way my body is starting to look, can't believe I never did this before

Keep on going Natacha! You are so strong! I love your sayings and your positivity. Have a nice and positive day:)

I'm in the middle of this process right now! Fractured my spine, it's taken two years to get back to where I am now. Goals moving forward are pain-free movement (still not there yet), a solid metabolism and just get to a point of normality. I just want to enjoy food, training and life! Love your videos, no guys do any content like this. Like I care, you're better anyway! Thanks, Natacha! 💪🏻

Just started dabbling with strength and weight training (instead Of just cardio) and OMG it makes me feel like such a beast!! I love it!! ❤️ 😊

U make so much sense! And I'm happy that I'm in the right track right now! Long term is key! Keep doing what you're doing! U're awesome! 😍💪🍑

You’re my first source of inspiration!💗💗

This is so helpful! Thank you so much ☺️💕 I love your videos 💕

i only train strength 2x a week! i saw this video after i decided, but i've started tumbling, doing mobility and plyometrics, and slowly working into calisthenics!

#1 fitness/health/lifestyle idol!!! So much love for you and your content ❤️🧡💛

I would love to see a video dedicated to your iron man and it’s training - you completely gloss over it in this video and it’s totally incredible! I’m so curious! Love the video!

Always love your videos, super inspiring xx

Awesome video, I'm glad you laid that out very informative!

Hi Natacha! Can you make a video explaining the different styles of training? Like what actually is hypertrophy, strength training, functional training etc.? And can you throw in a couple of nutrition tips for the different styles?

This is superrrrr helpful!! Such an inspiration ❤️❤️

Wow! This was very helpful. Thank you natacha

You're really starting to get me interested in hypertrophy training; you always talk about this training style with so much love. I think I will give it a try. 😊

Hi Natacha! I am from Austria but i really love your videos!! You motivate me so much to live a healthy and good lifestyle..and i love your smile!😊🙈❤️

Hi! Okay so I started your cut program and I have loved the workouts! I am just really struggling with the nutrition side of things. In the past I've struggled with anorexia and now I am just overweight and my mindset is just super jumbled. I've tried tons of diets and can't seem to stick to one or follow through usually longer than a week or two! I started watching your videos a couple weeks ago figured out I now have binge eating disorder I just obsess over a food and eat as much of it as I can and usually its late at night etc... Its also been hard because I have younger siblings who just love to eat junk food all day and being around them its hard to ignore or say no to those foods. I find myself constantly thinking about food and when I can eat next etc... I have tried cutting my calories and eating less, but that just makes my brain want to eat more! Its like I am addicted to unhealthy food! This has been my lifestyle for the last couple of months and I am desperate for a fix or solution! I have never struggled with working out or getting to the gym I love that part of it. Just can't figure out the nutrition aspect especially with trying to loose some weight. Is there anyway you could do a video on how to overcome these urges to eat junk food 24/7, or if you have any tips I am desperate to feel comfortable in my skin again. :/ thanks!! -Kenadi (also I love your videos and you, you're amazing!)

This is one of the best personal training vids ever made, no joke. She get's it.

I'd actually be so lost when it comes to fitness without your videos like this! You're such a big inspiration to me so thank you!!

Could you please do a video explaining what these different types of training styles are and examples of exercises for beginners? I’m starting out and find all these terms quite intimidating. Love your channel xxx