I had a great experience working with Nsima. Before him I had 3 coaches. Two who coached me on powerlifting, and then another coach who did macros. They all did their jobs very well, and so when I went to Nsima it was just like having all three of those people in one person. He was a one man super team, and it made it really easy for me to ask questions and have him adjust things.
Before getting put under Nsima's wing, I had a lot of experience with lifting, but not too much experience with dieting. I started lifting when I was 14 years old, so I had great lifting/strength coaches throughout my time as a high school athlete playing football and volleyball, as well as solid coaches throughout my career as a D1 volleyball player in college. After those years, I knew how to put a somewhat decent training program for myself, but always hated feeling as if I wasn’t getting as much out of it as I wanted. So, I ended up working with 2 powerlifting coaches and competed in 2 powerlifting meets. When it came to my nutrition, I knew how to track macros and all of that, and was already doing a cutting phase, but not as strict as it would have needed to be for a bodybuilding show. Nsima’s programming and his ability to adapt to my needs made his coaching 100000 x more amazing. There have been many many times throughout my training that I’ve had to have Nsima adjust my training. Whether it was wanting an extra upper body day, a different split, another day of training per week, or anything else you can think of, Nsima was able to do it. He can adapt to whatever you need, and it made for a very easy for me to switch gyms and still get an amazing program. This lead to me to never get bored of training, and have an amazing time at the gym. When it comes to Nutrition, my cut went great! I was eating at IHOP almost every day while tracking my macronutrient intake. We cut from 240 down to 212 lbs in about 4 months and I maintained most of my strength and energy while doing so! During my first show, I didn't place, which was totally okay. I went in and saw some of the dudes and knew it wasn’t going to be my day. Motivated by not placing, I decided to do another show about 3 weeks later, and I ended up placing 4th. It was one of the best experiences I've ever had. Also knowing that all of his and my hard work paid off made it that much better. Nsima is the king of communication. It usually takes no longer than an hour or so for him to get back to me. Even when I called him during my contest prep, there was a good chance that he would pick up and be able to help me with anything I needed. I was able to email him and he got back to me in a timely manner. It really made asking for adjustments to my programming really easy.
Because of all of these things I felt incredibly comfortable with Nsima as my coach. I was able to talk to him about any of the things I wanted to change and he responded with poise and an amazing wealth of knowledge. He is the first person I will recommend to someone when they express their desire for an amazing coach. HE’S THE MAN!