My plan? Three days a week in the gym and two days of ‘homework.’ Before my first meeting with the always-encouraging Bradley—who trained me in N.Y.C. while consulting on my progress with Twight—I received a message from Twight: ‘Poor nutrition and inadequate sleep reduce the effectiveness of training by 20 to 30 percent,’ he warned. Before we made it past a warm-up, Bradley reaffirmed his point by advising me to balance each meal with equal amounts of protein and greens, and to be wary of seemingly healthy choices like green juice, which can be highly caloric thanks to the large amounts of natural sugars in some fruits and veggies.