About Coach Ashley 
Ashley Nutt, NASM CPT, NASM CES, NASM PES, IIN, HMCC, USAW
Hi! My name is Coach Ashley! I’m a nutrition coach and personal trainer – specifically for women looking to decrease their hormonal symptoms and feel amazing in their skin.
I’ve been a personal trainer for 9 years and a nutrition coach for 11 years! And it’s been a wild and extremely enjoyable ride!
From Athlete to Nutrition Coach
I have always been an athlete. I played basketball through high school, became a runner after that, fell in love with CrossFit until it fell out of love with me, and then started using weightlifting to manage my hormones.
Before I was in the fitness space professionally, I worked in advertising and marketing for several years. Upon realizing I wanted to help people, I became a nutrition coach. I would meet with people over coffee to support them with their nutrition goals or give corporate wellness presentations. But, nutrition coaching was a side hustle until I made the full-time leap to joining a large corporate gym as a nutrition coach and personal trainer in 2016.
I’ve always been in love with the nutrition and fitness side of health and wellness, but it wasn’t until 2018 that I realized we can make both work for us to optimize our goals without using extreme measures (I’m extremely passionate about no fad diets or fitness routines, only sustainability!).
It was 2018 when I suffered an injury from CrossFit. I tore one of my ab muscles, making it nearly impossible to continue lifting like I was with CrossFit. From the ab tear, I had to re-learn my own body when it came to fitness and I discovered how to use nutrition to help with injury recovery.
Optimizing Hormones through Fitness & Nutrition
Then in 2019, after years of frustration, pain, and no answers with my painful period symptoms, I was diagnosed with PCOS and Endometriosis. I had always had heavy, painful periods, cystic acne, and a funky digestive system. But I didn’t know that those were all a sign that something was going on underneath the surface. I started to struggle with brain fog, I had low energy all day, and I couldn’t sleep at night.
Just when I was feeling back to a good routine from my 2018 injury and BAM! Now I was told what I was doing was doing more harm than good to my body. But the worst feeling was that I felt lost and unsupported by the medical system, who were quick to dismiss my pain and only seemed interested in putting me on medication, not addressing my symptoms.
I spent the next year researching more about Endometriosis and PCOS (and other hormonal issues and symptoms) and using myself as Exhibit A. I reversed and still manage my own symptoms through nutrition and fitness with both my PCOS and Endometriosis.
And the Hormone First Method Was Born
Through my research, my experience, and my clients’ experience, I noticed a common theme: women who are struggling to lose weight, get toned, get stronger, and feel amazing in their skin all have hormonal symptoms that are holding them back. This led me to create the Hormone First Method, which addresses the hormonal symptoms, reverses them, and manages them long term so my clients can focus on attaining easy results, while feeling good in their skin.
I’ve since worked with hundreds of women who have hormonal symptoms with the Hormone First Method – between PCOS, endometriosis, thyroid, painful or funky periods, changes of life with perimenopause and menopause, and more!
I like to say that I’m the gap between women and their symptoms and their doctor. Doctors often don’t have time to dive into nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle with their clients and that’s where I come in! I make sustainable, customized plans for my clients and their success.
I love empowering women with fitness and nutrition to reverse their symptoms, so they feel amazing and can focus on their ultimate goals!
My 4 Pillars
My online coaching services focus on 4 pillars of health:
Fitness
How can we use fitness to reach your goal in a sustainable way, instead of using it to punish your body?
Nutrition
I follow an all foods fit approach. There’s no taking away your favorite foods to reach your goals.
Lifestyle
Through daily habits, we can reach your health and fitness goals and have them fit into your life seamlessly.
Mindset
Together we work on what’s holding you back and improve our body image.
Through these pillars, my clients have hit their health, fitness, and nutrition goals, optimized their hormones, and continue to grow from their original goals.
My Mottos
I believe women should take up space in the gym and in their lives.
I believe exercise and nutrition are not something to be used to punish our bodies.
I believe in sustainable results, not crash diets or fad workouts that leave you feeling like hot garbage.
I believe symptoms are a sign that something is going on underneath the hood.
I believe we should do and eat the things we love!
Outside of Nutrition & Fitness Coaching
When I’m not running Action Ashley Coaching, I’m with my family – my husband, Dominic, my son, Brayden, and our dog, Finn.
We are a huge sports family. If we aren’t working out, playing basketball, or coaching basketball, we have a game on. We love the Denver Nuggets. They’re Denver Broncos fans and I’m a Carolina Panthers fan. And we love the Avs.
I also paddleboard during the summer months, read a TON (you can call me a book nerd!), and love going to concerts!