What’s included

in each group

cohort

  • Join our weekly coaching call to connect with your coach and fellow participants. These interactive sessions will provide an opportunity to discuss homework assignments, address challenges, and problem-solve together. While the calls will be recorded for your convenience, active participation is highly encouraged for a more immersive experience.

  • Gain access to our exclusive community app, where you'll find all the resources for your course. This app will be your hub for video calls, community chat, and accessing course materials.

  • Every Sunday night, we'll release 10-15 minute educational homework pieces to deepen your knowledge and understanding. These valuable resources will provide you with insights and strategies to support your nutrition journey.

  • You'll receive a personalized check-in sheet to evaluate your own data and track your progress. Our coaches will provide guidance on how to effectively use this tool, empowering you to analyze and optimize your nutrition data.

6-Month Muscle Building Cohort

a separate option for Men or women-only cohort

Coached by Laura Savino

Have you thought about structuring your year to maximize gaining muscle but didn’t know where to start? Have you been curious about what building muscle requires from your nutrition and training—and how to do it in a way that doesn’t feel like your life is consumed by the gym and protein shakes?

The good news? You’re in the right place.

We’re kicking off our next 6-month Muscle Building Cohort on July 21st, and for the first time ever, we’re offering separate men’s and women’s groups—running parallel on the same timeline.

So if you and your spouse want to build together (without, y'know, actually being on the same calls and having your own private group spaces), this was made for you.

Whether you’re transitioning out of a spring fat loss phase or ready to take your training and physique to the next level, this group is designed to help you build muscle in the smartest, most strategic way possible—without sacrificing your social life or burning out halfway through.

We’ll walk you through:

  • How to fine-tune your nutrition to support hypertrophy

  • Learning how to Interpret your progress using data and biofeedback

  • Gym training strategies that will level up your productivity and efficiently build muscle

  • Mastering lifestyle flexibility without limiting your gains

This is for you if you're confident in your tracking and are ready to unlock the next level: maximizing muscle gain, minimizing fat gain, and laying the foundation for a killer 2026 physique.

The cohort runs July 21st–January 18th, and yes, that perfectly positions you to roll into the Continuing Fat Loss cohort once this wraps.

If you’ve been waiting for the sign to commit to your first real build, or just want expert support in your next one—this is it.

Let’s do this together. 

    • Education is released weekly on Fridays.

    • Custom check-in form for you to use throughout the course

    • Weekly cohort calls except on major holiday weeks and one week in October (will be recorded for weeks you cannot attend)

    • A discounted membership for the duration of the cohort to The Practical Athlete, our sister workout training program

  • Phase I: Building the foundations - July & August

    This is where we’ll gather data, optimize our current intake, and navigate how to best implement nutrition principles at home, when eating out, or when traveling. We’ll dig into the foundations to ensure we’re ready for a successful build phase.

    Phase II: Muscle Build - September - December

    We will transition calorie surplus to optimize muscle gain and minimize body fat gain. We will dig into muscle-building principles and how to navigate workout programming optimally. Additionally, we’ll be tackling the lifestyle aspects that come along with building through the holiday season

    Phase III: Prep for Fat Loss - January 

    The last two weeks of the cohort will be fat loss prep and how to transition into an effective fat loss phase after the initial 6-month cohort wraps up (all cohort members will be given the option to continue to the fat loss phase).

    • You will know how to manipulate food to optimize muscle gain and minimize fat gain

    • You will have a firm grasp of understanding scale fluctuations and how to manage the mental side of data gathering

    • You will directly understand your maintenance calorie needs and how to adjust your targets for future maintenance and muscle-building phases.

    • You will build a custom blueprint for your nutrition and feel confident navigating future maintenance and muscle-building phases on your own

    •  (note: all cohort participants will have the option to continue directly into a performance, fat loss, or continuing muscle-building phase).

    • Support in both Training and Nutrition: You receive expert guidance not just in nutrition but also in the aspects of strength training to ensure your programming is best tailored to maximize muscle growth and minimize fat gain.

    • Personalized Plans: While the cohort is structured for a 4-5 month build, you are in the driver's seat of determining the best timing for you with Laura’s help.

    • Expert Guidance: Receive support and advice from Laura in every call.

    • Community Support: Join a community of like-minded individuals for motivation and encouragement throughout your journey.

    • Cohort Call Times (always recorded!): 

      • Women’s Group - 4-5 PM PST / 7-8 PM EST on Wednesdays

      • Men’s Group - 3-4 PM PST / 6-7 PM EST on Tuesdays

    • Course runs July 21s 2025 - January 18th, 2026

    • The investment is $1079 Paid In Full or 4 Monthly payments of $299

your path to nutrition independence

What if your time with a coach wasn’t indefinite but intentionally designed to end? At EPN, our goal isn’t to keep you dependent. It’s to empower you with the skills, systems, and self-trust to manage your nutrition confidently on your own. 

After completing the 6-month muscle-building cohort, you’ll have the option to roll into an efficient fat-loss phase, followed by a brief maintenance reset—solidifying your knowledge and giving you a complete cycle of periodization under your belt.

By the end of this path, you won’t just know what to do—you’ll understand why you’re doing it. Because the best coaching experience is the one that makes you your own expert.

Our Community App

  • Easy to navigate education that drops weekly.

  • Group community where you can interact with other members in your cohort

  • Events tabs that shows all future calls in one place, and you can sync it to your calendar.

  • A repository of all member-exclusive content and webinars you can access at any time.

  • Lisa

    I have LOVED working with EPN! The scientific data driven approach helps to explain everything and keeps you on track so you can try new things without fear because you have the data to keep you on track. I was able to increase my calories by 900!!!! I am loving feeling healthy, strong, and fed, and all the benefits that come with taking care of your body. Health, hormones, sleep, stress, etc are all improved!

  • Mel

    This coaching cohort has been incredible. Whether you have already a good baseline of knowledge on tracking macros and performance based goals, or are completely new to the idea of planning and tracking your food for physique and health related reasons, you will take away a new tool for your toolbox each and every week.

  • Tabitha

    The Cohorts are the perfect balance of accountability, education, and encouragement. They provide the tools and resources all while empowering you to find what works best for any stage of life. Nutrition doesn’t have to be complex or difficult. I love their approach of meeting you where you’re at so you can achieve long term success.

  • Henley

    I learned so much about fueling, health, and nutrition. It was in the 6-month muscle building cohort but felt like 1-1 coaching. Laura treated us all like our success was her priority.

    During the cohort, I learned to appreciate not only how strong my body is now but all my body has done for me in the past. I am so excited to continue my journey with EPN!

  • Tyne

    I am so thankful for Laura and all the knowledge she has taught me.  I just finished my first build with her and am moving to my first deficit.

    The educational content provided weekly is easy to follow, understand, and actionable.  All of the data we are taught to collect in EPN really helps with mental hurdles, which we have, and can talk about in our Small Groups.

    If you want to learn about nutrition, insights into your own body, lose weight in a sustainable way, get stronger, learn maintenance or build a stronger relationship for yourself with food and movement, I cannot recommend EPN enough.

  • Katie

    Customer for almost a year now, went thru individual and group once a week classes and would highly recommend this program. big focus on creating a healthy relationship with food and understanding why our bodies respond the way they do to different circumstances. works on taking the mystery and loss of control feeling out of nutrition