Renaissance Periodization Reviews

Claim to be science based but really it's just super low calories. I went with a 1:1 coach because I wanted someone to help my understand my cycles and how my nutrition needs change throughout the month. I am a competitive weightlifter and needed to cut around 5kg in over 3 months (so not a massive amount). The coach ignored my cycle and my constant complains about fatigue. By two weeks before my competition I was already under the weight category I needed to be in, and my lifts were trashed because I was eating around 1200 calories per day (I calculated this based on the food fitting the diet, not the macros provided which leave out incidental macros). I got injured (surprise surprise) two weeks before my comp, couldn't compete and my body has still not completely recovered from the whole ordeal weeks later. Complete waste of money that damaged my metabolism, my metal health, and my lifting.

First off, I want to note that this was my personal experience with RP and the coach that I was assigned. I hate having to come to Trustpilot to leave this review, but you can't really voice your opinion just anywhere, especially on the company's web page in fear that the review will be taken down. Also, I am not saying that all RP coaches are bad. The one that I dealt with is whom this review will be about.

When I had started looking for a coach, I was desperate for anyone who could give me the best information and cared enough to help me reach my goals (lean muscle). I was willing to pay the RP premium price to get results. My brother had reached out to me and mentioned that Jared Feather was taking on more clients based on an Instagram post that he made at the time. That's who I had been wanting to work with, but he had been booked out for the unforeseeable future before. I emailed him immediately and ended up with another coach.. I was disappointed, but whatever.

I had a consultation with this other coach and everything sounded amazing. I thought if anyone was going to help me reach my goals, it was going to be this guy. I spent 6 months training and all I lost was roughly 10lbs in 13 weeks of that 6 months, I believe it was. I never really improved in strength or physique. Understand that it takes several years of training to improve in either area, but multiply nothing by several years. You still get nothing, even figuring in diminishing returns with each consistent year of training and eating serious. I expected 5-10lbs of lean gains my first year with RP.

I'm an extremely patient and consistent individual. I'm prepared for at least a 5-10 year battle of lean gains. However, when your coach purposely ignores you because you may ask more questions than most.. that is where I was finished. I paid for a year, my cost per month was $250. I ended 6 months early (no partial refund). My coach almost never responded within 24 hours, missed several calls that we had scheduled due to family related issues (you only get one call a month btw), I had a hard time understanding all of the grammatical errors via emails, and he likely took on too many clients to really support me. He even mentioned on Instagram that he will not respond to his clients unless they first reach out to him. I eventually just stopped asking questions because I seriously felt like a burden to my coach.

You can tell by an individual's demeanor whether they care or not about you. I know my coach just didn't care about my results. We had 1-2 really good calls at an early point where my faith had been restored. Other than that, I felt lost. I'm a beginner in terms of physique, but really have mind to muscle down at this point. So, I'm not an idiot when it comes to lifting at least.

I'm sure my coach is a good guy all in all. I just had a HORRIBLE experience and felt robbed during this whole process. I have a new coach now, and knock on wood, he is amazing! I receive almost immediate responses from my new coach and am more confident with him. I am fortunate that he has almost no clients and charges a fraction of the RP premium that I had paid before. He mentioned that I should've received much better service. I had another coach that I spoke with tell me I was robbed as well.

RP doesn't answer their emails, or at least the ones that I had send out to try and swap coaches. So, don't expect refunds either. Do not pay more than 1-3 months in advance! Your coach may become lazy if you do. You pay more up front, but better that than doing what I did and paying a year in advance only to cancel 6 months early ($1500 wasted + $1500 also wasted training RP).

If RP responds to this review, I will include those details here. Good luck to everyone out there with ambitious fitness goals! One day I will finally reach mine and will just look back on this as a lesson learned. You are #1, no one else will treat you that way. Work hard!