Episode Details

Please don't tune out when I say this, but a lot of you are doing too much. And it's actually costing you the body you want.

Today's episode is about recovery — specifically, why the "more is more" approach that most women have been following since their twenties is working directly against them, especially as their hormones start to shift. The truth is that at some point, adding more workouts, more cardio, more steps, and more intensity stops producing additional results and starts taking them away. And learning to recognize that point — and pull back before you cross it — is one of the most important things you can do for your body composition right now.

This is the episode that sounds counterintuitive and might just be exactly what you need to hear.

What you'll learn

• Why my minimalist approach to my home, my business, and my life directly shaped my approach to fitness
• The point of diminishing returns in fitness: where adding more stops producing benefit and starts subtracting from your results
• Why your body doesn't change during your workout — it changes after — and what that means for how often you should actually be training
• What a real rest day looks like
• Why advanced women fall into the trap of thinking they need more complicated, varied, or intense workouts to keep seeing results
• The sleep conversation and how to handle the early morning workouts
• How to keep your routine for your mental health without overdoing your training
• Why working for two competing goals makes recovery harder
• Why under-fueling on top of over-training creates a compounding stress effect that is working against you in every possible way
• Why this all becomes even more critical in perimenopause — and what changes about how your body handles stress, cortisol, and recovery as your hormones shift

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