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There is a particular kind of frustration that arrives in a woman’s forties.
The workout that used to work doesn’t. The diet that used to keep weight in check stops doing so. Sleep fragments. The body starts storing weight in places it never did.
And the instinct – trained into women for decades – is to do more. More cardio. Less food. A tighter fasting window.
The problem isn’t the effort. The problem is the instructions.
My guest today is Dr. Stacy Sims, an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who has spent her career arguing that the playbook most women have been handed was built on male physiology and quietly falls apart when applied to female bodies, especially in midlife. Her voice has been part of a long-overdue course correction in how women are taught to train, fuel, and age.
This conversation was recorded live in front of a studio audience, which sharpens everything. Real people in the room. Real questions. Real-time pushback.
Here’s a roadmap:
- Why “women are not small men” is more than a mantra
- Circadian eating & why fasted training backfires for most women
- Perimenopause, the estrobolome & visceral fat
- Heavy lifting, neuromuscular adaptation & brain health
- Polarized training, the gray zone & what most “high-intensity” classes actually are
- Protein timing & the myth of bulking
- Creatine, vitamin D & supplementation that actually matters
- Sauna, cold plunge & the sex differences in thermoregulation
- What men need to know to support the women in their lives
For me, this is a mystery box. I am not the target audience. But I walked away with a clearer understanding of the biology the women in my life are navigating – and why the advice most of them have been following is quietly working against them.
For those who prefer a visual experience, the conversation is available on YouTube. As always, the audio version streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Peace + Plants,
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