Food & workout obsession, which usually also means under eating, doesn’t come without price. It’s expensive in many ways. Here’s what our “perfect eating” and “perfect training” actually cost us, when taken too far… Food Obsession & Over Exercise Cost #1: Time The time we spend planning and worrying about food, tracking, measuring food, then … Read more
Can you be fit yet unhealthy? Yes, definitely! Yes, fit and unhealthy is a thing. We can be physically very fit looking (lean muscles, low fat percentage) but at the same time be very unhealthy. A lot of women want to be fit and healthy but are not doing the things that fit and healthy … Read more
I literally don’t remember what I did between ages 21-26. It’s true… I’ve just shared a video on that if you’d like to check it out! Well, to be exact, I don’t remember doing anything fun, but I do remember my routine that I *thought* I have to stick with forever. This was my routine: … Read more
Many overtrained women experience the same symptoms: No period or irregular periods, low or no sex drive, difficulty getting pregnant… This short video that I originally filmed for Instagram Stories, explains exactly what’s happening if your cortisol is too high from training too much and not resting enough, and why that lowers the sex hormone … Read more
Today I’d like to offer you a simple tool that helps you to make your workouts work for you and not against you. It’s called the 4R checklist. The 4R Checklist Hw often do we feel like we don’t want to work out, we’re tired, even exhausted, our bodies may be aching and muscles hurting … Read more
Overtraining Can Cause Period and Libido Problems Burnout that is at least partly caused by overtraining has a LOT to do with the fact that your periods and sex drive have gone to toilet. If you’d like to know WHY exactly this happens, today’s post gives you a little overview of biochemistry and the processes … Read more
How to track your overtraining recovery progress? You’ve been tired a lot. Sleepy a lot. You’ve worked out hard, and finally realized that you may have done too much. You want to get better, but aren’t sure what signs to look for. Is there a way to measure your progress? Watch this video to find … Read more
WHO IS INTENSE EXERCISE GOOD FOR? You may have the impression that I’m anti high intensity exercise… Which is not true. I’m not against it, in fact, I teach quite high intensity bootcamp classes once in a while. I don’t think that they’re bad but we have to know who is the high intensity exercise … Read more
I know it may be hard to believe, but there’s no need to do anything extremely intense, fast, long duration, or absolutely depleting, to get good results from workouts. But we may have to change our gym mindset. Hard and Fast Workouts Aren’t The Only Way to Go You don’t have to do Crossfit, bootacamps, … Read more
This week on the blog, we’re talking about side effects of overtraining. Working out too much and too hard is one of the main contributors to BURNOUT 🔥 and feeling BEAT DOWN. The No pain no gain mentality is big in many fitness circles. While it may feel cool and even empowering for a while, … Read more
I have a confession to make: Last week was really hard for me, with so much stuff going on, running from one place to another, starting a side hustle, trying to get my shit together when it was nowhere NEAR together. I started getting my symptoms of burnout – which I’ve learned to recognize quickly … Read more
Let’s talk about exercise burnout… About 6-7 years ago I was really, terribly over trained — completely burnt out. I didn’t know it back then because it had never occurred to me that regular exercise can be a bad thing. Watch today’s video to see how what kind of training can lead you to exercise … Read more