Women's Weightlifting 101, How To Avoid Getting Too Bulky, Hormone Imbalances In Fit Females & More.

Ladies (and any of you gentleman who have a lady in your life) today's podcast is for you. If you've ever wondered exactly what kind of weight training program a woman should be doing to get a sexy body... ...how women can avoid bulking up... ...common hormone imbalances in fit females... ...why so many Crossfitting ladies have such funky-looking abs... ...and the crucial elements of women's weightlifting 101... ...then you'll love my guest Stephani Gaudreau. Steph has a formal education in biology and human physiology, 12 years of science teaching experience, holistic nutrition training, and an unabashed love of tasty Paleo food, which she writes about on her blog, Stupid Easy Paleo. She has competed in everything from endurance mountain biking to CrossFit to weightlifting. She coaches weightlifting at CrossFit Fortius in San Diego and has coached CrossFit in gyms reaching from Scotland to SoCal. Steph wrote the best-seller The Paleo Athlete: A Beginner’s Guide to Real Food for Performance in 2014, and recently published the award-winning book, The Performance Paleo Cookbook: Recipes for Eating Better, Getting Stronger & Gaining the Competitive Edge. Steph’s also recently taken to the airwaves with her chart-topping podcast, Harder to Kill Radio, where she interviews experts in fitness, nutrition and mindset about how to build unbreakable humans. During our episode, you'll discover: -Even though it's counterintuitive, why Crossfitting women tend to be bulkier than "high-weight, low-rep" weightlifting women... -Why women don't necessarily need to do cardio exercise to lose weight, stay lean or stay toned... -How much fat women should actually "gain" as they age... -Stephanie's #1 recommendation for achieving a daily meditation practice, and why she does it... -Four real "healthy" foods you may be overeating... -What it means to truly be harder to kill... -And much more... Resources from this episode: -Performance Paleo Cookbook -The Paleo Athlete -the Headspace app for meditation -Harder to Kill Radio Do you have questions, comments or feedback about women's weightlifting, how to avoid getting to bulky, common hormone imbalances in fit females or more? Leave your thoughts at BenGreenfieldFitness.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.