A fitness podcast for women in their 30s

A fitness podcast for women in their 30s

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A fitness podcast for women in their 30s episodes

  • You're training the wrong muscles (and you probably don't know it)
    Most desk workers, without realizing it, are training the wrong muscles. It isn't intentional. It's the result of sitting for long hours and expecting those muscular adaptations to just undo themselves once you hit the gym. In today's episode I'm explaining some of the most common adaptations experienced by those of us with a desk job, and how the exercises you do to target certain muscle groups are being overtaken by muscles that have learned to compensate for your primary movers. I'll wrap up the episode with some beginner tips for correcting these issues so your workouts can be more effective than they've been in years.
    18 min
  • Stress and Female Fitness

    Does stress affect women differently than men? Well, maybe not "stress" per se, but women are disproportionately impacted by this a very particular kind of energy drain we're discussing today. Does it have a direct impact on our physical fitness?

    Gendered Mental Labor: A Systematic Literature Review on the Cognitive Dimension of Unpaid Work Within the Household and Childcare https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-023-01362-0

    23 min
  • How much does diet really have to do with it?
    Diet is one of the biggest things people struggle with when it comes to their fitness. They wonder what they should eat, when they should eat, and how much they should eat. If there is. particular diet that's better for weight loss, muscle gain, or body recomposition that they should follow. If it's okay to have sugar or not. The list goes on, and on, and on. But what if all that struggle is for nothing? What if diet isn't actually the problem at all? So today I'm here to discuss, how much does diet REALLY have to do with it?
    18 min
  • Why am I ALWAYS tired?
    The question that plagues all 30-somethings. And the advice is always the same; eat well, get enough quality sleep, exercise. But what if you're already doing those things and you're still exhausted? If you work a desk job, the fatigue certainly isn't physical. So what's really going on here? This week we look at the "softer" side of fitness, and how what you have going on mentally and emotionally manifests itself as physical fatigue.
    17 min
  • Can you out train a desk job?
    The short answer, it turns out, is no. We're told that you can get fit in just 15 minutes a day, but there's so much more to it. In today's episode we're digging into some studies that flip the perspective; instead of looking at how much time you spend on exercise, it examines what you do with all that time when you're not exercising. And the data might surprise you.https://medium.com/amazonhaloblog/making-sense-of-sedentary-time-c3706b53cd3dCliniBeddhu, Srinivasan,†; Wei, Guo†; Marcus, Robin L.‡; Chonchol, Michel§; Greene, Tom†. Light-Intensity Physical Activities and Mortality in the United States General Population and CKD Subpopulation. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 10(7):p 1145-1153, July 2015. | DOI: 10.2215/CJN.08410814*
    18 min
  • Are wearable devices too much of a good thing?
    Wearable devices have long been promoted as a means for self-empowerment to achieve health and fitness goals. But when do they stop being about your health, and become about something else instead?Wan-Jing Chen, Frequent exercise: A healthy habit or a behavioral addiction?, Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 235-240, ISSN 2095-882X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdtm.2016.11.014. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095882X16300470)
    16 min
  • The REAL reason your goals don't work
    What if it isn't that you've been setting your goals incorrectly? Turns out the psychology of goal setting (and goal achievement) is much broader and deeper than SMART goals. In today's episode we're talking about the different types of goals, the different ways people go about achieving them, and the most common pitfalls that derail you without you even knowing it.References:
    1. When Intentions Go Public: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02336.x?journalCode=pssa
    2. Why Sharing Your Goals Makes them Less Achievable: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/neuroscience-in-everyday-life/201801/why-sharing-your-goals-makes-them-less-achievable
    16 min
  • 3 Reasons Your Workouts Aren't Effective

    Did you ever wonder why workouts and diets don't seem as effective in your 30s, especially if it's your first run at adopting fit habits? Most people jump to the conclusion that your hormones are to blame, or you need to cut more calories, but I think it's far more likely that one of these 3 things is at play. In this pilot episode, I'm digging deeper into each of them.Freebie downloads: https://www.kellymarieroach.com/5-worst-cues-download/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KellyMRoach

    11 min

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Hello, and welcome to Fixing Fitness with Kelly, your resource for real talk and fresh insights about what's broken in the fitness industry, with a focus on why traditional fitspo doesn’t serve…