Have You Taken Carbohydrate Fuelling Too Far?
If you're training consistently, eating well, and still not seeing the body composition changes you expected, this is for you. I put a poll up on my stories recently. Two simple questions. What impacts your running most, and what do you find hardest. 44% of you said the hardest thing is balancing performance and physique. And 44% said food pre-training and fitness levels both impact your running most. But here's what those numbers don't tell you. The women I work with who are
Poppy Hawe
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Harnessing Your Menstrual Cycle as a Performance Tool for Better Training Results
Your menstrual cycle is often overlooked as a key factor in athletic performance and training success. Many women feel frustrated by fluctuating energy levels, hunger, and motivation, especially when these changes seem to come out of nowhere. The truth is your cycle is not an obstacle but a powerful tool that, when understood and respected, can transform your training, body composition, and hormonal health. This post breaks down why you feel like a different athlete in week 2
Poppy Hawe
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Girls, the month you stop fighting week 4 is the month everything changes
I want to tell you about a client of mine. She came to me completely exhausted. Training hard, eating what she thought was enough, doing everything right on paper. And her period had just stopped. Not gradually, it had disappeared. Every time we looked at what was actually happening, the answer was the same. Under-fuelling. Not dramatically, not obviously. But consistently, quietly, chronically under-fuelling. And her body, doing exactly what it was designed to do, had made
Poppy Hawe
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