Unlocking the Protein Paradox: How to Fuel Your Performance Phase Without Sacrificing Carbs
If you’ve moved from dieting or tracking calories to training hard, you might be stuck in a common trap: treating your performance phase like a diet phase. Many active women believe that eating high protein is the safest way to fuel their bodies, but this approach often leaves no room for carbs. The result? You end up calorie loading on protein, not carb loading, which can hold back your performance and energy. Let’s unpack why protein became the “safe macro,” why that create
Poppy Hawe
4 min read
Cardio vs Muscle Gains: Are You Under-Eating Your Way to Fit Fatigue?
If you’re an active woman juggling strength training and cardio, you might feel stuck. You train hard but feel soft, or you’re caught in a cycle of high volume workouts and under-eating. You might blame cardio for killing your muscle gains. But here’s the truth: cardio isn’t the enemy. The real problem is often under-eating. Let’s unpack why your body might be breaking down muscle, what really happens when you add cardio to your routine, and how to fuel your hybrid training f
Poppy Hawe
4 min read
Why your Ai running programme is holding you back…
I get it, it’s cheap, it’s convenient, it connects to your watch… truthfully though i’m sick of fixing injuries that come from Ai running app’s. In theory they should work, they tailor progressions across the 3 main runs any runner should be doing; An easy, a speed and a long and they take into consideration your goal pace and they deload your volume and they plan for you to progress up until the set day of your race. So what’s going wrong? In the past 2 years i’d say i’ve pr
Sam Rea
4 min read
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