What Energy Availability Actually Is (And Why Women Who Train Hard Keep Missing It)
If you train hard, eat “well,” and still feel flat, puffy, exhausted, or stuck — this blog is for you. Because for most women who lift, run, do HYROX, classes, or endurance-style training, the issue is not discipline . And it’s not that you “need to eat less.” It’s that your body doesn’t have enough usable energy available to do what you’re asking of it. This is called energy availability and it’s one of the most misunderstood concepts in female performance and fat loss. Fi
Poppy Hawe
3 min read
What 12 Weeks of Focused Training & Fuelling Actually Looks Like (And Why Most People Get It Wrong)
Twelve weeks has been sold as a magic window. Lose fat.Build muscle. Feel amazing.Love your body. Never struggle. And while 12 weeks can change your body , it rarely looks like what social media shows. What people expect from 12 weeks Most women expect: Constant fat loss Visible definition every week High motivation all the time Linear progress No setbacks That expectation alone is why so many people quit. What actually happens in a real 12-week block A real training adapta
Poppy Hawe
2 min read
Why You’re Doing “All the Right Things” and Still Not Seeing Results
If you train hard, eat well, prioritise protein, hit your steps and still feel puffy, inflamed, flat or stuck , this isn’t a motivation problem and it’s definitely not laziness. It’s a mismatch problem . For years we’ve been taught a simple rule: Move more. Eat less. Lose weight. And to a point, that rule works.But it breaks down the moment you stop being sedentary and start training like an athlete. The threshold no one talks about If you lift, run, do HYROX-style training,
Poppy Hawe
2 min read
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