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We've gotten the memo: building and preserving muscle matters for women, at every age, for reasons that go way beyond aesthetics. But if lifting isn't already part of your routine, where do you actually start — and how do you make it stick when life is already full?

This week, I sat down with Steph Gaudreau, a certified strength and nutrition coach who's spent over a decade helping busy, athletic women over 40 train smarter, not harder. We cover the real minimum effective dose for strength training (it's less than you think), why combining exercises for "efficiency" usually means underloading your legs, how to build strength through tempo and range of motion in addition to adding weight, and why it's genuinely never too late to start. We also dig into fueling lifting sessions differently than endurance training, and why so many women are still afraid of carbs.

Resources from this episode can be found at: https://www.fuelwitherin.com/podcast/v/episode-36-the-real-minimum-effective-dose-for-strength-training-with-steph-gaudreau

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