08/26/2026
I knew better.
But when perimenopause hit and my body started changing, I panicked.
So I did what so many women do:
I worked harder.
More workouts.
More intensity.
More “discipline.”
Less recovery.
And my body did not respond the way I thought it should.
I felt worse.
I lost muscle.
I looked softer.
Eventually, I got hurt.
The lesson wasn’t that I needed to stop training hard.
It was that hard training only works when your body has enough recovery to adapt to it.
If you’re working your ass off, sleeping poorly, feeling beat up, getting moodier, and wondering why your body isn’t responding anymore, don’t automatically add more.
Try adding recovery. And changing up the intensity of your workouts.
One or two real recovery days each week may feel uncomfortable at first — especially if you’ve spent years believing that more effort always equals better results.
But recovery isn’t laziness.
It’s part of the training.
You don’t need to stop training hard. You need to recover well enough to benefit from it.
Train for life. Not just exhaustion. 💪
