Dr. Stacy Sims

And when we start looking at it, I did a competition a couple of weekends ago just for fun. And I had so many women come up and go, the first thing that you did to change my life was to tell me to eat beforehand. And now my training's better, my outcomes are better, I have more energy. And I'm like, well, of course, because your brain is like, I can handle this stress.

So if you are supplying fuel to the empty tank, of course, you're going to go far. If you think about trying to drive a car and rev it up and get it on the highway at speed with it on E, it's not going to get very far. So I tried to explain to women, if you're going to get up and even if you're going for a walk, Like you want to maximize what you're doing.

So if you are supplying fuel to the empty tank, of course, you're going to go far. If you think about trying to drive a car and rev it up and get it on the highway at speed with it on E, it's not going to get very far. So I tried to explain to women, if you're going to get up and even if you're going for a walk, Like you want to maximize what you're doing.

So if you are supplying fuel to the empty tank, of course, you're going to go far. If you think about trying to drive a car and rev it up and get it on the highway at speed with it on E, it's not going to get very far. So I tried to explain to women, if you're going to get up and even if you're going for a walk, Like you want to maximize what you're doing.

You want your metabolism to fire on all cylinders. You want to get some aerobic fitness through that. You need to supply just a little bit of fuel. And it doesn't mean a full meal. It could be the protein coffee. It could be a couple of tablespoons of yogurt, half a banana. It's not a lot, but it's enough to bring your blood sugar up and tell your brain, yeah, I've got this. I've got this.

You want your metabolism to fire on all cylinders. You want to get some aerobic fitness through that. You need to supply just a little bit of fuel. And it doesn't mean a full meal. It could be the protein coffee. It could be a couple of tablespoons of yogurt, half a banana. It's not a lot, but it's enough to bring your blood sugar up and tell your brain, yeah, I've got this. I've got this.

You want your metabolism to fire on all cylinders. You want to get some aerobic fitness through that. You need to supply just a little bit of fuel. And it doesn't mean a full meal. It could be the protein coffee. It could be a couple of tablespoons of yogurt, half a banana. It's not a lot, but it's enough to bring your blood sugar up and tell your brain, yeah, I've got this. I've got this.

Right. And one of the things that has come up recently in conversations where some women who've just started into strength training realm or have dropped all of their big cardio walking, because we all come from the 80s and 90s of, Let's do 90 minutes of aerobics, and that's not appropriate.

Right. And one of the things that has come up recently in conversations where some women who've just started into strength training realm or have dropped all of their big cardio walking, because we all come from the 80s and 90s of, Let's do 90 minutes of aerobics, and that's not appropriate.

Right. And one of the things that has come up recently in conversations where some women who've just started into strength training realm or have dropped all of their big cardio walking, because we all come from the 80s and 90s of, Let's do 90 minutes of aerobics, and that's not appropriate.

So they've gotten out of that mentality, but they'll see other women at the gym who are on the elliptical or treadmill or out running, and they look really lean. And they're like, well, I don't understand. I kind of want to look like that, but I know that I need to be doing strength training, so I'm confused.

So they've gotten out of that mentality, but they'll see other women at the gym who are on the elliptical or treadmill or out running, and they look really lean. And they're like, well, I don't understand. I kind of want to look like that, but I know that I need to be doing strength training, so I'm confused.

So they've gotten out of that mentality, but they'll see other women at the gym who are on the elliptical or treadmill or out running, and they look really lean. And they're like, well, I don't understand. I kind of want to look like that, but I know that I need to be doing strength training, so I'm confused.

The women that are 40 plus who are doing the cardio, for the most part, they're going to be what we call skinny fat. So that means that they're not going to have a lot of quality muscle. There's going to be a lot of fatty tissue within the muscle and their bones are going to be like chalk.

The women that are 40 plus who are doing the cardio, for the most part, they're going to be what we call skinny fat. So that means that they're not going to have a lot of quality muscle. There's going to be a lot of fatty tissue within the muscle and their bones are going to be like chalk.

The women that are 40 plus who are doing the cardio, for the most part, they're going to be what we call skinny fat. So that means that they're not going to have a lot of quality muscle. There's going to be a lot of fatty tissue within the muscle and their bones are going to be like chalk.

Because if we are doing all that cardio work and we're not looking at how our bodies are aging and what we need, we need the food before the training, we need to put in some strength training, then we're going to continuously be breaking down the tissue that we want to keep to age well. So when we're talking about that mentality of, well, what do I do?

Because if we are doing all that cardio work and we're not looking at how our bodies are aging and what we need, we need the food before the training, we need to put in some strength training, then we're going to continuously be breaking down the tissue that we want to keep to age well. So when we're talking about that mentality of, well, what do I do?

Because if we are doing all that cardio work and we're not looking at how our bodies are aging and what we need, we need the food before the training, we need to put in some strength training, then we're going to continuously be breaking down the tissue that we want to keep to age well. So when we're talking about that mentality of, well, what do I do?

It's like these small steps of, yeah, let's have some food before. Let's look at how we are dosing our exercise, what kinds of intensities. Let's bring in some strength training because all of those are going to feed forward to having our lean mass. Having really strong bones, having really good neuroplasticity. So that means how your brain changes in a positive way.