Dr. Stacy Sims

And two, you're putting yourself under this moderate intensity load almost every day and Your body has no chance to recover and polarize and understand that it needs to step up its game to be able to answer the challenge of exercise because it's not getting the feedback to actually adapt. It's getting the feedback to stay tired but wired and in a stressed state like you have to run from a bear.

Sure. Yeah, no. I get this in too. Because of the weighted vest. So if we look at the weighted vest, that changes your biomechanics. Because like I was saying earlier, our center of gravity is down in our hips. So if you're putting a weighted vest on, you're putting all the weight up here, which is not where our center of gravity is. So that changes your biomechanics.

Sure. Yeah, no. I get this in too. Because of the weighted vest. So if we look at the weighted vest, that changes your biomechanics. Because like I was saying earlier, our center of gravity is down in our hips. So if you're putting a weighted vest on, you're putting all the weight up here, which is not where our center of gravity is. So that changes your biomechanics.

Sure. Yeah, no. I get this in too. Because of the weighted vest. So if we look at the weighted vest, that changes your biomechanics. Because like I was saying earlier, our center of gravity is down in our hips. So if you're putting a weighted vest on, you're putting all the weight up here, which is not where our center of gravity is. So that changes your biomechanics.

And this is why you see a lot of women are like, oh, I've got a tendon issue. I've got an Achilles issue, which then develops into plantar fascia problems. It would be better to get on that treadmill without the weighted vest, but holding two heavy dumbbells and trying to do farmer's carry five minutes on, two minutes off on that incline.

And this is why you see a lot of women are like, oh, I've got a tendon issue. I've got an Achilles issue, which then develops into plantar fascia problems. It would be better to get on that treadmill without the weighted vest, but holding two heavy dumbbells and trying to do farmer's carry five minutes on, two minutes off on that incline.

And this is why you see a lot of women are like, oh, I've got a tendon issue. I've got an Achilles issue, which then develops into plantar fascia problems. It would be better to get on that treadmill without the weighted vest, but holding two heavy dumbbells and trying to do farmer's carry five minutes on, two minutes off on that incline.

So you're getting strength, high intensity work, and then some recovery in between.

So you're getting strength, high intensity work, and then some recovery in between.

So you're getting strength, high intensity work, and then some recovery in between.

Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.

Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.

Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.

Yeah. So polarized means that you go top end capacity and recovery is really low. So when you first start doing high intensity work, you might find you need more recovery in order to hit that top end capacity. And that's fine. Women underestimate recovery all of the time.

Yeah. So polarized means that you go top end capacity and recovery is really low. So when you first start doing high intensity work, you might find you need more recovery in order to hit that top end capacity. And that's fine. Women underestimate recovery all of the time.

Yeah. So polarized means that you go top end capacity and recovery is really low. So when you first start doing high intensity work, you might find you need more recovery in order to hit that top end capacity. And that's fine. Women underestimate recovery all of the time.

So polarized means that you're staying out of that middle zone so you can go super hard when you need to and you recover super easy. So we look at the moderate intensity stuff as it's too hard to be easy and it's too easy to be hard to invoke change. Stay out of that. You want to be hard to invoke change and you want to go easy to recover so that you can go hard again.

So polarized means that you're staying out of that middle zone so you can go super hard when you need to and you recover super easy. So we look at the moderate intensity stuff as it's too hard to be easy and it's too easy to be hard to invoke change. Stay out of that. You want to be hard to invoke change and you want to go easy to recover so that you can go hard again.

So polarized means that you're staying out of that middle zone so you can go super hard when you need to and you recover super easy. So we look at the moderate intensity stuff as it's too hard to be easy and it's too easy to be hard to invoke change. Stay out of that. You want to be hard to invoke change and you want to go easy to recover so that you can go hard again.

Bare minimum, we see two sprint interval sessions or one sprint and one high intensity session and three lifting sessions a week. But you can combine the sprint and the lifting for one day in the gym. So you might do lower body posterior chain work. We're doing hip thrusts and deadlifts. And then we finish off with some sprints on the bike. And then you're done and dusted.