Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

three hours a week right now currently I'm going to start doing four and two of those hours it's like the full hour is like it's a pretty pretty intense and then two of the other days where it's an hour each I'm doing like strength training the first half half which isn't really getting my heart rate up that much except for when I'm lifting heavy and then I do like a 20 minute hit at the end and

Hey, everything's going great for me.

I'm not burning out.

I mean, I don't feel like I'm burning at both ends at all.

But let's talk about actual evidence here.

I think, yes, women can engage in high-intensity interval training.

Yes, they can do high-intensity workouts.

I think where this whole thing originated from were these studies where women were massively reducing their calories.

Mm-hmm.

and they were doing caloric restriction and engaging in a lot of like high intensity exercise.

And that can like cause amenorrhea.

It can shift hormones, right?

Where you're not ovulating.

And that's really like the origin of like some of this, like, I don't even know where it's gone.

It's gone to places where I'm like, people are like, oh, you can't do HIIT.

I'm just like, what are you talking about?

Yes, you can do HIIT.

Like being a female doesn't mean you can't do HIIT.

Obviously, you have to listen to your body.

If you are on your cycle and you're feeling like all the time when I'm on my cycle and I'm starting to do a hit, like I tone it down.