Redefining Strength

I think often when we're struggling, we feel like we're failing.

But that honestly isn't the case.

To succeed, you have to face struggles head on and keep on going.

If there are no struggles, you're probably not making the changes you need. And you're probably closer to failure than you realize.

Because change is hard. Doing what you "should" isn't always fun.

Success IS struggle.

Life will always do its best to try to get in the way and we're constantly going to be fighting those excuses.

Learning something new too is a process. We're going to have to embrace being bad at something, at making mistakes if we want to grow and improve.

Because often the only way to fully learn is by doing and making those mistakes.

I mention all of this because often at that first sign of push back, at us being bad at something, we climb back into the habits we are comfortable with.

Especially if results aren't immediate, which often they won't be.

If you've found yourself wanting to go back to what is easy and instinctual and COMFORTABLE, it may be time to give yourself a little wake up call.

If you want a new and better result, get ready for things to be challenging and uncomfortable.

Get ready to embrace the struggle.

Just because you're struggling doesn't mean you're failing...actually it means the exact opposite.

Change requires change!

And if you're needing that kickstart and help reframing things, apply to my 1:1 Coaching for that outside perspective and custom plan and guidance:

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- Cori
Head Coach + Owner, Redefining Strength

This advice sounds wrong. That’s why it works.

I didn’t lose fat and gain muscle by:
❌ eating less and less
❌ training harder and harder
❌ chasing calorie burn
❌ cutting out foods I enjoy

That’s what keeps most of us stuck.

More effort isn’t the answer. Better rules are.

I stopped trying to earn food with workouts.
I stopped using the scale to judge daily progress.
I stopped treating rest like laziness.
I stopped calling normal food “bad.”

I stopped doing more of what wasn’t working.

If your old habits built your current body…different results require different defaults.

If you’re done punishing your body for progress...

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- Cori
Head Coach + Owner, Redefining Strength

Are you feeling softer, more fatigued, and like your body is working against you no matter what you do…especially now that menopause has hit?

The answer to losing fat and building muscle and feeling more energized probably isn't what you think…

It's not more cardio. It's not eating less. It's not scaling back and being careful.

It's intensity.

Yup INTENSITY.

The very thing most women shy away from as they get older.

Heavy lifting. Sprints.

Training that actually challenges your body instead of just going through the motions.

Why does that matter so much during this phase of life?

Because as your hormones shift your body becomes more sensitive to stress. It loses muscle faster. It holds onto fat…especially around your middle.

And chronic cardio, the kind most women turn to when they want to lose weight, just adds more stress to a system that's already overwhelmed.

Intensity done right - heavy lifting, sprints with adequate recovery - actually helps regulate that stress response.

It builds the muscle that keeps your metabolism running.

It triggers the hormonal response that makes your body more resilient, not more depleted.

This isn't about being reckless. It isn’t about doing moves you haven’t earned.

It's about refusing to let perimenopause or menopause write the story of what your body is capable of.

Age is a number. Strength is a choice.

Intensity isn't the enemy of aging strong. It's the strategy.

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Cori
Head Coach + Owner Redefining Strength

"You clearly don't know what you're talking about. Carbs are bad for you. There are no essential carbs!"

We NEED to stop demonizing macros and making sweeping statements like this.

One size doesn't fit all.

I have clients who NEED lower carb.

I have clients who NEED higher carb.

And carbs themselves are not evil. They have a purpose.

But type and quantity make a huge impact.

I also always find this argument very interesting...that there are no "essential" carbs.

People will occasionally argue there are no “essential” carbs like there are essential fats or amino acids.

This is their reasoning to cut out all carbs and preach low carb.

However carbs are involved in many bodily functions AND can really aid in improved performance while creating that anabolic environment for muscle growth.

Carbs play an integral role in keeping our hormones at optimal levels - specifically T3 (a thyroid hormone), cortisol and testosterone levels.

If T3 decreases this can not only hinder our weight loss results, but also impact our energy levels, negatively impacting our workouts.

Thyroid hormone problems can also lead to anxiety issues and contribute to menstrual irregularities (aka missed periods!).

These issues can be compounded by a calorie deficit while training hard on lower carb. Not to mention, carbs serve as immediate fuel to help us avoid muscle catabolism and even assist in creating an anabolic environment, which is essential to promoting muscle growth!

When we consume enough carbs, especially if we are exercising regularly, we can keep our testosterone, and other anabolic hormone levels higher and our cortisol levels lower.

Basically we create hormone levels that PROMOTE muscle growth.

Now this being said, the shift in hormone levels we see with perimenopuase and menopause may mean LOWERING carbs as we can become insulin resistant.

Yet...again...we have to pay attention to what we need as simply then demonizing carbs could negatively impact our thyroid health if we are more of an endurance athlete.

I don't say this to confuse you but more to realize that part of what works is based on what YOU need.

And then being ok with assessing and adjusting as your body, needs, goals and lifestyle shift.

What worked to get us to one goal even, may hold us back from reaching our next goal at a different phase and stage of life.

So just remember, no macro is evil and while each of us is unique and may function better with different macro breakdowns, carbs actually do play an essential role in many bodily functions and simply demonizing them could sabotage someone else's results and health.

- Cori
Head Coach + Owner, Redefining Strength

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Can I ask you something?

How many times have you "started over" this year?

Maybe a new type of meal plan. A new workout routine. A new app you swore you'd stick with this time.

Something you were SURE would finally be THE ONE…

And you've been watching other women around you. Maybe women older than you. Maybe women who started long after you did.

And they look…strong. Lean. Like it just clicked for them.

You're genuinely happy for them. But somewhere in there is a quieter question…

"Why is it working for them and not me?"

That's how the spiral starts.

“Maybe it's my hormones.”
“Maybe I need to cut carbs.”
“Maybe I need to add cardio.”
“Maybe I just need to be stricter, try harder, want it more.”

So you start a new plan and start all over again.

And every time you do, it chips away at your confidence a little more without you even fully realizing it.

Here's what I actually think, though.

I don’t think you’re behind. I think you’re probably…scattered.

Being behind would mean you haven't done the work.

But you HAVE done the work.

You're not lazy. You're not missing some secret piece of information everyone else has got.

If anything…you've got TOO MUCH.

You've got 15 different experts' rules in your head, all contradicting each other, and you're trying to run all of them at once to see what sticks.

That's what scattered looks like.

It looks like a plan that changes direction every 3 weeks the second you get frustrated or start to doubt yourself or results aren’t happening fast enough. Saying yes to this protocol and that one, sure the next thing is finally going to be THE thing.

It looks like effort. It looks like you're working so freaking hard…

But nothing's building…because nothing ever gets the chance to.

And here's the part that I really want you to pause with…

The women it's working for don't have a secret.

They didn't get luckier, or younger, or handed better genetics. (Even though I know we often do want to blame these things…myself included)

What they got was NARROW in their focus.

They stopped chasing every new thing and committed to the few fundamentals that actually matter…intentional training, eating enough protein, recovering, and letting it compound over months instead of restarting every 3 weeks.

From the outside it looks like they cracked some code.

Really, it's just the power of pointing at one thing instead of 40.

Doing less, on purpose, in one direction, long enough that it finally builds on itself.

Your effort was never the problem.

You can try so hard you completely miss the point…and spread yourself so thin you never give yourself the chance to actually succeed.

So here's what I want to help you do…

Stop starting over. Get narrow. Figure out the handful of things that actually matter for YOUR body, and let them compound.

That's exactly what I'm walking through in my free training:

The 5 Body Recomp Mistakes Almost Every Woman Over 40 Is Making (Without Realizing It)

By the end, you'll know which of the many things you're juggling are actually working against you…and the few that finally move the needle.

Reserve your seat below. I'd love to have you there.

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Cori
Head Coach + Owner, Redefining Strength