Why I Train the Way I Do Now

There was a time when I believed progress in fitness came from doing more. More intensity. More sweat. More discipline. More reps and weight. More pushing through.

And to be fair it worked-ish. For a while.

I got stronger. Clients got results. Boxes were checked. But something underneath all of it didn’t sit right for long. I started noticing patterns that didn’t match the narrative we’re sold about “hard work” and “consistency.”

People weren’t failing because they didn’t care enough.
They weren’t undisciplined.
They weren’t lazy.

They were exhausted.

Physically, mentally, hormonally, emotionally and sometimes all at once.

Over time, my approach to training shifted because it had to. Not because I abandoned strength or progress, but because I started paying closer attention to how my body and the bodies of my clients actually respond to stress, recovery, and real life.

Strength isn’t built in the workout. It’s built in the adaptation that happens after. That adaptation occurs when the nervous system feels safe enough to recover.

That realization changes everything.

I train the way I do now because I’ve seen what happens when women are asked to constantly override their bodies instead of work with them. High intensity stacked on top of chronic stress. Restrictive eating paired with demanding workouts. Guilt used as motivation. Rest framed as weakness.

It doesn’t create resilience and functional maintenance. It creates burnout, disappointment, injury, and unmet goals.

The way I train now prioritizes longevity over punishment. Capacity over exhaustion. Consistency over extremes.

My focus shifted from strength training for extremes and intensity to strength training that supports joints, connective tissue, longevity and confidence.
It means mobility that isn’t an afterthought.
It means respecting recovery as part of the program and not a reward for surviving it.

It also means flexibility. Because real bodies live in the real world. Sleep gets interrupted. Stress spikes. Hormones fluctuate. Energy changes day to day.

Training should respond to that, while honoring each individual body’s needs and not ignore it.

I still believe in strength. Deeply. Strength is one of the most powerful tools we have for health, independence, and longevity as women. But strength doesn’t have to be loud or punishing to be effective. We can train our bodies through intelligence and connection.

Strong can be patient.
Strong can be functional.
Strong can be sustainable.

I train the way I do now because fitness shouldn’t require you to disconnect from your body to succeed. It should help you trust it again.

And that kind of strength lasts.

If you’re looking for strength training that supports your body instead of fighting it, this is the approach I build all my programs around.