Exercise Doesn't Burn Fat: Why More Isn't Always Better

About this episode

Louise Digby discusses the misconceptions around exercise and fat loss, particularly for women in their late 30s and beyond.

Louise Digby explains why exercise alone often doesn’t drive fat loss, especially for women in their late 30s, 40s and beyond, and why doing more workouts can backfire. She shares client examples where high-intensity training combined with under-fuelling led to stress, increased hunger, fatigue, inflammation, cravings, sleep disruption and sluggish thyroid function, and how reducing intensity, prioritising recovery, increasing calories and improving nourishment helped symptoms resolve and wei...

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Host: Louise Digby

Topics covered

• exercise
• fat loss
• women's health
• nutrition
• recovery
• high-intensity training

Keywords

• exercise
• fat loss
• high-intensity training
• nutrition
• recovery
• hormones
• women's health

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