Hello everyone welcome back to fit body happy joints today we are talking about the training differences in maintaining muscle versus building muscle but first I want to read an Evello member story I've been doing these on the podcast recently. This comes from Danielle from Boston.

She said, I came upon Evelo accidentally while scrolling through my social media feed on

Instagram about two years ago. I watched a few videos of Shannon performing

various exercises and explaining her philosophy. I have an extensive fitness

background. I grew up as a dancer and switched over to fitness in college

starting with regular and step aerobics moving into

spinning and running over the years and most recently prior to Evelo Peloton and

orange theory. I always incorporated some strength workouts and I do work out with a great trainer, but strength was not my focus.

Actually, I thought I was doing lots of strength when I was attending orange theory classes,

but I now realize those workouts didn't incorporate the best exercises to build strength effectively and were more

endurance-based. I found Shannon at just the right time. I was feeling ready for a change. I had been

focusing too much on cardio, wearing down my body and just didn't feel great in general. I started

taking Evelo classes and must admit I was a bit slow to fully switch over to the Evelo method, but once I did, I was completely

hooked. I'm 47 years old, I have three kids and am definitely the

strongest I've ever been in my life. I feel a big difference in my body overall.

I have more energy throughout the day and my workouts don't leave me exhausted but they leave

me with that cooked feeling which I love.

Not only can I feel the difference but I can also see the difference in my body composition

which is really rewarding too. It's so important

for women to focus on building strength but the fitness industry definitely misguides us with

over emphasis on cardio workouts and compound movements.

And then she goes on to plug the podcast

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