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Fitness Stuff (for normal people)

#169 // Men vs. Women (Training, diet, & recovery differences)

Fitness Stuff (for normal people)

Tony and Marianna

Health & Fitness

4.9644 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to fitness advice, there's a lot of noise—and even more bad takes—about how men and women should train, eat, and recover. In this episode, we break down the real, research-backed differences between male and female physiology that actually matter when it comes to lifting, dieting, and making progress in the gym.

We unpack things like:

  • How hormones like estrogen and testosterone impact recovery and muscle growth

  • Whether women really “should” lift lighter weights

  • Why men might benefit from more rest—but women might thrive on higher volume

  • How to actually adjust your training during your menstrual cycle

  • What women with PCOS should focus on when it comes to diet

  • And why “train like a man, look like a goddess” isn’t as far off as it sounds

Whether you're looking to optimize your workouts, understand your body better, or just cut through the BS, this one's for you.


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Timestamps:

(02:30) What we're talking about today

(07:30) Potential to build muscle

(24:00) How to change your workouts

(30:56) Cycle Syncing

(35:17) Nutritional Differences

Transcript

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0:00.0

Men and women, boys and girls, are different on so many spectrums.

0:04.9

But today, we're going to talk about how those differences impact how men and women should be training, dieting, and recovering differently so you can make the absolute best progress you can, from hormonal differences to anatomical differences, and a lot that you might not expect. Now, if you want more after

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Sign up takes less than 60 seconds, and the link to do that is in the show notes down below.

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And if you haven't already, you could go ahead and follow us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to stay up to date on every new episode that we drop on Mondays.

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And if you want to leave us a little five-star review, that also helps us reach even more people, which is the goal at the end of the day. And before we get into

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