7 reasons you've stopped seeing results after years of training
Embrace Your Real
Julie Ledbetter
5 • 965 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
If you've been lifting consistently for years but your progress has stalled, your strength feels the same, your body looks the same, and your motivation is fading, this episode is for you.
You're doing everything "right": tracking your macros, showing up for your lifts, sleeping, recovering… yet somehow, your body isn't responding the way it used to. The truth? You're not broken, your body has simply adapted.
In this episode, we're digging into what's really going on when your progress plateaus after years of consistent training, and more importantly, what to do about it. You'll learn what's happening neurologically, hormonally, and physically when the results stop showing up, and how to reignite growth without overtraining or burning yourself out.
Here's what we're diving into:
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How your brain's "efficiency" in movement can secretly limit muscle activation
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Why nervous system fatigue often looks like low motivation — and how to recover from it
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How shifts in estrogen and testosterone affect your strength and recovery
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The real reason your body isn't responding (hint: you're probably under-fueling)
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Why recovery has to evolve with your training, or you'll stay stuck in micro-fatigue
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What happens when dopamine-driven progress slows and training feels flat
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How to finally break the "work harder" mindset and train smarter for long-term results
If your workouts have started to feel flat and your body isn't changing, this episode will help you understand what's going on beneath the surface, and give you the tools to start seeing results again.
If you loved this conversation, you'll also love Episode 38: Getting Off Your Fitness Plateau with Progressive Overload
If you want more from me, be sure to check out…
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Follow me on Instagram: @juliealedbetter | @embraceyourreal | @movementwithjulie
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Movement With Julie | App: https://sale.movementwithjulie.com/
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Macro Counting Made Simple Online Academy: https://www.macrocountingmadesimple.com/
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Website: www.juliealedbetter.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, beautiful human. You're listening to Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Ledbetter, |
| 0:05.4 | a podcast where I empower you to just be you. With each episode, I dish you a dose of real talk |
| 0:11.4 | and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving |
| 0:16.6 | your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real. Let's get and let's go. |
| 0:30.9 | Hello, hello, and welcome back to another episode on the Embrace Real podcast. All right, |
| 0:35.4 | I'm a little bit nervous about today's episode because this |
| 0:37.7 | one hits close to home. Like, it's one of those topics that we don't really talk about in the |
| 0:42.7 | fitness space, even though so many women are quietly experiencing it. And today we're going to be |
| 0:47.4 | unpacking something that I hear women all the time tell me. And that's, I've been lifting for years. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm consistent. I track my macros. I |
| 0:54.8 | sleep. I recover, but nothing is changing anymore. You've probably said that or thought that at some point. And that feels frustrating. It's such a frustrating feeling. Like, you feel like you're doing everything right, but your body just won't respond like it used to. So with that being said, Maybe you've wondered, like, am I not training enough or hard enough? |
| 1:13.2 | Do I need to switch out my workouts? |
| 1:14.7 | Is my. respond like it used to. So with that being said, maybe you've wondered, like, am I not training |
| 1:11.0 | enough or hard enough? Do I need to switch out my workouts? Is my metabolism slowing down or something |
| 1:16.9 | else going on inside my body that I'm missing? The most important thing to know while listening to |
| 1:21.4 | today's episode is that this isn't about training harder or eating less. My goal today is to help |
| 1:26.5 | you understand why your body hits |
| 1:28.2 | plateaues after years of consistent lifting. What's happening hormonally, neurologically, |
| 1:33.8 | physically, and how to make smart science back changes that reignite progress without burning |
| 1:38.7 | yourself out. By to the end of today's episode, you're going to hopefully understand |
| 1:42.9 | why your body stops responding to the same workouts years after episode, you're going to hopefully understand why your body stops responding |
| 1:44.7 | to the same workouts years after year after year. What actually is happening in your nervous system |
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