Ep. 15 Science VS Bullsh*t - Discipline, Cortisol belly and why it's harder to stay in shape as a woman
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Emma Storey-Gordon
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🗓️ 11 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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04:24 Understanding Discipline in Health and Fitness
09:13 Gender Differences in Food Planning and Body Image
13:37 The Myth of Cortisol Belly
27:49 Conclusions
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone. I can do the boring bit where I just try and somehow check that I'm live in all the right places, mainly substif, it's the only one I actually care about. |
| 0:10.8 | I am probably going to move this just to substype so they don't have to fath with this all the time. |
| 0:17.3 | And I've realised that might actually just be a bit of an easier thing to do, but for now, bear with for 30 seconds while I get this up late. |
| 0:29.1 | I mean, got the email, which is a good sign, but did not, cannot see deep breaths every time. it? Why is it so hard? Maybe I'm getting notified, but. |
| 0:40.3 | Okay, I've found myself, not literally, unfortunately. No, I'm joking. I feel great. |
| 0:45.5 | Okay, right. I'm ready for today's science versus bullshit, which I'm very excited about. |
| 0:50.7 | I do these science versus bullshit every single week because there is so much |
| 0:56.1 | confusing and often manipulating information or misinformation more to the point online that leaves |
| 1:03.2 | people confused, overwhelmed and not actually taking any action towards their health |
| 1:06.7 | and fitness goals. That's why I do this. So that's why I come here every single week. |
| 1:11.2 | And hopefully it's useful for people. And the whole aim is that we help cut through some of the |
| 1:16.9 | bullshit crap that's out there just trying to sell you stuff and help you focus on exactly what it is |
| 1:21.7 | that you should be doing in order to get results. So first question I had today and did, I have scoped this slightly more |
| 1:30.0 | towards what I want to talk about, which is quite a political answer. You know, whenever people |
| 1:35.3 | ask politicians something and they're like, great question. Anyway, back to my manifesto that I'm trying |
| 1:39.7 | to push on you. Not quite to that extent, but someone did ask for the research and the science behind discipline |
| 1:47.7 | and there is some and i do remember i think it was like a hubberman podcast i watched on this it was |
| 1:54.3 | quite interesting and goggins talks about this a lot as well i've never actually looked |
| 2:00.1 | to verify the claims that |
| 2:03.9 | they've made. I would be quite careful with those podcasts in particular. I think some of the |
| 2:09.5 | information is absolutely incredible, but sometimes there's like a vague theory that has then been |
| 2:15.3 | like articulated as like gospel truth. So I would bear that in mind. |
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