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and are sick of random workouts that just wear you down and burn you out, that's exactly

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You can try EVLO now for two weeks free if you visit evelofitness.com. Welcome to Fitness Rewired on the Dr. Shannon Show,

a nine episode capsule designed to close the gap between fitness culture and exercise science

so you can see higher return on your effort and finally feel like you're doing enough.

Many fitness beliefs come from marketing and tradition and don't align with current evidence.

When you learn the truth, you can rewire your thoughts around fitness.

That shift leads to higher quality actions, better results, and health you can actually sustain.

I'm your host, Shannon Ritchie.

Welcome to the show.

Can women actually get bulky?

In the first episode of this capsule, I talked about where the fear of getting bulky

may have come from.

And the truth is, it's probably a concern that's much older than we realize

with women wanting to look feminine, not strong. But in the 80s, when female bodybuilding

started to become popular, women who gained a lot of muscle were starting to get media attention.

This scared away the average woman who had never lifted weights thinking that she would

look like that if she started lifting. So what happened is the pendulum swaying in the other

direction. Jane Fonda workouts and the tone without the bulk messaging emerged using light weights,

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