on Training vs. Protein: The Surprising Findings for Aging Women
The Consistency Project
EC Synkowski
4.9 • 562 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
We're exploring the impact of protein intake and resistance training on postmenopausal women.
You'll gain insights into how these factors influence muscle mass and body composition, challenging common beliefs about protein requirements.
By understanding these findings, you'll be empowered to make informed decisions about your nutrition and fitness strategy for better overall health.
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ABOUT THE SHOW
The Consistency Project aims to simplify nutrition, health, and well-being by breaking down the concepts and actions we can all take to live fuller, more functional lives.
ABOUT US
📍 EC Synkowski is a Certified Nutrition Specialist® (CNS), a Licensed-Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN), and Certified CrossFit Level 4 Coach (CF-L4). She's the founder of OptimizeMe Nutrition and the creator of the #800gChallenge®. Find her on social media.
📍 Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, writer, and podcaster. Find him on social media.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome with the Consistency Project podcast. My name is Patrick Cummings. As always, I'm here with |
| 0:18.9 | EC Sinkowski. Every week on the show, |
| 0:21.0 | we aim to simplify the science of nutrition, health, and fitness, cutting through the noise to focus on the principles and practices that will help you perform better, feel better, and live better. Thank you so much for tuning into the show. Hello, E.C. How are you? Hi, Patrick. I'm Wonderful. |
| 0:34.5 | Good. |
| 0:35.1 | Good to see you again. |
| 0:36.2 | We are this week going to talk about, wait for it, protein. |
| 0:40.4 | Protein. |
| 0:40.9 | Protein. |
| 0:41.4 | We are this week going to talk about, |
| 0:38.7 | wait for it, protein. Protein. We are continuing. The 2024 is the year of protein. We've got a new |
| 0:45.2 | study on protein intake and resistance training for postmenopausal women that challenges the common |
| 0:49.9 | belief that aging women need extremely high protein intake. We're going to explore why resistance |
| 0:54.6 | training matters more than protein levels, what this means for general recommendations, |
| 0:58.8 | and how these findings apply to different fitness levels. Ready. Ready. Let's do a little bit of |
| 1:05.6 | background, even though I feel like we do talk about this often, these two subjects. We do. |
| 1:08.9 | Where did this idea come from? And what do we need to know to get into it? we do talk about this often, these two subjects. We do. Where did this idea come from? |
| 1:11.2 | And what do we need to know to get into it? |
| 1:13.9 | We do talk about this often, but a new study came out in October that was on resistance |
| 1:19.4 | training and protein intake, obviously, in menopausal women. |
| 1:22.7 | And I sent it out in kind of one of those weekly blasts. |
| 1:27.0 | I do my newsletter. And I got a good amount of |
| 1:29.7 | follow-up questions from it. And I think it was kind of because the study results are a little |
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