S12 EP4: Cycle Syncing DEBUNKED
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
We love Dr. Rachele Pojednic so much we had to have her back! In her last episode we took a deep dive into cryotherapy, but as an exercise scientist her expertise goes well beyond cryo. She is the CEO and Founder of Strong Process Education and the Director of Scientific Research at Restore Hyperwellness. Her current research examines nutrition, supplementation and physical activity interventions on muscle physiology, performance and recovery.
She’s not only doing some amazing research, she’s bridging the gap between socials and science and making it relatable. She focuses on women’s health 🙌 because there is such a tremendous omission in the data and because we are different than men! In this episode, Rachael and Rachele get into cycle syncing, how to reverse muscle loss at age 30, supplements, cellulite, fitness post menopause, metabolism, sarcopenia, and hormone replacement therapy. Join us to hear the science but also, why women are so freaking awesome!
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(00:01:11) Welcome Rachele Pojednic back to the podcast.
(00:04:00) Only 6% of performance research is done on women alone. How this is harmful.
(00:12:01) Cycle syncing explained.
(00:19:25) Should women in menopause cut out high intensity training?
(00:25:50) Metabolism study findings and weight gain brought on by aging.
(00:28:28) Women start to lose muscle at age 30. What to do.
(00:35:05) Women’s health supplements: do we need them? Which ones?
(00:45:25) Rachele’s take on Hormone replacement therapy.
(00:54:05) Preemptive HRT. Is that a thing?
(00:59:32) The benefits of weighted walking.
(01:05:42) Rachele’s recent, super exciting research.
(01:10:29) Where to hear more from Dr. Rachele Pojednic.
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| 0:00.0 | Lo and behold, the science actually shows it doesn't matter what phase of your cycle you are in. |
| 0:07.2 | If you're in the ludial phase, you can hit a massive PR. |
| 0:11.4 | If you're menstruating, you can go out and run a marathon. |
| 0:14.5 | Like, it's okay. |
| 0:15.5 | You can do this. |
| 0:17.5 | And if you listen to your body and you sort of change your training around, if you're feeling |
| 0:23.0 | kind of crappy one day, like it's probably not going to be the best day for you to try and hit a |
| 0:26.7 | PR anyways, right? |
| 0:32.4 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:33.4 | We've had some of the most incredible guests coming to you these past couple of months. |
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| 1:09.7 | episodes. |
| 1:10.7 | Hi, guys, and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:15.0 | It's Rachel and Rachel. |
| 1:16.3 | It's the Rachel show. |
| 1:18.7 | So good to see you again. |
| 1:20.3 | Oh my gosh, you guys. |
| 1:21.1 | I brought back Rachel Progenic because her episode was so extremely informative. But she had so much more to share. If you remember, |
| 1:31.4 | we talked to Rachel about cryotherapy, which was an amazing conversation. We had a bunch of |
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