148: Busy Season Training: How to Keep Your Progress When Life Gets Busy
Broads: The Bold & Badass Fitness Podcast for WomenShow Notes
There is a season every woman hits where life gets full, training keeps getting bumped, meal prep stops happening, and the guilt is somehow louder than everything else on your plate.
And I need that guilt to stop.
Not because I’m being nice, but because it is not based in reality. A disrupted few weeks is not undoing months of work. Your body does not forget that fast. The strength you built is still there. The muscle you earned is still there. The progress you made does not disappear just because your schedule got complicated.
So today, I’m breaking down how to get results training less in a busy season. We’re talking about what your workouts actually need to do when you only have two or three of them, what to lean on outside the gym when training drops off, and how to come back without trying to punish yourself for the sessions you missed. Less than normal is not zero, babe. And the version of your routine that fits your life right now still counts.
What’s Discussed:
(0:00) Why busy seasons make women spiral and why the guilt is not based in reality
(2:00) Why missed workouts do not mean you are starting over
(4:30) What your workouts need to do when you only have two or three sessions
(8:30) Why protein, creatine, walking, and the basics matter when training drops off
(13:45) Why one or two weeks off does not mean you lost your muscle
(15:30) Why trying to “make up” missed workouts is the wrong move
(18:30) How to stop treating the routine that fits your life like it is not enough
If you have ever missed a week, barely trained for two, or looked at your calendar and thought, “There is no fucking way I can keep this routine right now,” this episode is going to help you stop turning a busy season into proof that you are failing.
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