When your trusted routine suddenly stalls in midlife, it’s not you - it’s the strategy.
In this episode, Carly explains why “doing more” backfires in midlife, how to stop the scattergun fixes (a cupboard full of supplements, anyone?), and the simple plan: tune in, audit stress, and polarise your training (hard vs easy) so workouts start working again.
Carly unpacks the classic midlife spiral: the weight creep, the constant fatigue, the niggles - and the urge to do everything to try and fix it ASAP, only to end up distrusting your body and the experts.
You’ll learn how to tune in and become the detective when it comes to your own body, zoom out to see your total load (training + life stress), and make one elegant change: create contrast in your week. That means keeping restorative “easy” sessions and adding purposeful hard efforts (strength, intervals, plyo) - while trimming the mushy middle.
Plus: the “ditch / delegate / do” exercise for life admin that’s quietly wrecking your recovery, and why changing one variable at a time beats throwing the kitchen sink at it.
This episode is full of practical advice you can put into action right away.
In this episode
- Why doubling down on the old plan (harder, longer, less food) keeps you stuck
- The scattergun trap: supplements, hacks, and the loss of self-trust
- Tune in: simple self-check to spot what’s working vs what isn’t
- Total load audit: training stress + work + family + life admin
- The ditch / delegate / do exercise (free up capacity fast)
- Polarised training 101: more easy, some truly hard, less “grey zone”
- Change one variable at a time (how else do you know what’s actually working?)
Key takeaways
- You’re not broken; the rules changed. Update the plan, don’t punish your body.
- Start with stress: stacked cortisol flattens results - create capacity first.
- Polarise your week: keep restorative easy sessions + add purposeful hard work; minimise the “sort-of” middle.
- One tweak at a time is better than kitchen-sink chaos. Track how you feel, perform, and recover.
- Consistency beats intensity. Little upgrades, repeated = big shifts.
Links & resources
- Training Tweak Guide - Carly shows you exactly how to upgrade your training by tweaking the intensity. Grab it here.
- The Reboot - the programme where we put all of this together so you can feel incredible in midlife. Check it out.
- Connect with Carly on Instagram (and tell her what you're ditching!) @carlycorrigall
