Welcome to Season 7 episode 4.
This episode is all about how not to diet a female.
Over the years all of us have been sent terrible meal plans clients have been given and often worked to help those clients recover their health.
Recently Andy took on such a client who had been given a 700 calorie diet in preparation for a bodybuilding competition. In addition to eating only 700 calories, she was also doing 2 hours of cardio a day.
We use this example to show you the implications to your health from under eating, over training and generally putting your body under so much stress.
Women are much more complicated than men to diet due to their hormones. The repercussions for female hormonal health following such extreme dieting can be enormous.
We talk you through what can happen hormonally and metabolically by following such ridiculous protocols.
We also discuss the best way to diet females, what to look for in a good coach and more advice about prepping for a bodybuilding competition.
Whilst this episode is mainly targeted at women who want to compete in bodybuilding it still is very important for the general population woman too!
We often see that they also get put on such crazy meal plans even without an extreme end goal like a bodybuilding competition.
We really hope this gives you more information on red flags to look out for with a coach and also that always prioritise your health.
