Rethinking hypermobility, strength training & body composition with Caryln Rubin

In this episode, I’m joined by my client Carlyn Rubin, who shares her journey navigating fitness and nutrition with symptomatic hypermobility.

What makes her story so powerful is that Carlyn came to me with a body composition and weight loss goal, but through strength training, she discovered so many unexpected benefits along the way.

We talk about:

• How EDS and spinal fusion shaped Carlyn’s relationship with her body and movement.
• What surprised her most about strength training and how she built the confidence to walk into the gym and get started.
• Her experience with low-calorie diets, weight cycling, and what changed when we increased her calories and let go of rigid food rules
• What she wishes more hypermobile people knew about strength training

Carlyn’s experience is a reminder that with the right approach, it’s not just possible to get stronger. It’s possible to feel better and more at home in your body while doing it.

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