Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates #396 Hattie Boydle - What’s The Story You’re Telling Yourself?
Hattie Boydle is a world champion competitor plus coach and educator. Hattie joins the podcast to share her wisdom on:
-Challenging our narratives and stories about why believe and do what we do
-Why women can build muscle as effectively as men
-How challenging it is to stay “lean” year round
-Her competitive history and approach that created her physique
-Her discipline and devotion to her training and nutrition
-The tradeoffs we make to maintain a physique and the tradeoffs we make when we don’t
-Diet culture
-The importance of asking questions
-Why women would more quickly develop their dream physiques by focusing on building vs dieting.
-And much more
01:00 - “I often call myself the grandma of the fitness industry.”
02:00 - Why she thought she’d stop competing at 30 but kept going
04:00 - Competing as a personal venture: “It’s selfish — I do it for me.”
06:00 - On AI in fitness: “AI will never take my job — it will never be human.”
07:00 - Misinformation: “Charisma isn’t science, and a six-pack doesn’t equal expertise.”
10:00 - Myth-busting: Women can build muscle as effectively as men
16:00 - From gymnast to competitor: 20 years of consistent training
18:00 - “Discipline is self-care. Even when unmotivated, I still do it.”
21:00 - Learning flexible dieting with @biolayne to repair food relationship
25:00 - Loving the prep process more than show day
31:00 - On aging: “We earn wisdom and muscle maturity — age isn’t a limitation.”
41:00 - Why fitness models influence: most of the world is out of shape
45:00 - “Every goal has a cost. Fear pushes us, desire pulls us.”
49:00 - Respect the build: “Everybody respects the diet, but not enough respect the build.”
55:00 - Diet culture’s claws: peeling them off one by one I’ve been putting a lot of time and effort into making these new episodes valuable for you. You can help me get these great guests and their knowledge in front of more people by:
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