Redefining Strength Podcast
A podcast for women struggling with plateaued progress, energy drops, and stalled fat loss despite disciplined efforts. Hosted by Cori Lefkowith, founder of Redefining Strength, the show explores women's health, metabolism, and behavior change through coaching insights and expert conversations.
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Sep 11, 2026 · 16 minThe 3 Real Reasons Body Recomp Fails (It's Not Your Plan)You can have the perfect macros and the perfect training split and still fall off track because the plan was never the real problem. In this video, I'm breaking down the Sep 4, 2026 · 27 min7 Body Recomp Rules I Wish I Knew Sooner (Lose Fat + Build Muscle)Body recomp doesn’t have to be complicated. But with all the conflicting advice around fat loss, muscle building, hormones, metabolism, workouts, and nutrition, it’s easyAug 27, 2026 · 25 min9 Fitness Flops That Taught Me Everything About Body RecompI ate so clean during my first cut that I made myself sick on vacation. One spicy sangria and some Mexican food later, it was bad news bears. Then I couldn't get back on Aug 21, 2026 · 16 minGet Rid Of The Arm Jiggle (5 Tips For Women 40+)I just want to get rid of this jiggle" is probably the most common thing I hear about arms. And relaxed muscle does jiggle, that's just normal. But there is a real way toAug 14, 2026 · 19 min7 Muscle-Building Mistakes Keeping You From Looking LeanTo get leaner you might have to do the opposite of everything you've ever done. Focus on building muscle first. Or what I like to call...Muscle FIRST Fat Loss. But this iAug 7, 2026 · 19 min10 Ridiculous BLUNT and Honest Truths About Body RecompCori shares the patterns that quietly undermine progress, from goal-setting to discipline, drawn from nearly two decades of body composition coaching. She explains how toJul 29, 2026 · 18 minThe Worst Cardio For Fat Loss (For Women 40+)Cori explains why weight loss and body recomposition are different goals and how piling on steady-state cardio can work against a leaner body. She lays out her muscle-firJul 23, 2026 · 18 minThe 7 Laws of Body Recomp After 40 (That Actually Work)Seven frameworks Cori has refined over nearly two decades of coaching more than 10,000 women. She argues these principles produce results even in perimenopause when womenJul 16, 2026 · 14 minThe Scale Is your Worst Frenemy...Here's WhyWhy the number on the scale moves independently of fat loss thanks to water, stress, hormones and inflammation. Cori shares ways to desensitize yourself to the scale and Jul 9, 2026 · 24 minWhy Menopause Belly Fat Won't Budge (Even When You're Doing Everything Right)Cori looks at the hormonal shifts of menopause and why traditional fat-loss tactics fail. A client case study shows how raising calories from 1,000 to 1,650 a day led to Jul 2, 2026 · 22 minThe 5 Hidden Metabolism Killers That Are Sabotaging Your Body Recomposition ResultsFive habits that quietly suppress metabolism: clean eating traps, chronic stress, low daily movement, poor sleep and a restrictive mindset. Cori makes the case for muscleJun 25, 2026 · 24 min10 Harsh Truths I Had to Accept to Finally See Real Body Recomp (Lose Fat + Build Muscle)I resisted every single one of these for way too long. These are the 10 hard doses of reality I had to face to get leaner and stronger, protect my metabolic health, and aJun 19, 2026 · 1h 4m5 Reasons You Fail At 30-Day Challenges (Ft. Dr. Caroline Leaf)Ever finished a challenge only to slide right back into old habits? You're not lazy, and you don't lack willpower...you've just been repeating a pattern no one taught youJun 12, 2026 · 18 minThe 7 Weird Habits That Helped Me Lose Fat And KEEP It OffStruggling to lose fat and actually keep it off? It's not a magic macro ratio or the perfect workout plan that gets you lasting results...it's finding the weird variationJun 6, 2026 · 20 minStop Apologizing for Wanting to Look Good You're allowed to want to look good. Full stop. But somewhere along the way, aesthetic goals got villainized...like wanting to lose those last few pounds or finally see sMay 28, 2026 · 12 min5 Signs You're Burning Fat (Even If The Scale Says You're Not)The scale has been lying to you and it's costing you your progress. If you've ever done everything right all week, stepped on the scale, and felt like your hard work meanMay 21, 2026 · 21 minWeight Training for Fat Loss: 5 Tips to Build Muscle & Burn More FatStruggling to lose fat even though you’re eating well, doing cardio, or trying to stay consistent with your workouts? The missing piece may not be more restriction or morMay 19, 2026 · 24 minCardio vs Weights vs Pilates - Which One Is Best For Fat Loss?If your goal is fat loss, should you be doing cardio, lifting weights, or Pilates? The answer is not as simple as picking one and ditching the others. In this video, I’m May 14, 2026 · 21 minBODY RECOMP - 9 Mistakes I'll Never Make AgainMost women working on body recomp are making at least 3 of these 9 mistakes without even knowing it — and fixing them changes everything. In this episode, I'm breaking doMay 7, 2026 · 16 minWhy Eating More Is the Secret to Losing Fat (And Why It Feels Wrong at First)Why Eating More Is the Secret to Losing Fat (And Why It Feels Wrong at First) If you've been eating less, training harder, and still not seeing results this episode is foApr 29, 2026 · 20 minLose Fat AND Build Muscle at the Same Time (The TRUTH about Body Recomposition!)I spent years thinking losing fat while building muscle was impossible...and that belief was completely sabotaging me. I was eating less, training harder, and wondering wApr 22, 2026 · 14 minJUST. LIFT. HEAVY. JUST. LIFT. HEAVY. We see that all the time on social media. But is that advice actually holding you back? In this episode, we're pushing back on the one-size-fits-all apApr 15, 2026 · 11 minEvery Woman Should Be Able To Do A Pull UpEvery Woman Should Be Able To Do A Pull Up. I made that statement knowing it was going to be controversial but I was genuinely surprised by how much pushback it got. So IApr 8, 2026 · 12 minSTOP Saving Calories for the Weekend (It's Making You Fatter)You think you're being smart by eating less during the week to "save room" for the weekend. But this strategy — called calorie banking — may actually be training your bodApr 4, 2026 · 55 minThe Muscle of Discomfort w/ Charlotte GrimmelWhat if strength isn't about pushing harder — but about how much you can hold? In this episode, I'm joined by mindset coach Charlotte Grimmel, and honestly, this conversa
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