60. Bikini BTS - New coach, fertility lessons & job hunting - Updates from offseason!
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This week's episode is a Bikini BTS update - from the depths of the offseason!
I have a new coach, my training season is going well and big things are happening!
I have also had a lot going on with my work, my business, my health and my fertility so I give you an update on everything here and start a number of big conversations that I have been having recently.
In this episode:
- I share who my new coach is!
- Why I started working with her, what the key differences are
- What improvements and changes I have made this offseason.
- The details behind my current macros, nutrient focuses, training split
- What my offseason 1% habits are
- An update on my business and why I am now in the job market, did I fail?
- Some tough lessons about my fertility, my period and my hormones and what I am doing about them
- Our journey to freezing eggs and why we are doing it.
- The interesting conversations and thoughts my partner and I have had on this fertility journey.
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