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How to Shift Your Running Mindset When Every Run Feels Heavy

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Struggling with running confidence in the heat or after burnout? Learn practical mindset shifts to reframe walk breaks, reset your mental game, and rebuild joy in your training.

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Misinformation in Women’s Fitness: How CICO and Oversimplified Science Fail Athletes

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Exposing misinformation in women’s health and fitness. Why oversimplified CICO claims and dismissing hormones harm athletes—and what real coaching looks like.

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Cortisol Isn’t Ruining Your Body… But This Might Be

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Cortisol isn’t the enemy, but chronic imbalance can crush performance. Learn the science, myths, testing realities, and how to keep it working for you.

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Endurance Cultures, Aging, and the Research Gaps No One Talks About

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Exploring the Rarámuri, also known as the Tarahumara, Indigenous endurance cultures, and why joint health and menopause research gaps still exist—and how we can close them.

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In a Perfect World: How Fitness Professionals Would Actually Listen

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What if fitness professionals led with curiosity, empathy, and collaboration instead of ego? Here’s how health and fitness could look if experts valued lived experience—especially for underrepresented athletes.

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