Redefining Strength Podcast

Cori Lefkowith
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You train hard. You try to eat well. You stay disciplined. And yet progress slows. Energy drops. Fat loss stalls. The Redefining Strength Podcast is for women who work hard on their health… but still feel like their body isn’t responding the way it used to. Hosted by Cori Lefkowith, founder of Redefining Strength, this show helps you understand what’s actually happening inside your body — and what to do about it. Cori is the creator of the STRONG System, used by over 10,000 women around the world to transform their bodies and build results that last. Through real coaching insights and conversations with leading experts in women’s health, metabolism, and behavior change...each episode breaks down the science in a way that actually applies to real life. Because the answer isn’t working harder. It’s learning how to work smarter so your effort finally creates the strength, energy, and confidence you’ve been chasing. If you’re ready to stop starting over and start building a body you can count on, this podcast will help you get there.

  1. hace 2 días

    9 Fitness Flops That Taught Me Everything About Body Recomp

    I 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 track for weeks, because that's exactly what happens when your approach is too rigid for real life. That was fitness flop number one. And after almost two decades in this industry, coaching thousands of women through their own body recomp journeys while also testing everything on myself, I have made just about every mistake in the book. Some of them were obvious in hindsight. Others took me years to fully understand. In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain and sharing 10 of my biggest fitness flops. These weren't really failures, they were experiences that taught me something important, but they still cost me time, energy, and results I can't get back. Some of these lessons are about training. Some are about nutrition and tracking. A lot of them, honestly, come down to mindset, stress, and the stories we tell ourselves about what discipline is supposed to look like. If you've ever felt like you're starting over every January, caught yourself saying "I'm not being that bad" while quietly sliding off track, or found yourself stuck in that exhausting all or nothing cycle, this episode was made for you. I'm walking through what went wrong, why it went wrong, and what I do differently now, so that you can shortcut the process and skip straight to the results. This is almost 20 years of trial and error condensed into one conversation. Grab your headphones, go for a walk or get comfy on the couch, and let's get into it.

  2. 21 ago

    Get 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 to build the definition you're after, especially during perimenopause and menopause when collagen loss and hormonal shifts change the game. You can't spot reduce fat from just your arms, but you can strategically create the conditions for real change: building the muscle underneath and supporting the skin on top of it. In this video I'm sharing the 5 things that have actually helped my clients finally see the arm definition they've been chasing, everything from how you eat and train to the small daily habits that make the biggest difference. Grab my full body recomp guide and the 5 Triceps Exercises video linked in the description below. Let me know in the comments: which tip do you think you've been missing, or which small tweak made the biggest difference for you? 5 Arm Exercises To Lose Bingo Wings For Women 40+ - https://youtu.be/BLltCs-j3r4 Download The Recomp Guide - https://redefiningstrength.com/recomp

  3. 14 ago

    7 Muscle-Building Mistakes Keeping You From Looking Lean

    To 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 is honestly easier said than done, both mentally and physically. Because the approach that actually works goes against almost every instinct and habit you've built around fat loss. And even when you know it's right it feels wrong. There are 7 mistakes I've personally made that sabotaged my results and honestly still are tough to avoid. And most women I've met are making at least 5 of them. Grab my FREE Body Recomp Guide in the description below 👇 https://redefiningstrength.com/recomp

  4. 7 ago

    10 Ridiculous BLUNT and Honest Truths About Body Recomp

    I'm going to be brutally honest. I've been struggling. Struggling to set a goal. Struggling to stay focused. Struggling to find the discipline and flow that, honestly, I usually have. There have even been moments where I just didn't care about doing the things I knew I needed to do. The moment I caught myself thinking about all the things I "should" be doing, it became the wake-up call I needed. It forced me to recognize my own drift, my own excuses, and the patterns that were quietly pulling me away from the person I wanted to be. That reflection led me to some cold, hard truths. These are lessons I've learned, and had to relearn, over nearly two decades of losing fat, building muscle, and trying not to sabotage my own progress. If you've ever felt like you're constantly starting over, this video is for you. The truth is, we're all human. We all drift. But understanding why it happens and how to stop it is what changes everything. By the end of this video, you'll know the 10 ridiculously blunt and honest truths about body recomposition and long-term results that can help you break the cycle and finally make lasting progress.

  5. 30 jul

    The Worst Cardio For Fat Loss (For Women 40+)

    So many of us are doing the worst cardio for body recomp while thinking we're doing the exact thing we should be doing for weight loss. I made this mistake for years…I slaughtered myself with spin classes and logged miles on any cardio equipment I could find. Not because I loved it. But because I thought more cardio was the answer. Spoiler alert. It's not. I ended up burnt out. My cravings were through the roof. I was yo-yo dieting. And despite all that work? I was looking softer not leaner. Here's what I didn't understand then...weight loss and body recomposition are not the same thing. And the approach that drives one actively works against the other. That’s what led me to create my muscle-first fat loss approach.  This isn’t an anti-cardio approach. It's about understanding what different types of cardio actually do to your results...and building a system where your training and nutrition work together instead of against each other. So my goal isn’t to make you ditch your runs if you love them, but to highlight how to use cardio strategically so your hard work isn’t making your results worse. By the end of this you're going to know the 2 forms of cardio I use strategically for muscle-first fat loss while not demonizing the cardio you may enjoy.

  6. 23 jul

    The 7 Laws of Body Recomp After 40 (That Actually Work)

    Nothing worth having comes easy and that's especially true of your body after 40. Anyone telling you there's one magic supplement, protocol, or 30-day fix is lying to you. Or selling you something. Usually both. After almost two decades of coaching over 10,000 women, I've figured out the frameworks that actually work even in perimenopause, even at 85, even if you feel like nothing works anymore. I call them laws at this point, because when women follow them, their bodies respond. When they ignore them, it's always the same story. I know because I ignored them too, for years. And I've broken every single one of them...that's exactly how I know they matter. In this video, I'm breaking down the 7 laws for building the leanest, strongest version of you after 40: If you want help applying these laws to your actual life, I coach women through exactly this. Apply for a free consultation call here: https://apply.redefiningstrength.com/t/vF5azzRcPmus

  7. 17 jul

    The Scale Is your Worst Frenemy...Here's Why

    You've stared at the scale and let one number undo weeks of hard work. In this episode, we're flipping the script on the most misunderstood tool in your fitness journey. The scale doesn't measure fat. It measures everything: water, food, stress, hormones, inflammation, and about a dozen other things that have nothing to do with your progress. So why does it still have so much power over how we feel? We're breaking down exactly why the number can jump while your jeans get looser (and why that's actually a good sign), walking through a pre-weigh checklist that gives you context before the number can ambush you, and sharing a real client story about the moment she almost let one bad reading erase months of visible progress. Then we get into the controversial part: why weighing more, not less, might be the key to finally taking your power back. It's not about obsession. It's about desensitization, turning a scary number into just information. If you've ever cried over a number that made no sense, this episode is your permission slip to understand it instead of fear it.

  8. 10 jul

    Why Menopause Belly Fat Won't Budge (Even When You're Doing Everything Right)

    You're training hard, eating clean, doing everything "right," so why is menopause belly fat still creeping up? In this episode, I break down why your old fat-loss strategies stopped working and what's actually happening hormonally as estrogen declines. You'll learn: ✅ Why overtraining and high-intensity cardio spike cortisol and drive fat storage straight to your midsection ✅ Why under-eating (especially below 1200 calories) backfires and slows your metabolism instead of speeding it up ✅ Why shifting from cardio-first to strength-first training changes your body composition without doing more I also share a real client story: how going from 1,000 to 1,650 calories a day helped her lose weight, not gain it, and finally get her energy back. If you're a woman in perimenopause or menopause who feels like your body stopped responding to everything that used to work, this episode will explain why, and give you a clear, science-backed path forward. Want personalized help applying this to your body? Learn more about what we do: https://redefiningstrength.com/coaching/

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You train hard. You try to eat well. You stay disciplined. And yet progress slows. Energy drops. Fat loss stalls. The Redefining Strength Podcast is for women who work hard on their health… but still feel like their body isn’t responding the way it used to. Hosted by Cori Lefkowith, founder of Redefining Strength, this show helps you understand what’s actually happening inside your body — and what to do about it. Cori is the creator of the STRONG System, used by over 10,000 women around the world to transform their bodies and build results that last. Through real coaching insights and conversations with leading experts in women’s health, metabolism, and behavior change...each episode breaks down the science in a way that actually applies to real life. Because the answer isn’t working harder. It’s learning how to work smarter so your effort finally creates the strength, energy, and confidence you’ve been chasing. If you’re ready to stop starting over and start building a body you can count on, this podcast will help you get there.

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    Cori Lefkowith
  • Años de actividad
    2016 - 2026
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