Hi Fabulous Friends! This email's a tad longer (2 min read) because I'm squeezing in some high-ROI goodies before I step back from regular emails. Uber exciting things are happening for our Strong & Lean community in 2026! Here's the TL;DR ("too long didn't read") summary: New Strong & Lean strength classes starting in July; eating + training on a GLP-1; a 15-minute workout, and a super good Happy Gut Course! Women do better when they’re around other women working toward similar goals. That’s...

Hi Fabulous Reader! 2 underrated health upgrades women our age often miss: Short bursts of maximal effort (“sprint”) intervals Fiber from real food Why sprint intervals? Power is one of the first physical qualities we lose with age. Power helps us stay athletic, and better protected from falls and injury as we age. I’m not talking about hour-long HIIT classes. I mean ultra short 20 - 30 second bursts of max effort: bike sprints, rower sprints, battleropes, medball slams, etc. Click here for...

Hi Reader!A quick story about me. Let me know if you can relate. I grew up reading Seventeen, Bop, and Teen Vogue. Somewhere along the way, I became convinced of a narrative: that in order to feel attractive and accepted, my body needed to look a certain way. So in college, while teaching step aerobics, I’d literally calculate calories burned after every class. Because my brain genuinely believed I could "earn" food with exercise. Then I found weight lifting. In the late 90s and early 2000s,...