Weekend Q&A: How do I Avoid Constant Fatigue from Low Energy Availability in My Training (A Mom Over 40)

How can you overcome feeling aimless and frustrated with recovery issues in your training, especially over 40 with a family?

The question we're answering is:

"I am a 46 year old mom and have been weight training since May 2022, focused on body recomp with at least one muscle building phase last spring. I have never done a fat loss phase. I have slowly but steadily put on muscle and lost body fat.

I have loved weight training and getting stronger and I also have loved stepping away from restrictive diets (and the requisite binging that accompanied them) and the fasting that I had done in the past. My macros have fluctuated a bit over time. I think I'm right about at maintenance, maybe a little bit of a deficit since I am very very very slowly dropping the weight.

However, my arms constantly feel sore and inflamed and I feel stiff and creaky and it is starting to make me dread upper body days. I actually have backed off training these last few weeks, dropping down to just 2 days a week of training and sometimes even only doing one set of everything because I just feel inflamed and weak. I haven't been able to do anything related to my biceps in months--I just skip those exercises entirely.

 I guess I just feel a little aimless at the moment and a little frustrated by this recovery issue and would love to re-focus."

Find out in today's Weekend Q&A bonus episode.

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