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…
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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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Your metabolism doesn’t “die” — but it can adapt down when your body is under-fueled, over-stressed, under-recovered, or stuck in the wrong fat loss mindset. In this episode, we’re breaking down the 5 hidden metabolism killers that can sabotage fat loss, body recomposition, energy, and long-term results — including the clean eating trap, chronic stress, low daily movement, sleep deprivation, and…
I resisted every single one of these for way too long. These are the 10 hard doses of reality I had to face to get leaner and stronger, protect my metabolic health, and actually feel my best while looking my most fabulous. Body recomp is real, but it's slower and more nuanced than "calories in vs calories out." It means losing fat while building muscle (or building muscle while losing fat), and…
Ever finished a challenge only to slide right back into old habits? You're not lazy, and you don't lack willpower...you've just been repeating a pattern no one taught you how to break. In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the five mistakes that kept me restarting every 21 or 30 days: going in without an exit strategy, blindly following a plan instead of understanding why it works,…
Struggling to lose fat and actually keep it off? It's not a magic macro ratio or the perfect workout plan that gets you lasting results...it's finding the weird variations of habits that fit who YOU are. In this episode, I'm breaking down the 7 weird habits and mindset shifts that helped me lose fat, build lean muscle, and maintain my body recomposition results long term. You'll learn why I said…