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**The Warrior School Podcast**

Welcome to The Warrior School Podcast – THE podcast for women who train.

Warrior Schools mission is to completely redefine how you train, and how you see exercise and life. Myself, and tons of experts, will help you learn how to play (and win) the new game in women’s health and fitness as a woman in her 30s, 40s and beyond.

You’ll find tons of info on training, nutrition, hormones, female physiology and mindset to help you build a strong foundation and prepare your body (and mind) well for this second stage of your life.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 100: Mastering Menopause with Dr. Stacy Sims Mar 08, 2022

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Episode 100: Mastering Menopause with Dr. Stacy Sims

The queen of female physiology: Dr. Stacy Sims joins me on the podcast to celebrate episode 100!!! I'm so excited for this one!

Stacy is a researcher, innovator, and entrepreneur in human performance, specifically sex differences in training, nutrition, and environmental conditions!

She is the author of ROAR - which I have on my desk, and the Co-founder of WILD AI.

Stacy and I sat down on a Wednesday morning in February and talked about all things menopause and training.

Here's a snapshot of what we covered in today's episode:

Stacy's current interest and/or research in the Menopause space - “What’s hot and super cool/interesting right now”.
The Science of Menopause (What the hell is happening?)
How can we prepare ourselves for a better, and more powerful transition into Menopause
Training for the menopausal woman (why we need to polarize our training)
Nutrition for the menopausal woman
Her Women are not Small Men Workshop - Class Starts March 4th

Go fuel yourself and polarize your training!

Featured on the show

Roar https://www.drstacysims.com/booksandmore

Foundation Partner of WILD AI https://wild.ai/

The gram https://www.instagram.com/drstacysims/

Website https://www.drstacysims.com/

Women aren't small men course https://www.drstacysims.com/offers/zCtxCUiu/checkout

Menopause for athletes https://www.drstacysims.com/menopause

Episode 99: Do you celebrate yourself? Mar 05, 2022

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On Monday I am releasing episode 100!! I’m also close to reaching a very cool business goal I’ve been working towards for years.

This got me thinking about pride (and why we aren’t good at celebrating ourselves).

Do you pause and acknowledge yourself for your hard work and wins. Do you celebrate yourself?

In today's episode, I talk about why we need to be proud of ourselves AND the importance of celebrating our hard work.

I also talk about how we can be proud of ourselves AND hold this belief that we can do better.

Go celebrate yourself!

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Learn more about Warrior School https://warriorschool.carrd.co/

Download my 3-part series on "Training with your Cycle for Best Results" https://amykatebowe.ck.page/b6c2e0a6bb

Episode 98: Learning how to meet your bodies needs with Jessica Ash Mar 01, 2022

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Jessica Ash - is the queen of helping women heal their metabolism

This is her second time on the podcast. Our first episode on Hormonally Respectful Fat Loss has been my most downloaded and listened to episode EVER!

Check it out here - h

Our conversations are always fire! And today's episode is full of fire and laughter!

Today we talk about:

Her morning routine
What she's super interested in right now - pelvic floor and coffee experiment
What she's working on right now
Why does nourishment sometimes feel worse before it feels better
Why do some women need to gain fat to lose fat (safety weight/healing lbs versus unhealthy fat gain and what’s behind them)
The link between metabolic health and anxiety

Connect with Jess

The gram https://www.instagram.com/jessicaashwellness/

Website https://www.jessicaashwellness.com/

Fully Nourished Course https://www.jessicaashwellness.com/fully-nourished

Episode 97: How to improve your relationship with pain and recover from injury with Dave Leyland Feb 21, 2022

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Dave Leyland is co-owner of COAST and has been a practicing Physiotherapist since 2012 in North Vancouver (he's very good!).

COAST Performance Rehab is a movement-focused, multidisciplinary company in North Vancouver and Vancouver that is changing the rehab game!!

Dave believes that the most important tool when it comes to rehab is movement (which is why I love him).

Today we talk about:

Dave's story and philosophy
The anatomy and physiology of pain (and our relationship to pain)
Why having a movement-based approach to injury and rehab is key
Addressing common injuries - from how the issues come about in the first place - to the most common recommendations and exercises he gives when treating them.
Injury Myths and Misconceptions

Coast Performance Rehab Website https://www.coastperformancerehab.com/

Episode 96: The foundations of tracking part 1 Feb 10, 2022

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Episode 95: Taking control of your hormones with Jeanne Rubin Jan 31, 2022

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Episode 69: Is Stress Sabotaging your Training Take Control of Your Hormones!

Jeanne Rubin is co-founder of East West Healing with her husband Josh Rubin (AKA The Real Food Gangstas on "The Gram").

Jeanne and Josh and **leaders in the metabolic space. **

In the episode, Jeanne and I talk about:

Jeanne's hormone story
Why we should do things that scare the sh*t out of us
The science of perimenopause and menopause (what the hell is happening)
Nutrition for the menopausal woman
How can we better prepare ourselves and our physiology for this transition
Interventions like HRT, progesterone, castor oil packs and nutrition And more

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-69-is-stress-sabotaging-your-training-with/id1470895252?i=1000516894182

East West Healing https://www.eastwesthealing.com/

Group Coaching Program https://www.eastwesthealing.com/rtn-group-coaching

Real Food Gangstas https://www.instagram.com/realfoodgangstas/

Episode 94: Turning pro in your training through fearless boundary setting with Ruby Marsh Jan 17, 2022

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Today I'm joined by my dear friend and business coach Ruby Marsh

This is a cracker of an episode where we talk bout our favorite topics - vital metrics and boundary setting (I know they don't sound sexy, but trust me Rubs makes them sexy)

If you want to level up in your training and get results this year you NEED to be a fearless boundary setter!

Here's what we talk about:

● Ruby's (powerful) story ● Vital Metrics, what are vital metrics, and why are they important for our training and health ● Fearless boundary setting and why is boundary setting important for our training and health ● Where we start with boundary setting And more

To connect with Ruby and her work click these links

Her gram https://instagram.com/rubykmarsh?utm_medium=copy_link

Her podcast - True to You https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/true-to-you/id1466367025

Creator club gram https://instagram.com/creatorclub.link?utm_medium=copy_link

Creator club website https://www.creatorclub.link/

Women's body weight strength intensive

https://womensbodyweightstrengthintensive.ck.page/a81969c5e9

Episode 93: Do you know your training mission? Jan 12, 2022

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Episode 92: Embracing discomfort with Samantha Gash Dec 22, 2021

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Samantha Gash is a social entrepreneur with heart, grit, and intelligence! She is a warrior!

She believes “if you want something you’ve never had, you have to do something you have never done before”

From being the first woman to finish one of the world’s toughest ultra-marathon events to raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity, Samantha’s journey from corporate lawyer to endurance athlete and social impact entrepreneur is a must-hear!

Here are some of her badass Warrior feats:

First female and youngest person to complete Racing the Planet’s 4 Deserts Grand Slam in one calendar year (2010)
A 379km solo (supported) non-stop run across the Simpson Desert in Australia (2012)
A 3253km, 77-day run from the west to east of India (2016)
Raised close to $200,000 to support six education initiatives through World Vision (2016)
Co-founder of Freedom Runners, raising $50,000 for a social enterprise business that will employ and train young women in South Africa on women’s health issues (2014)
And now she's started Her trails with her Cofounder Bec Wilcock - A Female Trail & Adventure Platform and holistic running program

Today on the podcast Sam and I talk about

Samantha's story and her limiting beliefs
How to overcome the stories we tell ourselves that often stop us from doing the work
The key skills we need to have a successful training practice
Importance of creating a strategy: your training strategy
The next best plan: agility, pivoting, and adaptability
Working with your physiology and training with your cycle
Her trails - A Female Trail & Adventure Platform and holistic running program

Connect with Sam and Her Trails

Samantha Gash website https://www.samanthagash.com/

The "gram" https://www.instagram.com/samanthagash/

Her trails website https://hertrails.com/

Her Trails the "gram" https://www.instagram.com/her_trails/

Episode 91: Understanding your bodies needs and PCOS with Mel Kaye Dec 13, 2021

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Mel Kaye is an Exercise Physiologist and coach.

She helps Aussie women to understand and support their health (without diets and supplements) leaving them feeling confident and free!

Here's a snapshot of what we talk about in today's episode:

How we connected
Her story and her course "PCOS breakthrough" - taking women from defeat to understanding in 6-weeks
What is PCOS? And how can we work with our bodies to support our hormones
The 5 steps she uses with her clients to take back control of their body and health

Connect with Mel on the "gram" https://www.instagram.com/mel_kaye_exphys/