Warrior Women: The Estrogen Advantage with Kristin Weitzel
Exploring women's health with high-performance maven Kristin Weitzel. Kristin talks about exercising around the menstrual cycle and making the most out of the estrogen spike in the body. Kristin shares her workout plans, nutrition recommendations, and her passion for stress resilience through breathwork.
Who is Kristin Weitzel?
Kristin is a health and high-performance maven, certified fitness trainer, breathwork instructor, and nutritionist with a focus on guiding women to optimal health. Taking action is her nature, coaching females to create lasting change and build stronger, healthier futures by taking full control of their biology, food, and fitness.
Her achievements as a brand strategist, entrepreneur, and global marketer for Fortune 500 brands have given her the ability to travel extensively and continually discover how what we do affects how we show up in the world. As a progressive voice, dynamic leader, and active biohacking proponent, she questions how far the human body can go and helps people take it there.
Resources
The Bulletproof Diet by Dave Asprey
Fit for Life by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond
Effects of follicular versus luteal phase-based strength training in young women
The influence of menstrual cycle phase on skeletal muscle contractile characteristics in humans
Clean by Dr. Alejandro Junger
The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson
Episode Transcript
[3:55] The alcohol and spirits industry
[8:50] Kristin’s transition into the health world
[16:48] Optimizing performance in women around menstrual cycles
[31:34] Working out during the back half of the cycle
[34:57] Building resilience through breathing
[41:54] Nutrition techniques
[44:35] Switching to a fully ketogenic lifestyle
[47:06] Fasting
[51:40] Ice plunges
