If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
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If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
Episode 023 - The Strengthen Breakdown: Repair, Defense, and Why Your Body Gets ‘Stuck’ in Maintenance
The Metabolic Compass™ Podcast
30 minutes
1 month ago
Episode 023 - The Strengthen Breakdown: Repair, Defense, and Why Your Body Gets ‘Stuck’ in Maintenance
Recovery that takes too long. Injuries that linger. Feeling fragile without a diagnosis. In this episode, Brandon maps the **Strengthen** domain—your body’s repair, defense, and resilience systems—and why they drift when Nurture and Energize are already off. You’ll learn how telomere attrition, cellular senescence, and stem cell exhaustion quietly erode your ability to bounce back—and exactly how to rebuild it. What we cover: • Telomeres: your DNA’s “shoelace caps”—what shortens them and how ...
The Metabolic Compass™ Podcast
If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
