The Real Minimum Effective Dose for Strength Training (And Why Two Days a Week Might Be Enough)

The fitness debate on Instagram continues—more does not equal better for women in mid-life, vs. yes you can do more, including more days in the gym, more sets, more sweat, more soreness the next day. So when strength and nutrition coach Steph Gaudreau told me on this week's episode of the Fuel with Erin podcast that she personally lifts just twice a week — after sixteen years of training and over a decade of coaching other women — it landed like permission nobody knew they needed.