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November 11, 2025 43 mins

This week Rachel and Ashleigh answer questions from listeners including:

  • Advice for vegetarians on how to optimize health and muscle
  • How to train around your cycle when your birth control prevents you from having a cycle
  • How long does it take to lose muscle (and gain it back) when you have to take a break due to injury or surgery
  • Thoughts on THC as a replacement for alcohol, and any possible training benefits

All that and more! We hope you find this episode helpful; if you do, please rate/review/subscribe and share it with someone who could benefit! If you have comments, feedback, or questions please send them to musclescience4women@gmail.com.

Check out the BRAND NEW program from Muscle Science for Women: The Fit Pregnancy Specialization program! The program offers a customizable training program that will adjust throughout your pregnancy, a full exercise video library, a downloadable resource document and a 90 minute lecture walking through details like safe exercise selection, likely fitness challenges during pregnancy, how to eat to support a healthy fit pregnancy, and so much more. Read more about our new program at this link, and reach out if you would like the military/first responders discount: https://www.rgfit.com/fit-pregnancy 

You can also learn about the flagship strength program at https://www.musclescienceforwomen.com 

Learn more about the hosts at rgfit.com and ashleighvanhouten.com

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