It’s funny how often these messages pop up over the years.
One week, a female member emailed saying how much she loves Transformation HQ, but thinks we should do more content specifically for women.
Because she felt it’s aimed more for men.
A few days later, a lad messages asking for more bloke-based stuff, as sometimes it’s a bit girly.
And I get it.
It sounds reasonable.
We’ve all been told men and women have totally different needs.
Different hormones.
Different training styles.
Different approaches.
And for certain things, yeah, maybe.
But the issues most people come to us with?
Low energy.
Feeling sluggish.
Not losing weight.
Can’t sleep.
Clothes not fitting.
That’s not a gender issue.
That’s a habits issue.
And just to be clear, we’ve already done hormone-specific content.
We made a full video series on it.
Our female coaches sat down and talked through their experience with periods, perimenopause, cravings, emotional eating.
The lads covered testosterone, stress, ageing, muscle loss.
And guess what every single one of them ended up saying?
That the fix wasn’t some magic hormone protocol.
It was this: three high-protein meals a day.
Eat more fruit and veg.
Drinking more water.
Getting proper sleep.
Lifting weights a few times a week.
Walking more.
Eating less processed crap.
And cutting back on the booze.
That was the pattern.
Different stories.
Same outcome.
We see it play out inside Transformation HQ all the time.
Someone joins our 6 Week Meltdown, absolutely convinced their issue is hormonal.
They’ve spent months, sometimes years, thinking something deeper is wrong.
And within a few weeks of eating real food, walking daily, and training properly, they feel like a different person.
They drop fat.
Sleep better.
Stop crashing mid-afternoon.
Libido improves.
Clothes fit.
And more than once, they’ve said this: “I feel daft. I thought I had something seriously wrong. But I wasn’t even nailing the basics.”
I’m not saying hormones don’t matter.
And I’m not saying your situation isn’t real.
There is a very small percentage of people who are affected by their hormones with their health and fitness goals, but it’s not the majority.
So, before you dive into supplements, injections, blood tests and deep-dive podcasts… ask yourself if you’re actually doing the obvious stuff consistently.
Because the number of people who think they’re doing everything right, but haven’t done 10k steps or eaten 40g of protein before lunch once this month, is huge.
And they’re not bad people.
They’re just distracted.
Looking for complex answers to avoid simple effort.
So I feel I’m correct in saying we don’t need more gendered content.
We need more honesty.
More consistency.
And more people willing to admit they haven’t stuck to the plan long enough to know if it’s working.
You want to feel better?
Start there.
Not with a hormone test.
Not with a podcast episode.
Start with water, steps, training, protein, sleep.
Do that properly for 6 weeks and you’ll feel like a different human.
-Ryan
P.S
If you’re ready to stop guessing and actually follow a plan that works, join the waiting list for our next 6 Week Meltdown cohort.
You’ll get first dibs when new spaces drop.
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