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The Weekly Riff with Louise Green

The Weekly Riff cuts through fitness culture’s noise with real talk from Louise Green — award-winning coach, author, and size-inclusive fitness trailblazer redefining what strength looks like. In a world where most fitness spaces still exclude, this podcast offers something rare: a space that honours all bodies and holds the belief that your body is fully capable of strength, power, and performance — through every season of life, including midlife and menopause.Each 20-minute episode dives into

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Episode 13 - We Were Raised to Shrink, Now We're Told...

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2026/03/29

Send us Fan Mail If you grew up in the 80s and 90s being told your body was wrong, and now you’re being told to lift heavy, eat more, and take up space… this episode is for you. Because that shift? It’s not simple. It’s whiplash. In this episode, Louise Green breaks down the complicated relationship women have with exercise after decades of diet culture, and why so many are struggling to connect with strength training today. She dives into the generational divide between Gen X and younger wom...

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Episode 12 - My Take on Joyful Movement…It’s Not What...

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2026/03/21

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Louise Green takes a closer look at the idea of joyful movement and why it might not be the full picture when it comes to building a sustainable relationship with exercise. She breaks down the idea that movement isn’t just “joyful or not”… it’s a spectrum. Sometimes you love it, sometimes you feel neutral, and sometimes the win is simply feeling better after. And all of that counts. Louise also talks about how motivation isn’t one-size-fits-all. What works fo...

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Episode 11 - No Gym Required: Building Strength at Home

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2026/03/15

Send a text In this episode of The Weekly Riff, Louise Green breaks down one of the biggest misconceptions in fitness: that you need a gym membership or expensive equipment to start strength training. Inspired by a client suggestion, Louise shares how simple and affordable it can be to build a home workout space and begin developing strength right where you are. She walks listeners through how strength training can be implemented at every stage from beginners learning foundational movements t...

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Episode 10 - Midlife is My Strength Era

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2026/03/10

Send a text This is our 40th Episode! In this episode of The Weekly Riff, Louise Green challenges the outdated narrative that midlife is the beginning of physical decline for women. Instead, she presents a powerful reframe. Midlife may actually be the most important moment to prioritize strength. As women move through perimenopause and menopause, hormonal shifts make muscle mass, bone density, and metabolic health more important than ever. Strength training becomes one of the most effec...

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Episode 9 - Heath At Every Size and Why It Matters

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2026/03/01

Send a text In this episode, Louise Green discusses the concept of 'Health at Every Size' (HAES), exploring its origins, principles, and the misunderstandings surrounding it. She emphasizes the importance of body diversity, the impact of weight stigma, and the need for inclusive healthcare and fitness spaces. Green advocates for a shift in focus from weight loss to overall health and well-being, encouraging listeners to embrace their bodies and prioritize health at any size. Health at every s...

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Episode 8 - The Empowered Mindset: From Doubt and...

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2026/02/22

Send a text Summary In this conversation, Louise Green explores the themes of empowerment and disempowerment, particularly in the context of fitness and personal growth. She discusses how identity plays a crucial role in shaping our mindset and actions, emphasizing the importance of shifting from a disempowered identity to an empowered one. Louise highlights the significance of curiosity, consistency, and the need to celebrate small wins as part of the journey towards empowerment. She encoura...

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Episode 7 - Adversity, Resilience, and the Strength...

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2026/02/15

Send a text In this conversation, Louise Green explores the concept of resilience, emphasizing its scientific basis and personal significance. She shares her own experiences with adversity, illustrating how challenges can lead to personal growth and strength. Green discusses the importance of discomfort in building resilience and the role of trust in one's ability to endure hardships. The conversation highlights that resilience is not about avoiding pain but about moving through it and learni...

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Episode 6 - National Eating Disorder Awareness Week -...

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2026/02/08

Send us a text In this episode, Louise Green discusses the importance of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week and the need for a shift in how society views health and body size. She emphasizes the impact of weight neutrality in the fitness industry and the distinction between eating disorders and disordered eating. Louise highlights the dangers of diet culture and weight stigma, advocating for a more inclusive understanding of health that recognizes the struggles of individuals in all body...

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Episode 5 - Unlocking Strength: Progressive Overload...

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2026/02/02

Send us a text In this episode of the Weekly Riff, Louise Green delves into the concept of progressive overload, emphasizing its importance for anyone engaging in strength training. She explains how progressive overload is not merely about lifting heavier weights but about gradually increasing the demands placed on the body to foster adaptation and growth. The conversation covers the science behind muscle adaptation, the significance of consistency in training, and how progressive overload ap...

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Episode 4 - Readiness: What it Actually Takes to Be...

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2026/01/25

Send us a text In this episode, Louise Green explores the concept of readiness in fitness, distinguishing between physiological readiness, which is measurable and essential for exercise, and cultural readiness, which often leads to procrastination. She emphasizes that feeling ready is not a prerequisite for action and discusses the five stages of change individuals go through in their fitness journey. The conversation highlights the importance of listening to one's body while also taking acti...

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Episode 3 - Why Big Declaration Goals Usually Fail...

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2026/01/19

Send us a text Wanting something, isn't a plan. Every January, the same promises flood our feeds. New year, new habits, new discipline. And every year, most of them quietly fall apart. In this episode of The Weekly Riff, fitness expert Louise Green takes a hard look at why traditional goal setting fails so many people. Spoiler: it’s not a motivation problem. It’s a structure problem. Instead of focusing on outcomes and declarations, Green breaks down goal setting like a business, emphasizing ...

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Episode 2 - January Isn’t Particularly Motivating....

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2026/01/11

Send us a text In this episode, Louise Green discusses the challenges of starting a fitness routine, particularly in January, and addresses the issue of gym intimidation. She emphasizes the importance of a weight-inclusive approach to fitness, highlighting the need for supportive environments and competent trainers. Green outlines non-negotiables for effective fitness programs and offers strategies to build confidence in gym spaces, ultimately advocating for a fitness culture that respects in...

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Episode 1 - Why Women Won’t Get Big and Bulky From...

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2025/12/21

Send us a text In this episode, Louise Green tackles one of the most persistent lies in fitness culture: the fear that women will accidentally get big and bulky from lifting weights. She breaks down where this fear actually comes from, not biology but culture, marketing, and diet culture narratives designed to keep women small, compliant, and focused on shrinking. Louise explains how muscle is actually built, why “toning” is so misunderstood, and why strength training is not a threat to femin...

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Episode 30: The Power of Commitment and Consistency...

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2025/12/14

Send us a text In this episode of The Weekly Riff, Louise Green is joined by Team Fit n Fab, winners of the Unstoppable Challenge, for a real conversation about what carried them through 12 weeks of consistent exercise. This isn’t a story about motivation or willpower. It’s about commitment, consistency, and learning how to stay when things feel slow, messy, or uncomfortable. Together, they talk about what consistency actually looked like day to day, how showing up one rep at a time built mom...

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Episode 29 - Appearance Control: Understanding Diet...

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2025/12/06

Send us a text Appearance control, also known as control through diet culture, is one of the most socially celebrated behaviours we engage in, yet it quietly damages our relationship with food, movement, and self trust. In this Weekly Riff, Louise Green explores appearance control through a recovery lens and asks the uncomfortable question we rarely name. What happens when a behaviour is harmful, but fully endorsed by culture. This episode breaks down how diet culture, weight fixation, and “g...

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Episode 28 - Breaking Free From the Fitness Stories...

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2025/12/01

Send us a text In this episode Louise Green discusses how so many of us are living inside a fitness story that was never ours to begin with. From family labels like “she’s not the athletic one” to the cultural pressure to shrink, hustle, or earn our worthiness through exercise, Louise reveals how these inherited narratives quietly shape our confidence, our choices, and our long term relationship with movement. She breaks down the research on self beliefs and behaviour, explores how identity d...

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Episode 27 - How to Measure Progress When Our Culture...

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2025/11/23

Send us a text In this episode, Louise Green breaks down one of the most important shifts we can make in fitness. For decades, the industry has trained us to believe that progress is measured through shrinking our bodies. But when you remove weight, measurements, and body size as the metric, you unlock a completely different world of success. Louise shares a powerful moment from a client who celebrated a “mental PR” where she chose not to skip her workout even though she felt exhausted. That ...

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Episode 26 - The Truth About Burnout and How to...

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2025/11/15

Send us a text This conversation, Louise delves into her personal experiences with burnout and the complexities, emphasizing that it is not merely a personal flaw where you just aren't equipped for life, but a significant cultural and biological issue, particularly affecting women. Louise also references the book, “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski. The discussion highlights the need for awareness, acknowledgment, and systemic changes to ad...

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Episode 25 - The Secret to True Wellness; Honouring...

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2025/11/09

Send us a text In this conversation, Louise Green reads the poem by Emory Hall, I have been a Thousand Different Woman. She discusses the challenges of overcoming internal criticism and the impact it has on our ability to reach our highest potential in various aspects of life, including work, relationships, and health. She emphasizes the importance of addressing negative self-talk and fostering a more positive mindset to achieve personal growth. takeaways We can't show up for our best in an...

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Episode 24 - Quieting the Fitness Noise and Debunking...

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2025/11/02

Send us a text In this conversation, Louise Green discusses the evolving perspectives on fitness, particularly the shift from steady-state aerobic exercises to resistance training as the preferred method for achieving fitness goals. She emphasizes the importance of progressive overload in training, which allows the body to adapt and grow stronger over time. Takeaways Women were traditionally advised to focus on steady-state aerobic exercise.Current trends favor resistance training for bette...

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