Ever feel like you're doing everything right... but you're still exhausted?

You're eating well.

You're exercising.

You're trying to look after yourself.

Yet somehow your workouts feel harder, your motivation disappears, you're craving sugary foods, and you can't seem to switch your brain off.

The missing piece might not be your fitness.

It might be your stress.

In this episode of The Fundamentals of Fitness, Alison Berrisford explores what stress really is, why your body doesn't distinguish between different types of stress, and why cortisol has been unfairly blamed by social media.

You'll discover:

• What stress actually is
• Why your body treats work stress and workout stress similarly
• The truth about cortisol
• What allostatic load means (in  ...