The Muslimah Physique

"I'm trying to stop snacking to lose fat" - Such a common thing I hear from Muslim women pursuing strength & physique goals and wanting to maintain a leaner physique, but end up chronically dieting or can't remember the last time they ate at maintenance for an extended period of time intentionally. So you feel like the victim and the culprit at the same time and you have no idea how to stop wh...

Often during life changes, whether it be marriage, a new job, a big work project, or starting uni again, Muslim women find themselves in a situation where they have to make sacrifices rather than accommodate both the change and their strength and physique goals. The issue is that the muslim women I speak to think that accommodating both means being perfect/the ideal in both because of their 'all-o...

The understanding of the phrase "eat less, move more" is often misconstrued and mistaken for eating the least and moving the most, which ends up leaving you feeling dreadful, wanting to enjoy the foods you love, but you don't know how to because of your "all-or-nothing" mindset. In today's episode, I take you through 4 things you can implement from today to get the best of both worlds and make you...

With a lot of conversations recently surrounding pilates and lifting weights, there seems to be this idea that pilates is a fit substitute for lifting weights. In today's episode, I take you through the possibilities of lifting with injuries (through my personal experience and coaching my clients through this, too) and the results of substituting pilates. 👸🏻 Online coaching with Rona: https://fo...

Everyone lives such dynamic lives, and with wanting to align with friends but also pursue the best version of yourself - in today's episode, I speak about my experience on navigating friends, fitness and pursuing my best version of myself. If you struggled with managing your fitness, living a life in alignment with the best version of yourself and also enjoying your friends' company and want to kn...

From my personal experience and the women I speak to daily, there's a belief that joining the gym is the go-to solution to lose fat. Often resulting in disappointment for lack of progress with fat loss, even though you're getting stronger, leading you to question your process, want to self-sabotage or binge or even get into guilt & extreme behaviours for a simple result. In today's episode, I...

Fearing the number on the scale after a fun night out is way too common an experience for us women in a deficit, often leading us to feel like we have to choose between fun and having a leaner physique. If the number on the scale dictates how you feel and whether you show up the next day or not, this episode is for you, where I share how I navigate emotional reactions to gaining a few kgs overnigh...

If you have perfectionist tendencies, hearing 80% nutrition and 20% exercise can feel like you're wasting your time in the gym, especially when you feel lost with your nutrition. So you find yourself having an on-and-off relationship with the gym. In this episode, I speak to why this saying is flawed, what you can do instead to make progress on your physique and strength goals and what giving 100%...

A trend surfaced recently where people are realising that simply going to the gym and working on their nutrition isn't enough to achieve a physique like the ones you see on social media. In today's episode, I break down why the physiques we see online are different to the ones we see in our day-to-day and how influencers get those physiques and whether that's "too much effort", realistic or worth...

When you think of the version of you at 60, is she active & putting her health first or is she frail and needs someone to help wash you? Your answer stems from your current belief systems and what you're currently doing for your fitness, strength, physique and well-being. In today's episode, I break down exactly how you can bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be in 4...

A lot of women think that the best way to achieve fat loss and a toned physique is by joining a gym or attending group classes. As someone who's coached many group classes over the years, I take you through why group classes aren't the right space for that and how group classes are what's keeping you stuck with your fat loss journey and what you can do differently to break out of that,

There's a lot of fad diets or trends out there on social media that promise fat loss and it's so easy to get caught up in them especially if you're chasing what's most optimal for your health and your fat loss. In todays episode, I share a more nuanced perspective on this question and how paralysing it can be chasing whats optimal over what will help you get results in the long run and I share wit...

The mental load of deciding what to eat 3 times a day but also making it taste good and fit your macros in a timely fashion can be overwhelming and make a deficit harder than it needs to be - trust me, I've lived that! In this episode, I take you through the behind the scenes of my deficit, what I do to make my nutrition so easy that I don't ever think of going off plan when it comes to my deficit...

We're told that fat loss is about eating less and moving more and whilst that is true, that isn't all you need for a successful fat loss journey! I've coached women who felt the need to exercise several times a day and eat extremely low calories in hopes to achieve a physique they love - to now the same women maintaining a body they love with more food flexibility than they ever had. In today's ep...

When you're struggling with your fat loss journey and a new "magic" pill comes out and you're questioning if it's worth all this struggle when it could be "so much easier" that you get caught up in how easy it can become rather than focusing on the journey itself or the potential long term risks it may have on not just your progress but your body. In today's episode, I walk you through my thought...

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🎁 🥳 🎉 ENTER A DRAW TO WIN A $20 GYMSHARK GIFT CARD 🔥 👸🏻 ⚡️ Subscribe to The Muslimah Physique Podcast Share you listening to this podcast on your instagram story and tag me ( @sehacoaching ) WINNER ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY 25th March 👸🏻 🎁 🥳 🎉 It can feel confusing giving your all to your fitness journey only to come out confused as to why you're not making the progress you feel you shoul...

Sometimes we can get caught up in feelings of hopelessness & helplessness when we struggle with our strength and fat loss goals and protocols. Especially when it causing us to throw in the towel and give up on our journey for a "breather" from the self expectation to be perfect & for the journey to be as easy as it seems for others. In this episode, I share what I've been struggling with l...

🌙 Join my Private Ramadan Broadcast Channel: https://www.instagram.com/channel/AbYNdC5LTWXWzm9B/?igsh=MWV1bGw1Y2c4eHQzOA== You decide you want to lose weight and take your health & fitness seriously, so you decide to intuitively eat because tracking calories feels too much. Before you know it, you haven't made the progress you wanted (maybe you've gained a few kgs) and that leaves you feeling...

🌙 Join my Private Ramadan Broadcast Channel: https://www.instagram.com/channel/AbYNdC5LTWXWzm9B/?igsh=MWV1bGw1Y2c4eHQzOA== If you keep trying to lift heavier and the weight isn't moving not matter how hard you try or you try to lose the 5-10kg and your weight just stays the same no matter how little you eat or how much you exercise then this episode is your sign to hop into a structured maintenan...

It doesn't get any worse than making progress on your strength & physique goals, going to the gym, eating healthy, hitting your steps and then your environment pulls you back to old habits making it seem impossible to achieve any kind of fitness goals with your lifestyle. In this episode, I discuss the leading factors that contribute to you struggling to show up for yourself when you're not su...

It can be so exhausting trying to navigate your strength & physique protocols all while trying to maximise ibadah/worship during Ramadan, going taraweeh, reading Quran and spending time with family & Allah and also worrying about how you feel like you have to pick one to prioritise and ditch the other which of course isn't realistic. In this episode I answer the specific questions you guys...

If every Ramadan slips you up and gets you of track, then this episode is for you. I know what it's like to lose your momentum during and after Ramadan, that by the time you get back in the swing of things Ramadan is right around the corner again and you're stressing, making you wonder if having fitness goals is possible considering Ramadan. In this episode, I discuss the steps I'm taking this yea...

Your all-or-nothing mindset always ended up giving you nothing - never the "all" - and it feels frustrating because you don't know what else to do to make strength & physique gains that are here to stay. In this episode, I talk you through how to make the shift to a growth mindset as someone who's had perfectionist & self-sabotaging tendencies and coached may women who experienced the same...

Nothing sucks more than the 24/7 mental fatigue & heartbreak when you're in the groove with your strength & physique goals only to realise there's something missing and you have no idea what it is. This is why in this episode I share with you 7 changes I've made in the past year that have made chasing strength & physique gains so much funner & efficient for me as someone who used t...