100% Real With Ruby; nutrition, strength, fat loss, muscle, macros - without the fluff
100% Real With Ruby; nutrition, strength, fat loss, muscle, macros - without the fluff
Ruby Cherie | Evidence based transformation coach + nutrition expert
478. can you have glutes and abs? the body recomp truth women need to hear -
1 hour 5 minutes Posted Jun 6, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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this episode is for women over 30 who want bodyrecomposition, glute growth, a more defined stomach, better muscle tone, andless frustration with fat loss — but keep getting stuck between wanting tobuild muscle and panicking every time the scale, stomach, legs, or jeanschange.

 

We explain how you CAN have glutes and abs…

But the way there demands a new way of thinking aboutbody recomposition

Because frankly, its taught wrong

 

We will talk through the body recomp mistake women makewhen chasing glutes and abs

… because the reason you struggle to see the definition ANDshape youre trying so hard to build Is because you keep using the same mindset,metrics, and methods that made you scared to build in the first place – well forlong enough anyway.

 

Fatloss can reveal ONLY the tightness you built

While you can diet and diet your way to a smaller waist –ESPECIALLY in your younger years… its not going to have the definition there …especially not without being HANGRY and starving on little to no calories

that was never an approach you would have wanted to liveanyway

You want energy, strength, capacity and the ability tothrive in your family, relationhips and at work

Plus once you hit 35, 40? You cant wing it anymore

 

STOP constantly interrupting the muscle-building processwith panic dieting. abs and glutes are both influenced by genetics, fatdistribution, training quality, nutrition, time, and body fat levels —

 the biggest mistakeis trying to reveal shape before you’ve built enough muscle to reveal EVEN WHENIT FEELS SOOOOOO logical to. Like it makes sense in the moment.  

• visible abs are not just a dieting outcome

• glutes need time, food, progressive training, and enough patience to actually grow

• your legs can feel bigger from glycogen, water, swelling, and finally training properly

• muscle gain can feel emotionally confronting when you’ve spent years trying to stay small

So… can you have glutes and abs? YES, but the answer is more complicated after 35

you say you want muscle… but are you okay not lookingflatter every friday?

you say you want body recomposition… but are you stilltrying to measure it like a diet?

 

mini win 1:
before you start another cut, ask: am i dieting because it’s strategic, or because i got triggered?

 mini win 2:after your next workout, write down one thing that improved that had nothing todo with the scale, calories, or progress photos.

if this episode hits, share it with a woman who keeps tryingto shrink the body she’s trying to build.

and if you want to come on for a chat about your own bodyrecomp journey, scale obsession, fear of building muscle, or the messy middleof changing your body, message me. i want these conversations to be real.

 

find me @transformxruby on instagram

 

apply for a free consult:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqaxMDfbPYPYVui3BgSClnDXTj4BWjRvPkbBHuK5CP7SQsIw/viewform?usp=sf_link

direct link to dm me on ig:
https://ig.me/m/transformxruby

 

listen in as we unpack the messy middle of recomposition: glycogen and water can make legs feel bigger, muscle gain can come with some body fat,and changing your body often means changing your relationship with the scale, clothes, and old body standards.