Women Over 40 Knew About ExerciseThis is what I wish more women over 40 knew about exercise and that it starts when women are teenagers. So, I’ll start there.I’ve worked with women for 40 years in private sessions, partner sessions, group sessions, with both husbands and wives, and with 17-year-old volleyball players and 14-year-old golfers, […]
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Busting Menopause MythsEstrogen causes breast cancer, gaining weight and belly fat which are inevitable… Today we are busting menopause myths just like this.In this episode, I interview a pair of authors offering refreshing insight to midlife and beyond women who are often sheltered from all the health options available to them and misinformed, or incompletely
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Measuring fitness in menopause is complicated. I’m going to take a stab at this and let you know that if you’re not measuring beyond your weight, body composition, inches, and muscle mass at regularly scheduled intervals, you’re doing a disservice.We get all up in the business of burning calories (wrong goal), having it “feel hard”
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50 miles for 50th bday?Running long in midlife isn’t the first thing (or second) I recommend to women. But what happens when your peak estrogen levels were at least a decade ago? What if you’ve got a crazy goal, want to go for it, and you know how to interpret reactions and respond accordingly?Come on
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Non-Exercise Ways to Boost Fat Burn—because sometimes, it’s the small, everyday habits that make the biggest difference. Whether you’re struggling to shed those extra pounds during menopause or just looking for sustainable strategies that don’t require hours in the gym, we’ve got you covered. From optimizing hydration and protein intake to improving sleep and tweaking
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Restorative sleep in menopause can be elusive, I think we can all agree on that! Whether perimenopause or post, fluctuating hormones combined with chaos that midlife can be, can kiss sweet dreams goodbye.But it’s the exact opposite of what you need to most easily make weight loss or muscle gain and focus easy to access
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Research about menopause right now is finally beginning to really get its moment. Or is it? What’s something you can trust? And what’s stated as “science-based” or “science-backed”?Questions I’ll Answer in this Episode:How to know if a source is credible? [00:36:00]What determines a peer-reviewed journal? [00:18:50]Are all studies on PubMed or Science Direct peer-reviewed? [00:36:00]Are
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Do you want to defy aging naturally and not with botox or fillers? This is a no-judgment zone. I am guessing that if you have opted for Botox or filler, you think twice about it. Wondering about somewhere more fun to spend that $500 with no toxic effect or superficial fake and dead-giveaway that a
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The short answer is yes. The long answer here in this episode is how.Using a weighted vest with osteoporosis comes up frequently as a question. Whether or not you have osteoporosis, stay with me, as I will talk about the overall benefits and science that’s been out since at least 2000, perhaps as long as
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Dreaming of traveling but your friends aren’t? How can we step up our game and really get the adventure and bucketlist life we want? I challenge you… and me to take the trip we want. Traveling alone is not just a destination trip, it’s very possibly a destination to yourself. How liberating would that be.My
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Shoulder
Circumference outside of both arms, at the armpit
Right Triceps
Halfway btwn shoulder & elbow, arm extended.
Hips
Find the widest point of girth at the hips
Right Thigh
Standing with weight on both legs, measure halfway between knee cap and hip flexor
Right Calf
Standing with weight on both legs, find the largest point of calf.
Chest
Measure from the rib cage just under breasts at bra line
Waist
At the belly button/umbilicus
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