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If you’re a woman in perimenopause or menopause and are noticing that you’ve lost muscle tone and strength, are gaining belly fat, and the workouts that used to work suddenly don’t anymore — this is the podcast for you.
You’ll learn how to work with your changing body so you can build strength, look toned, feel amazing in your body again and prepare to age strong for the decades ahead.
Each week, host Lynn Sederlöf-Airisto shares science-backed and realistic ways to:
• Strength train effectively
• Build muscle, strength, and bone density
• Adapt your workouts and eating habits to your changing body
• Exercise to prepare your body for the decades ahead
Known for her efficient, effective, and no-nonsense coaching style, Lynn helps you cut through the noise and focus on what actually works so you get results without wasting time.
Lynn has helped thousands of women start strength training, get stronger, and transform their bodies into something they feel proud of.
Lynn is a Certified Menopause Fitness Coach and personal trainer. She graduated from Dartmouth College, where she majored in biochemistry and molecular biology and played Division I varsity lacrosse. Now 54 and postmenopausal, she knows firsthand what it’s like to struggle with these same changes — and how to turn things around.
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#148: How Quickly Should You Increase Your Weights?
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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#147: 3 Kinds of Progressive Overload and Practical Tips to Use Them
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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#146: What Progressive Strength Training Is and Why It’s So Effective After 40
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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#145: How to use mindfulness and micro-resting to reset your energy during the day
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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#144: Yoga in menopause what helps and what to avoid
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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#143: Beginner strength training over 40 what you need to get started
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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#142: How to Save Time in Your Strength Training Workouts
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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#141: 5 Changes That Helped Me Get Back In Sync With My Body in Menopause
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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#140: How HRT & Testosterone Changed my Life & Training
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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#139: Perimenopause and HRT My Personal Story
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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#138: FAQs Beginners Ask About Strength Training After 40
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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#137: How to Start Strength Training Safely After 40
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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#136: Strength Training Myths Holding Women Back
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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#135: How to Tell if Your Workouts Are Actually Building Muscle & Strength
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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#134: How I’d Start Strength Training If I Were 49 Again
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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#133: Aging Well Starts with These 3 Kinds of Exercise
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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#132: Should You Be Lifting Heavy? What Midlife Women Need to Know
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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#131: Training on Vacation: Stop, Switch, or Scale Back? (+ Tips for Coming Back After a Break)
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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#130: FAT LOSS: 3 Things Midlife Women Still Get Wrong
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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#129: FAQs: Training to Failure, Lifting Heavy, Rest Between Sets, Training with Arthritis & What About Cardio?
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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#128: Simple Tips to Sleep Better - to Boost Recovery, Energy & Strength
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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#127: 7 Things You Might Be Doing Wrong While Strength Training (which will hold you back!)
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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#126: What You Really Need to Know About Pee Leaks, Prolapse & Your Pelvic Floor - with Jenn Lormand
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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#125 - Lifting Weights but Not Seeing Results? 6 Programming Mistakes Holding You Back
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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#124: Do Men & Women Need to Strength Train Differently?
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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#123: Bulking & Cutting - should you be doing it?
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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#122: How to Combine Strength Training, Cardio, and Everything Else
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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#121: Are You Strength Training or Just Working Out with Weights?
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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#120: What to Do When Your Strength Training Program Changes – and Why You Shouldn’t Just Jump In
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May 27, 2025 |
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#119: Protein: Why It Matters, How Much You Need, and Practical Tips to Eat Enough
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May 20, 2025 |
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#118: The Love-Hate Relationship We Have with Our Bodies (And What Helped Me Change It)
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May 13, 2025 |
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#117: Factors That Impact Your Strength Training Results (Part 2: Lifestyle Choices that Matter)
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May 06, 2025 |
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#116: Factors That Impact Your Strength Training Results (Part 1: Things you can & can't control)
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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#115: 7 Must-Haves for a Strength Training Program That Works (Without Wasting Time)
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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#114: Progressive Overload: Build Muscle & Get Toned in Midlife (Step-by-Step Guide)
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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#113: Tips for Working with an In-Person Personal Trainer (when starting weight training in midlife)
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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#112: Reflections on menopause, fitness & life on my 54th Birthday
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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#111: 6 Strength Training Mistakes Midlife Women Make at the Gym (and how to fix them)
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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#110 - The Right Way to Recover After Strength Training (Rest, Fuel & Tips for Faster Recovery)
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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#109: Strength Training: How Quickly to Increase Your Weights?
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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#108: FAQs: Training Frequency, Supplements & Fat Loss after 40
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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#107: How to Warm Up to Lift Heavy Weights
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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#106: How to improve your weight lifting using form videos
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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#105: Is Lifting Weights Not Your Thing? Too boring? Doesn't work for you? Let's chat...
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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#104: Your Metabolism in Midlife: Why It Slows Down & How to Fix It
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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#103: Get Toned for Summer 2025: A simple strategy to lose fat and build muscle
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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#102: Combo vs. Compound Exercises: Which are better for building muscle in midlife?
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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#101: 10 Reasons Muscle Matters for Women Over 40 (Benefits of having more muscle on your body)
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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#100: 10 Reasons Weight Training Is Essential for Women Over 40 (Benefits of lifting weights)
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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#99: 6 Realistic New Year’s Resolutions for Fitness & Health in Perimenopause & Beyond
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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#98: Q&A: Training after Illness, Lifting Straps, Boredom with Weight Training, and My HRT Journey
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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#97: 6 Things I've Changed My Mind About as a Menopause Fitness Coach
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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#96: My Best Tips for Staying on Track During the Holidays
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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#94: Overwhelmed by midlife fitness tips? Here's what to focus on & what to ignore
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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#93: 3 ways to build grip strength to keep progressing your lifts
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#92: The Roadmap to Lifting Heavy in Menopause
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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#91: Back to Heavy Lifting with a Cranky Knee – My Story
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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#90: Balance: Use it or Lose it!
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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#89: Why 1200 calorie/day diets & cheat days don’t work & what to do instead
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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#88: Why I don't recommend BodyPump, F45 and Orangetheory for women in menopause
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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#87: My Fit After 50 Journey Update
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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#86: What Dumbbells Do You Need to Start Strength Training at Home?
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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#85: How Often Should You Strength Train? (and what's the benefit of lifting more often)
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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#84: 5 Reasons Your Muscles Aren't Growing (and how to fix it)
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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#83: Are you Exercising or Training? Why It Matters in Midlife Fitness
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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#82: Client Interview: Brandon's Midlife Fitness Transformation
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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#81: Learn to Lift Beginner-Friendly Programs for Home and Gym
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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#80: Are you training with enough INTENSITY?
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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#79 - Lifting Heavy: What it means to lift heavy & Why you need to do it
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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#78: How Tracking Your Strength Training Sessions Speeds Up Results
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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#77- FAQs: Protein, macros, 'forbidden' foods & maintaining weight loss
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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#76: How to Lose Belly Fat in perimenopause and menopause
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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#75: Tips for Starting & Maintaining your Fitness Habits - with Dr. Peggy Malone
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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#74: Rep Ranges: How to work with them & the best rep range for you
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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#73: Vacation & How to Stay on Track with your Training
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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#72: Lifting with Injuries & Age-Related Issues
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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#71: Weight Loss Drugs
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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#70: Why You'll Build More Muscle with a Structured Weight Training Program
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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#69: Balancing your Hormones - What it Means & How to Do It
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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#68: 8 Mistakes Stopping You from Getting 'Toned'
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May 28, 2024 |
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#67: Sprint Interval Training aka SIT
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May 21, 2024 |
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#66: How Women's Bodies Change in Menopause
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May 14, 2024 |
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#65: How to STOP your metabolism from slowing down in midlife
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May 07, 2024 |
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#64: How to Warm-Up and Cool-Down for Weight Lifting
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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#63: Tips for Better Quality Sleep in Menopause
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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#62: The Benefits of Tracking What You Eat
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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#61: How to Safely Start Weight Training After Age 40
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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#60: How to Lose 10 lbs by Summer: My 6-point formula for fat loss
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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#59: What it's Like to Work with a Personal Trainer & How to Choose the Perfect One for You
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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#58: How Often to Change Your Weight Training Program
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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#57: Cardio with Weights vs. Strength Training Why they are NOT the same!
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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#56: The 6 Biggest Fitness Mistakes Women over 40 Make
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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#55: How to Stop Gaining Weight and Losing Muscle in Midlife
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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#54: Perimenopause: What It Is & How I Survived It
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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#53: Aging on Your Own Terms: How to Stay Functional and Fierce
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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#52: How to Lose Weight Without Exercising More (6 keys to successful fat loss)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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#51: Earning your food with exercise - why burning calories does not work
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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#50: How to lift weights without getting "BULKY"
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#49: Why you need to lift HEAVY to build muscle & get toned - especially in perimenopause & menopause
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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#48: Benefits of Weight training in perimenopause and menopause
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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#47: 5 Best Fitness Resolutions for Women Over 40
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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#46: How to start lifting weights at home
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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#45: Getting in shape for summer starts NOW! (and how to do it using my 2-phased approach)
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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#44: Staying on Track During the Holidays: Tips for avoiding holiday weight gain & losing progress with your weight training
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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#43: 3 Fitness Questions Women Over 40 Ask Most
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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#42: 5 ways to save time in your weight training sessions
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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#41: Stress - why you should NOT ignore it in perimenopause & menopause
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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#40: Meal Prepping 101 (Benefits & how to get started)
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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#39: How to start lifting weights after 40 (& fit it into your busy life)
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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#38: Mindset Shifts - the key to long-lasting results in weight loss & fitness
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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#37: Menopause 101 - What every woman should know about perimenopause & menopause
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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#36: 8 Common Mistakes in Weight Training | Part 2 (get results from your training!)
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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#35: 8 Common Mistakes in Weight Training | Part 1 (tips for lifting weights effectively)
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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#34: Why weight training is a MUST in perimenopause and menopause (benefits of lifting weights)
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#33: My body recomposition journey - year one (and tips for retaining muscle while losing fat)
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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#32: How to get enough protein each day - practical tips for eating more protein
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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#31: Scheduling your weight training and cardio & how to warm up for lifting weights
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#30: Why 'combo exercises' are a waste of time (and what to do instead to build muscle and strength)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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#29: The anti-aging effects of lifting weights (How weight training prepares our bodies for the NEXT 40 years)
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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#28: The big rocks for 40+ Fitness (top tips for feeling great in perimenopause and menopause)
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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#27: The 5 Biggest Fitness Mistakes 40+ Women Make
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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#26: Training muscles in lengthened vs. shortened position (weight training terminology)
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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#25: FAQs | Weight training tips | What sized weights to buy, how to get toned, isolation vs. compound exercises, how to maintain your balance and more!
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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#24: What equipment is best for weight training? (building muscle in midlife)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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#23: How many exercises do you need to do? (weight training tips for beginners)
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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#22: Unilateral weight training: Tips for avoiding & correcting muscle imbalances
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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#21: Body recomposition in midlife through strength training, diet and healthy habits
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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#20: How often to lift weights (beginner weight lifting tips)
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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#19: How to know if you are getting results from your weight training (8 ways to track progress)
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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#18: Progressive overload: what it is & how to apply it to your weight training
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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#17: Lifting weights after 50 - what it's like to start weight training in midlife
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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#16: My fat loss journey: how it's going & tips for successful weight loss (lose fat, not muscle)
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May 30, 2023 |
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#15: Maximizing your Fitness: Dispelling fitness myths & embracing mindset shifts
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May 23, 2023 |
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#14: Menopause, hormones & aging: how strength training counteracts hormonal changes & improves healthspan
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May 16, 2023 |
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#13: How quickly will you see results from your weight training? (factors affecting results) - PART 2
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May 09, 2023 |
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#12: How quickly will you see results from weight training? Factors affecting your results - PART 1
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May 02, 2023 |
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#11: How to choose your starting weight & when to increase the weight you're lifting (& how to apply progressive overload)
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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#10 - PROTEIN: What you need to know to boost strength and fitness (& how to make sure you're getting enough protein)
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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#9: What to expect when you first start weight training (and tips on how to get started weight lifting)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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#8: Tips for staying motivated with weight training
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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#7: Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) - What it is and Tips to Boost Yours
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#6: Weightlifting and fat loss (why you should never diet without weight training)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#5: 5 Things you Need to Do to Build Muscle (weight training tips)
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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#4: Muscles in Midlife: a quick lesson in muscle biology (how to build and maintain muscle)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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#3: Tips for starting weight training in midlife
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#2: Why should women start weight training after 40? (benefits of weight lifting)
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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#1: Welcome to 40+ Fitness for Women Podcast
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Feb 19, 2023 |