The ACSM overview reports that resistance training improves strength, hypertrophy, power, gait speed, balance, chair-stand performance and timed up-and-go in healthy adults, and the network meta-analysis shows that most reasonable resistance-training prescriptions beat doing nothing for strength and muscle. Perimenopause can feel like a moving target. Strength does not have to be. Midlife is when resistance training becomes especially useful. It helps build and preserve muscle, improve strength, maintain power, support balance, and keep everyday function - lifting groceries, picking up your kids, getting up and down stairs - feeling easier. Those are exactly the qualities many women start to notice shifting during the perimenopausal transition. The good news is that you do not need a perfect or complicated program to benefit. Weights, machines, bands, and home-based training can all work. A simple place to start: - 2 sessions per week, - Training all the major muscle groups. - He...