Ladies, I’ve worked with over 3500 women. When we start working together we obviously talk workouts so I can assign the best workouts based on goals, access to equipment and schedule. If you want to “Power Through Your Pause” and age with strength, you need resistance training. No, this does not mean you need to be a gym beast, you can get in a great workout at home with a set of dumbbells. We lose muscle every year after the age of 30. If you are not resistance training and eating enough protein, your muscle loss will accelerate. Lifting will help build bone density (so important as we age) and the more lean muscle you have, the more calories your body will burn at rest. Of the many symptoms women deal with in perimenopause and menopause, the one I hear that ladies struggle with the most is weight gain (there are a few reasons this happens, but I’ll save that for another post). It doesn’t have to be that way. The right fitness, nutrition & lifestyle habits are a game changer. If th...