# @thekerripaul on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db5wLd-PZqd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70161749-thekerripaul-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f45d69c0b4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-11T14:00:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kerri Paul (@thekerripaul) — https://gondola.cc/thekerripaul

## Caption

Sadly, many women, over 40, under 40, women interested in getting their bodies together, are still scared of the weight rack. 

Chileee.. the madness needs to stop!

I’ve been lifting since my teens. I was never the one afraid of the barbell — but I know so many of you are apprehensive about weights. 

And I get it, the myths run deep: “you’ll get bulky,” “it’s not for women,” “cardio is safer.” 

None of that is true. They made it up. *Michael Jackson voice*

Here’s what I do know after over two decades of training: strength work is more important now, as an over 40 woman, than it has ever been in my life. Not less — more. 

As I’ve gotten older, this is the thing that’s protecting my body, not just shaping it. And I’m seeing it in real time — the definition, the strength, the way my body is responding differently than it did in my 20s.

Cleans specifically have changed my back. 

This isn’t a before/after from a few weeks. This is decades of consistency finally showing up in a way I can see. Baybeeeee… ya girl loves me a lil progress pic-video. Don’t we all?! 

If you’re one of the women who’s been scared to start — sis, it’s not too late, and it’s not going to make you bulky. It’s going to make you strong for the next 40 years.

Drop a 💪🏽 if you’re ready to start, or tell me — what’s kept you away from the weight room?

#over40women #womenstrengthtraining #perimenopausehealth #womenlifting #perimenopausefitness

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## Tags

womenstrengthtraining, over40women, perimenopausefitness, womenlifting, perimenopausehealth

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