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Pick your poison’ where weight lifting (rep range) is concerned, just make sure you do so with maximal EFFORT whichever route you go. ’Heavy’ or ‘light’ is a matter of personal preference as long as you’re lifting. Workouts don’t have to last hours, you can mix up the heavy/light combination to reap all the benefits … Continued

Avoiding carbs, especially in menopause, is NO way to live, so understanding how your body processes carbs will help you, especially if eating carbs scares you, or if you’ve heard of ‘insulin resistance’ but you don’t really know what it means or why you want to avoid this condition. This (boring but informative!) video explains … Continued

Since when is ‘mediocre’ enough? Mediocre is enough when today’s ‘mediocre’ is better than yesterday’s. Let me explain. I’m all about sustainable habit change and making the least amount of effort for the biggest return. When you can change small things over time, it can create a big impact long term. A mediocre day for … Continued

Hot flashes? Well, if you need ANOTHER reason to resistance train, here it is… More lean muscle is shown to reduce hot flashes according to this study: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40695-020-00058-9 How do you get more muscle? Resistance training! With declining estrogen levels in the menopause transition, both bone density and muscle mass declines. Resistance training offsets both … Continued