40+ Fitness for Women: Strength training in perimenopause & menopause
If you are a woman over 40 and are looking for practical information on how to keep your body strong and functional in perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause, this is the show for you!
- Do you want to learn how to exercise in a way to increase muscle and lose fat so you look and feel great today while preparing your body for the decades ahead?
- Do you want to start lifting weights?
- Do you want to understand the hormonal changes that are going on in your body during menopause (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and cortisol) and how those affect how you should be working out?
Lynn has you covered!
40+ Fitness for Women Podcast is THE fitness podcast for women over 40. It is focused on practical, concrete tips and strategies for getting strong and fit today and maintaining your quality of life in the decades ahead.
Host Lynn Sederlöf-Airisto is a Certified Menopause Fitness Coach. And, as a 54-year-old post-menopausal woman, she knows first-hand what going through the menopause transition is like.
She has struggled with the hormonal changes including a rollercoaster ride through perimenopause and changes to her body composition that seemed to happen almost overnight!
Lynn has been there and found the path forward - and is here to share that with you. Midlife can be the best part of life - if you learn how to work with your body.
40+ Fitness for Women: Strength training in perimenopause & menopause
#22: Unilateral weight training: Tips for avoiding & correcting muscle imbalances
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In this week's episode, I answer a question posed by one of the podcast listeners: How to correct muscle imbalances with unilateral training. We'll look at the many reasons why muscle imbalances may develop and how to avoid and correct them with unilateral training.
Even if you are just starting out weight training, this is a topic to be aware of because you may inadvertently be training in a way that allows your body to use one side more than the other.
I answer questions about muscle imbalances including:
- How can you get muscle imbalances?
- How can you tell you have muscle imbalances?
- What can you do to correct muscle imbalances?
- How can you avoid getting muscle imbalances?
I answer questions about unilateral training including:
- What is unilateral training?
- What are the benefits of unilateral training?
- How can I incorporate unilateral exercises into my workout routine?
- How does unilateral training differ from bilateral training?
- What are some examples of unilateral exercises?
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