Exercise, Training Methods
There are three types of cardio training methods. Which gives flexibility to help you work towards your cardio fitness goals when you start to exercise again after the menopause. The three methods are: Steady State Interval Training Fartlek Steady State Method Steady...
Ageing Well, Exercise Goals
Age is no finish line. What kind of old lady are you planning to be? Your answer will be a mix of your preferences and personalising around any injuries or illness. Use it or lose it. Meet the three women who are quietly redefining both growing older and their...
Exercise Seasons and Cycles
Winter brings a natural opportunity to create changes in your workouts. When you are starting to exercise again in your fifties, a slow and steady approach to improving fitness is often the best approach. Particularly if you have spent most of your menopausal years...
Exercise Seasons and Cycles
What changes can Autumn bring to your workouts? The season changing to autumn brings in a natural opportunity to create changes in your workouts. When you are starting to exercise again in your fifties, a slow and steady approach to improving fitness is often the best...
Essentials, Pilates Series, Types of Workouts
If you are starting mat Pilates in your fifties after the menopause, here are 3 small equipment essentials to help you tailor your workouts and get the most out of them Head pad A head pad or small towel helps with alignment. It can improve you posture and may reduce...
Exercise Seasons and Cycles
Springtime brings in a natural opportunity to create changes in your workouts. When you are starting to exercise again in your fifties, a slow and steady approach to improving fitness is often the best approach. Particularly if your spent most of your menopausal years...
Exercise, Tech For Health
Exercise timers are great for ensuring you are spending the correct amount of time on a stretch or exercise. It is one less thing for you to think about. You can concentrate on your form and also how it feels. How long is a minute? Well it depends what you are doing!...
Exercise, Exercise Movements
When you start to exercise again in your fifties, you may discover many changes. One of the hardest exercise is connected to the flexibility in your feet. The humble Mexican Toe Wave is probably the hardest exercise in the world. It is often done in standing or...
Health, Health Calculator
The Body Mass Index (BMI) used to be the gold standard health assessment tool. Few use it these days as it says nothing about your body composition. Which means it doesn’t take into account your muscle/fat ratio. We have much easier access to accurate information...
Exercise, Starting to Exercise Again v50
It may surprise you to read that exercise guidelines are for 18-69 adults. We do not have any specific advice for exercising through the menopause or immediately after. The guidelines are fairly generic from county to country, in the UK it’s generally: Cardiovascular...
Exercise Seasons and Cycles
What changes can Summertime bring to your workouts? Summertime brings in a natural opportunity to create changes in your workouts. There is always a dance between repetition and novelty in when you are working out. Both are required in the right amounts for progress....
3 ways to improve, Exercise, Exercise Kit
You may have seen Battle Ropes in your gym and wondered how they would fit into your workout. Battle Ropes are for your cardiovascular (cardio) fitness and can be deceptively hard work. Starting to exercise again in your fifties may be very different to before the...
3 ways to improve, Ageing Well
Balance work becomes important as you get older in the context of falls prevention i.e. the better you are at balance work will reduce the likelihood of falling and breaking a bone. Bone health is one of the aspects of fitness that is potentially impacted by the...
Tech For Health, Types of Workouts
YouTube has a phenomenal amount of free fitness and exercise videos that can help you on your fitness journey after the menopause. Here are 3 ways YouTube can help you improve your fitness: PlaylistsCreating playlists helps you easily organise and therefore find...
HOW to Workout, Types of Workouts
If you are thinking about attending an in-person exercise class again, here are 3 things for you to consider. Practicalities Most gyms still have plenty equipment such as mats and blocks to use and sprays available to clean them. But it is definitely a personal...
3 ways to improve, Exercise Stretches
Your quads are the big group of muscles at the front of your legs and they can often get tight from sitting a lot. If your quads are tight, you may notice it around your knee joint which is one end of the muscle group. The other end is your hips so they are a good all...
