Exercise
If you could take a pill that would reduce your dementia risk by 30% with no side effects would you take it? Sounds pretty good right? What if I told you that pill…was exercise?
The menopause transition is a real window of opportunity to implement lifestyle changes to support us through peri and into post-menopause, that will keep providing us with benefits for years to come - think of it as a ‘health pension’! These episodes of the podcast look at the many benefits of exercise in peri/menopause and beyond…
In this episode, fitness expert Kate Rowe-Ham talks about her own menopause journey, why strength training in midlife/menopause is so critical to maintaining muscle mass and combatting osteoporosis, and why she set up an app specifically to support those going through the menopause transition with exercise, nutrition and medical advice. (Since this was recorded Kate has written a book Owning Your Menopause: fitter, calmer, stronger in 30 days).
In this episode I chat to Amanda Thebe, personal trainer and author of Menopocalypse about her book, which details her own experience of going through peri/menopause, and about how women can be informed and proactive in taking charge of their own experience. We discuss the importance of strength training, and touch upon how the ‘menopause industry’ can mislead women.