Episode 338 - Me, HRT and Netball: When Menopause Starts Affecting Your Performance

Advantage Net Strength · Nov 4, 2026 · 28m

I've been taking HRT for a couple of years, and if you'd asked me whether it was making much difference, I'd probably have said I wasn't really sure.

Well, after accidentally going without it for several weeks, I'm starting to realise just how much it might have been helping.

The lack of sleep, exhaustion, aching joints and brain fog have been relentless. But what's really surprised me is the knock-on effect on everything else. My eating habits, my motivation to train, my energy in the gym and, most frustratingly, my performance on the netball court.

I've had some of my worst performances in…