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Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
You know you should be strength training. You've heard how important it is for women over 40, especially during perimenopause and menopause. You want to build muscle, feel stronger, and stay active and independent as you get older.
So why aren't you doing it?
Maybe you've never lifted weights and have absolutely no idea where to start. Or maybe you used to lift, but somewhere between work, kids, and everything else life threw at you, you stopped.
And now you're wondering how to actually make…
Episodes
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
71 | Think You Can't Start Strength Training: 3 Lessons I Learned From Leaving My Comfort Zone
Does starting strength training after 40 feel like something other women can do, but you’re not sure you can? You want to build muscle and feel stronger. But…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
70 | You Don't Need 47 Different Exercises to Get Stronger: 4 Reasons to Stick With Your Routine
Do you really need a different strength workout every time you pick up the weights? You open your workout, recognize the exercises, and think, “Again? Didn’t…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
69 | You’re in Perimenopause. You’ve Spent Years Trying to Get Smaller. Now What?
How many years have you spent trying to make your body smaller? And what happens when you’re ready for something different… but your brain keeps checking the…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
68 | Afraid You'll Get Hurt: 4 Tips for Starting Strength Training After 40
What if you start strength training and hurt yourself? You want to get stronger, but you also have kids to care for, work to do, and a body you need to…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
67 | One Workout This Week Is Still A Week You Strength Trained
When you miss a strength workout, how quickly does “my week changed” turn into “I can never stick with anything”? A sick kid, family visiting, or something…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
66 | What If Everyone At the Gym Knows You Don't Know What You Are Doing
Ever walk into the gym and feel like everyone else knows exactly what they’re doing, and you’re hoping nobody notices you don’t? You want to get stronger, but…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
65 | Why Do I Keep Putting Off Strength Training - Even When I Have Time
Your workout was on the calendar. Then you sat down to answer one more email, and somehow it’s dinner time and you’re telling yourself you’ll lift tomorrow…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
64 | Why Strength Training Should Be Part of Your Weight Loss Plan
What if the thing you've been focusing on for weight loss isn't actually what your body needs most right now? If you're a woman over 40 who's spent years…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
63 | You Don't Have to Love Strength Training to Do It
Do you know you should be strength training, but you just don't like doing it? Maybe you've tried lifting weights before and couldn't stick with it. Or maybe…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
62 | The Four Feet Rule That Might Finally Get You Strength Training In Perimenopause
You know strength training is important, especially for women over 40. But knowing you should lift and actually getting started are two very different things…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
61 | Your 40s Are About Getting Stronger
For a lot of us, exercise in our 20s and 30s had one main goal: get smaller. Burn more calories. Lose more weight. Fit into the smaller size. But somewhere in…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
60 | Why Your Strength Training Routine Needs More Than One Setting
You want to strength train consistently, but then life gets busy, and somehow your workouts are the first thing to disappear. Before you know it, a missed…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
59 | I Know I Need to Lose Weight and Get Stronger...So Why Am I Not Doing It?
You know you should strength train. You know you want to lose weight. You know taking care of your health matters, especially as you get older. So why isn't…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
58 | I'm Doing All the Things to Lose Weight So Why Am I Still Stuck
Why are you not losing weight when you’re eating healthy, exercising, getting enough protein, drinking water, and doing everything you’re supposed to do? If…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
57 | Why Do I Lose Control Around This One Meal Every Single Time
Do you feel like you can “do good” all week...until that one meal? Maybe it’s Sunday lunch at your mom’s house, Friday night pizza, eating out with friends, or…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
56 | How to Eat More Protein Without Feeling Like All You Eat Is Protein
Struggling to get enough protein without feeling like protein is all you eat? If you know that you need more protein but you just don't know how to get anymore…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
55 | What Are You Willing to Invest in Your Health
What does it really mean to invest in your health, and when is paying for support actually worth it? In this episode, we’re talking about something that can…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
54 | You Don't Have to Hate Your Body to Change It
Weight gain and body changes can bring a constant stream of negative thoughts: I hate how I look. I need to lose this weight. I can’t believe I let myself get…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
53 | Labor Day Weight Loss - 4 Tips to Enjoy the Cookout Without Overeating or Food Guilt
Heading to a Labor Day cookout while trying to lose weight? You don’t need to skip meals all day, wear uncomfortable clothes, avoid your favorite foods, or…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
52 | Are You Making Weight Loss Harder Than It Needs To Be
Are you making weight loss harder than it needs to be? In this episode, I’m sharing what happened when I finally tackled my 7-year-old’s very overwhelming…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
51 | Sometimes Weight Loss Means Saying No
What if the thing making weight loss feel harder is that you’re simply saying yes to too much? In this episode, we’re talking about how stress, overwhelm, busy…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
50 | The Diet Rules You're Still Following Without Realizing It
Have years of dieting left you believing there are certain foods you simply can’t trust yourself around? In this episode, I’m sharing a simple banana bread…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
49 | Full Vs Finished: How to Stop Eating Before You're Stuffed
Have you ever finished a meal feeling uncomfortably stuffed and wondered, “Why did I keep eating when I knew I was already full?” In this episode, we’re…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
48 | Giving Yourself Grace Doesn't Mean Ignoring What's Not Working In Your Weight Loss
What if giving yourself grace with weight loss doesn’t mean letting yourself off the hook? In this episode, we’re talking about the balance so many women miss…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
47 | If Your Diet Needs a Cheat Meal, Is It Really Working
Is your diet really "working"? In this episode, we’re talking about what it really means for a diet to work especially if you’re a woman in perimenopause who…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
46 | Stop Trying to Fix Your Whole Life to Lose Weight
What if the reason you still feel stuck with weight loss isn’t because you’re not doing enough, but because you’re trying to work on too much at once? In this…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
45 | Where Are You Actually Getting Stuck With Weight Loss
School is starting, routines are changing, and if your weight-loss habits always seem to fall apart when life gets busy, the problem may not be a lack of…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
44 | The Gym Feels Intimidating - How to Start Strength Training in Perimenopause
Do you talk about how you "need" to strength train, but you just haven't gotten to it yet? In this episode we’re talking about why strength training matters…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
43 | The Back to School Pantry Reset: Making Healthy Eating Easier When Life Gets Busy
School is starting, schedules are changing, and life is about to get busy again. Do you have a plan to keep your weight-loss goals from getting pushed aside?…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
42 | How to Get Enough Fiber in Perimenopause in 4 Simple Steps
You hear that you need to eat fiber, but do you know how much you actually take in regularly? In this episode, we’re breaking down how to get enough fiber in…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
41 | The Identity Shift That Makes Weight Loss Last
Are you waiting to lose the weight before you start feeling confident, consistent, and in control around food? In this episode, we’re talking about the…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
40 | What Starting a Podcast Taught Me About Weight Loss
What does starting a podcast have to do with losing weight in perimenopause? More than expected. In this episode, Michelle shares the surprising lessons…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
39 | What If Your Healthy Habits Weren't Just About Weight Loss
What if the healthy habits you are trying so hard to follow are doing more for you than just helping you lose weight? But you can't see it because you have…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
38 | Cheetos Have Nutrition (And That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Does)
Have you ever called yourself “good” for eating a salad or “bad” for eating chips? In this episode, we’re talking about why food does not have the power to…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
37 | The Question That Can Change Your Weight Loss in Perimenopause
Have you ever wondered if the choices you are making for weight loss are actually helping you? In this episode, we’re talking about a powerful question we…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
36 | Why What Worked in Your 30's Isn't Working for Weight Loss in Perimenopause
Are you in your late 30s or 40s and wondering why the weight loss strategies that used to work are not working anymore? In this episode, we’re talking about…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
35 | How to Stop Feeling Guilty About Food and Lose Weight in Perimenopause
Do you feel guilty after eating certain foods, missing a workout, overeating on the weekend, or “starting over again” every Monday? In this episode, we’re…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
34 | Why Your Workout Motivation Changes in Perimenopause
Are you in your 40s and wondering why your workout motivation feels different than it used to? In the middle of the workout, do you find yourself stopping and…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
33 | What If Weight Loss Isn't the Whole Dream
When someone asks you what is your current goal, is your answer "weight loss"? You are not alone. But my question for you is what is is that all or is there…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
32 | Why Wanting Weight Loss Isn't the Same as Wanting the Responsibility
Do you keep getting excited to start a new diet, weight loss plan, or fitness routine, but struggle to stay consistent once the motivation wears off? In this…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
31 | When You Miss the Body You Used to Criticize
Do you ever look at old pictures and miss the body you used to criticize? In this episode, we’re talking about body image, weight loss after 35, perimenopause…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
30 | Why "Eating Good All Day" is Making You Eat All Night
Do you eat “good” all day, only to feel out of control around food at night? Maybe you keep breakfast small, eat a light lunch, and save your calories for…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
29 | How to Stay Consistent With Weight Loss When Your Schedule Changes
Do you ever feel like you are constantly behind, even though you have been busy all day? Do you feel like you have good plans to eat right, walk more, strength…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
28 | Lose Weight in Perimenopause Without Tracking Every Bite
Do you feel like the only way to lose weight in perimenopause is to track every bite, count every calorie, and obsess over a number all day? Have you ever…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
27 | Getting on the Scale After Vacation? Listen to This First
Do you ever come home from vacation and feel like the scale is calling your name before you even unpack your suitcase? Do you immediately wonder, “How much…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
26 | Losing Weight and Enjoying Vacation Can Go Together
Do you ever feel like vacation completely throws off your weight loss goals? Do you find yourself dieting before vacation, eating everything once you get…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
25 | Who Are You Without Weight Loss (The Identity Shift Women Over 35 Need)
Do you ever feel like you'll finally be happy when you lose the weight? Do you find yourself thinking, "I'll wear that when I'm smaller" or "I'll feel…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
24 | Your Habits Aren't Random (But They Are Keeping You Stuck)
Do you ever feel like you keep doing the very things that are getting in the way of your weight loss goals even when you KNOW better? Do you find yourself…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
23 | Cycle Syncing: What Is It And Do Women Really Need It?
Do you ever feel confused by all the advice online telling women they should completely change their workouts around their cycle? Have you wondered if you…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
22 | Perimenopause Makes Weight Loss Harder - But Not Impossible
Have you thought "Well maybe this is just where my body is stuck because of where I am at in life now?" In this episode we’re talking about one of the biggest…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
21 | Perimenopause Hunger: Your Appetite Just Got Louder
If you feel like you’re hungry all the time during perimenopause, constantly craving sweets at night, or wondering why weight loss suddenly feels so much…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
20 | I Turned a Fitness Compliment Into an Insult in Under 30 Seconds
Have you ever taken a fitness compliment and turned it into proof that what your doing isn't working? In this episode of Weight Loss With A Side Of Grace…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
19 | Is Stress Causing You to Go into Starvation Mode
Is stress causing your weight gain or is that just what social media wants you to believe? If you’re a woman over 35 who feels constantly busy, overwhelmed…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
18 | 5 Tips on How to Eat for Fat Loss After 40 (#4 Might Surprise You)
Why does it feel like all the weight is suddenly going to your stomach after 35 even though you’re doing the same things as before? If you’re a woman in your…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
17 | Why You’re Gaining Belly Fat in Perimenopause (And What You Can Still Control)
Why does it feel like all the weight is suddenly going to your stomach… even though you’re not doing anything different? If you’re a woman over 35 dealing with…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
16 | Ozempic (GLP-1's) for Weight Loss - Do You Actually Need It
Are GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro the answer to weight loss or just another version of dieting? If you’re a woman over 35 who feels…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
15 | Why Your Weight Loss Feels So Slow
Do you feel like you’re doing everything right with weight loss, but nothing is working? If you’re a busy mom over 35 trying to lose weight, stay consistent…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
14 | Why You Keep Starting Over After Losing Weight (And How to Stop)
Have you ever hit your goal weight… only to gain it back and feel like you’re starting over again? If you’re a busy mom over 35 trying to lose weight, you’ve…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
13 | Why You Feel Out of Control Around Food (It's Not Lack Of Self Control)
Do you feel like you have no self-control around certain foods? Like once you start eating sweets, chips, or your favorite “trigger foods,” you can’t stop? In…
- Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle
12 | How Choosing the Salad Instead of the Burger is Causing Weight Gain
Ever order the salad when you really wanted the burger because you were afraid of being judged? In this episode, we’re diving into how fear of judgment around…