Are you a woman in midlife worried about weight gain in menopause? Does the thought of doing more exercise to keep it at bay make you feel exhausted? You've heard that you should also be doing strength training but the…
The popularity of yoga continues to grow as more people look to the practice for physical and mental health benefits. In Australia, a 2018 Roy Morgan report found 2.18 million people had participated in yoga in the year prior. The…
Being sidelined from running with an injury is miserable and recovery can be a long process. I love running for its cardio benefits and for the sense of accomplishment I feel. I’ve written about my unlikely journey to becoming a…
Women in Australia have had enough. We’re facing a crisis of gendered violence, harassment and inappropriate behaviour in our workplaces and public institutions. Victims, and those who speak out against these behaviours are too often silenced. Ironically, it’s often the very…
The Australian Institute of Fitness (AIF) has listed what their research shows as the top fitness trends for 2021. In this post I take a look at five of the top trends and what they mean for midlife women. In…
Do you struggle with motivation to exercise? Have you enthusiastically started a program or new routine but pretty soon after lose your mojo? The HIIT classes you signed up for in January? By February you’re coming up with all the…