Josh Phillips Fitness

If you are waking at 3am, lying awake for hours or rising exhausted, this is not just stress. This is a hormonal chain reaction. 🧬

As progesterone declines, your brain loses its primary natural sedative. As oestrogen drops, your body temperature destabilises. And cortisol, now running hotter than ever, pulls you out of deep sleep before your body has recovered.

40 to 60 percent of perimenopausal women experience this. Most are never told why. 😴

Poor sleep in perimenopause is not something you just accept. It is something you understand and address.

Swipe through for the full science, six evidence-based solutions and what the research actually says about treatment. 👉

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Drop SLEEP in the comments and I will send you my free Menopause Sleep Reset ebook. 👇

Client , 41, 15kg down and as you can see in the shape of her life 🤩 beyond proud of her incredible results and her desire to always keep challenging herself to become better and better! Drop stace a comment, This transformation is nothing short of incredible 🫶🏽!
Massive congrats to stace for taking out a massive PB on the weekend in the Sydney hyrox !

Prior to joining our program -
❌ Struggling to drop required weight. (for good )
❌ struggling to move forward with time restraints.
❌Unsure what was required for her over the age of 40.
❌ Eating out, without any plan or
Structure.
❌Wanted to Improve strength, feel good, and achieved that toned look.

Now -
✅ Achieved her fatloss goal and keeping it off!
✅ System now in place that works with her lifestyle and needs.
✅ Heavy understanding on protocols required and how to execute them in here day to day life.
✅ Having the best of both worlds with balanced nutrition approach and dropping 15kg
✅ Currently at her fittest and performance has never been better. As you can see above, fair to say she achieved that toned look 💪🏽☝🏽!

We are successful achieved everything listed above while blending everything into lifestyle requirements. And that’s the missing key. Ladies you need a system that works for you and your needs. That’s why we deliver lifestyles not plans, with support and accountability, you have to achieve your goal.

If you are looking to get into the shape of your life after 40.
Comment “learn more” and I’ll show you how 🫶🏽

Your habits don’t just shape your future. They shape theirs too. ❤️

Your kids are always watching.

Not because you tell them what to do.
Because they watch what you do.

They notice whether exercise is something you enjoy or avoid.
They notice whether meals are built around nourishing your body or convenience.
They notice how you speak about yourself in the mirror.
They notice your energy, your confidence, and how you handle challenges.

One day, those behaviours become their normal.

The goal isn’t to be a perfect parent.
It’s to become the example they deserve.

That’s why our coaching has never been just about losing weight.

It’s about helping women over 40 build strength, improve their health, create more energy, and become the role model their family looks up to.

Because when you change your habits…
You don’t just change your life.

You can change generations.

If you’re ready to become the healthiest, strongest version of yourself, comment “learn more” below.

If there is one thing I would tell every woman over 40 to start doing immediately… it is this. 💪

Strength training after 40 is not about aesthetics. It is about preserving the body that carries you through the next 40 years.

Here is what the science actually says.
From age 40, women lose muscle strength at approximately 7.5% every five years. After menopause, this accelerates — because oestrogen does not just drive your reproductive cycle. It actively protects your muscles, bones and metabolism. 🧬

When oestrogen declines, four things happen simultaneously:
↓ Muscle protein synthesis slows
↓ Bone density accelerates its decline
↓ Insulin sensitivity reduces
↓ Fat shifts from your hips to your abdomen and organs
And the most evidence-backed intervention to counter all four of them is the same thing.

Strength training. 🏋️‍♀️
2 to 4 sessions per week. 30 to 60 minutes. Progressive overload. Compound movements.
That is the dose. It is achievable. And the research across dozens of randomised controlled trials is consistent — it works.

Not just for your body. For your bone density, your metabolism, your insulin sensitivity, your sleep, your mood and your cognitive function. 🧠

Swipe through for the full breakdown — including the common objections answered with evidence, and exactly where to start this week. 👉

If you are someone that is wanting to take this seriously for your long term health Comment “learn more” and let see if we can help you! 🔥

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Nothing short of incredible from client !

8.5kg down in 14weeks and quickly moving into her maintenance stage eating more food then ever, maintaining her fat loss loss and flying with energy 🤩!! Super excited to see what she can achieve moving forward.

Prior to joining our program -
❌ Struggling to drop required weight. ( for good )
❌ Found herself carrying inflammation.
❌ Unsure what was required for her over the age of 45.
❌ Wanted to Improve mobility and strength.
❌ Finding herself in pain through exercise.
❌ “Toned” was the look she was chasing.

Now -
✅ Achieved her fatloss goal and keeping it off !
✅ Inflammation reduced and controlled
✅ Heavy understanding on protocols required for her
✅ Mobility and strength excelling
✅ Pain free, imbalance improvements
✅ Build muscle + drop body fat = TONED!

We are successful achieved everything listed above while blending everything into lifestyle requirements. And that’s the missing key. Ladies you need a system that works for you and your needs. That’s why we deliver lifestyles not plans, with support and accountability, you have to achieve your goal.

If you are looking to get into the shape of your life after 40 when your GP is telling your weight gain is just expected transitioning into this stage of life ?

Comment “learn more” and I’ll show you how 🫶🏽

Almost 1 in 4 Australian women have depleted iron stores. In perimenopause, that risk climbs even higher. 🩸

Felt exhausted, foggy or breathless and been told it’s ‘just perimenopause’? It might be. But it might also be iron — and you can be deficient with completely ‘normal’ haemoglobin.

Ferritin drops first, and it’s rarely tested unless you ask.
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