Kickasswomen

Our bodies are not the same as they were when we were 30s.

And they just don't move in the way that a lot of online fitness coaches of women expect.

Don't get me wrong, there are some excellent coaches out there - male and female. But unless you've spent many years coaching midlife women in person first, it doesn't matter how well qualified you are, you just don't have the firsthand experience needed to coach midlife women effectively.

Take lunges for example.

There's not a single woman I've coached who has not had a problem with performing a lunge for the first time. (Or at least from this generation - many women are now starting training from a younger age which is great...most women in their 50s did not).

It usually comes down to ...

Foot position
Mind - body connection
Out of kilter pelvis through childbirth...or sitting for hours working long hours
Tight hip flexors making the lunge position feel uncomfortable

With the right understanding and cues, change and progress happens. But just telling a 50 + year old woman to do a lunge and saying it's a balance issue when they can't do it fails to recognise the specific biomechanical cirucmtances of our bodies.

Follow along for more tips and strategies that are directly relevant to you, your lifestage and that will effectively help you to progress in strenght, fat loss and body confidence for life.

You want to lose body fat but want to eat delicious food that everyone can eat?

That is ABSOLUTELY how it should work and what I advocate as a coach who has helped 1000s of midlife women lose body fat, build muscle and transform their mindset around food.

This is one of my faves, and is packed with protein, doesn't require additional calories from oil as the skin of the fish releases it's only healthy fats and is added to with chilli flakes, fresh orange, capers and tomatoes.

Serve with fibre boosting veg like brocolii or cavolo nero.

The other tip if you're wanting to lose body fat is DON'T complicate recipes - I love cooking, I love food but if I'm on a body fat loss phase, I just have different types of fish on repeat with different veg and different sauces.

It's not hard. It's not a diet. It's delicious. and it works without hte overwhelm of even worrying about tracking.

P.S If you'd like to learn how you can lose up to 12lbs without dieting, the Kickass Body Breakthrough in 6 kicks off in Sept. We open for booking on Monday but get on my PRIORITY WAITLIST now and you'll get the chance to grab one of the 20 spaces before anyone else...plus an early action takers Bonus discount.

Comment WAITLIST or register via the link in the bio.

After the age of 30, women lose muscle and bone density every single year unless you're actively and intentionally exercising and eating in a way to prevent this.

Add to this any extreme diets that you've done where you've lost weight rapidly - Atkins, Keto, IF, weightloss medications...you can Imagine how much you may have lost already. 😰

Light weights do NOT t send a strong enough signal to prevent this.

Resistance training with progressive overload is the single biggest lever you have — for muscle, for bone, for your metabolism.

You might think light weights will do the job and 'protect' your joints and body from aching. But your body loves and needs muscle.

If you want to build skeletal muscle for improved metabolism, better blood sugar response AND to look better in your clothes, this is what I’d do.

3 x resistance sessions per week with progressive overload
Eat sufficient protein for my body size to support training - without it, you won’t get the resuylts
It’s that simple.

Comment PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD if you'd like to understand more about progressive overload. And no, I'm sorry but your BodyPump class and PIlates is not doing it for you.

I hope you're not feeling like a lardarse.

But my experience coaching midlife women is that most women hit September feeling like they've overindulged and like they have to 'start again' from scratch.

Which leads to all or nothing approaches which is impossible to maintain and ends up leaving you feeling like you've failed.

The trick to success and constant progression is understanding the snakes and ladders approach to progress.

It's something that I coach all the Kickass women on - and which we go through before we take on anyone in our coaching programme.

Because once you understand this concept, everything begins to change - both in terms of sucessful fat loss, muscle gain but more importantly, feeling that you're in control of the process and there is never any starting again, just progress.

p.s You'll get to understand this process more in the KIckass Body Breakthrough in 6 which kicks off Sept 14th. comment BREAKTHROUGH for more information.