As a woman in her 40s (or older), do you want to learn how to exercise in a way that moves you forward but also honours your body through day-to-day fluctuations?

Olivia Park is a women's health and performance coach who helps active women lift hard and live well both in and out of the gym. She helps women find liberation from the ‘shoulds’ in fitness and the all-or-nothing mindset through purpose-driven training. And she's a deadset legend.

In this episode, Olivia shares about her own hormonal battles. And she answers questions like...

• How has the toxicity of the fitness industry and diet culture damaged women's relationships with food and exercise?
• How can exercise be designed from a health-first approach
• What is LEA (low energy availability), and what are the long-term impacts on women, specifically women over 40.

Topics discussed include:

• Exercise during perimenopause and menopause
• How to know if your exercise is working for you, not against you
• Creating positive change and shifting the direction of the fitness industry
• Exercise with a health-first approach

The fitness industry is doing a disservice when the messages are ‘train harder, eat less’. So many women are doing their absolute best to follow this prescription because there’s not enough evidence to prove that there could be a different way.

We’re bombarded with sexy sounding F45 shreds and challenges and 1200 calorie diets that are going to make our lives better and finally, we will have the confidence and feel the worthiness we’re promised.

Nope. A hormonal and health shit show? Most likely, yes.

AND You need enough food to meet the demands not only of your exercise but of living. You need nutrition to support your training, your lifestyle, the stress of being a mum, an employee, an entrepreneur, a solo parent, a caregiver, a partner, a friend … all those stressors on top of training add up.

The more you buy into eating less, and exercising more, the more you are taking yourself away from what you actually desire.

LINKS
Olivia Park Coaching - website
Olivia Park Coaching - Instagram
Female Health & Performance Certification
Pachinko - Netflix

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