The Flipping 50 Show

By Debra Atkinson

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The podcast for women in menopause and beyond who want to change the way they age. Fitness, wellness, and health research put into practical tips you can use today. You still got it, girl!

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09.29.2023

Waning libido is common but it’s not the only thing to consider. We’re looking at libido, sex, and orgasm all inclusively in this episode. If this all makes you blush, it’s audio-only, and we’re just talking. But if you don’t ...

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09.29.2023 Sex and Sports for Women Over 40 Waning libido is common but it’s not the only thing to consider. We’re looking at libido, sex, and orgasm all inclusively in this episode. If this all makes you blush, it’s audio-only, and we’re just talking. But if you don’t ...
09.26.2023 Whole Body Vibration for Bone Density \| Medical Exercise Specialist Report What do you know about whole body vibration for bone density? Curious? Skeptical? Me too. But with more and more instances of degeneration, chronic illness or long haul preventing the active life that supports bone health, additional means of stimulating ...
09.22.2023 Female Entrepreneur Suzelle Snowden of Fit Bodies, Inc. Teaching Vacations If you’re a female entrepreneur, you know. You know juggling all the things. And the unique way a woman’s brain is both made for it and it can bring you down with overwhelm! A woman on a mission to provide ...
09.19.2023 How Much Collagen Counts Toward Protein Needs? How much does collagen count toward your protein needs? It’s an excellent question. There are a couple things to keep in mind with protein. It’s like a prescription med in that if you don’t have enough of it, you don’t ...
09.15.2023 Behind the Scenes: Menopause Fitness Coaching Session Today I invite you to listen to a sneak peek of a menopause fitness coaching session from the exclusive STRONGER coaching call library. What questions do women in a 12-week strength training program with varying levels of experience with strength ...
09.12.2023 Navigating Social Media Instagram Tips for Women 40+ I’ve got Instagram tips for women! What if we could make social media more midlife friendly for you? What if it was more than a rabbit hole, something that made you feel bad or fill in the blank not ________ ...
09.08.2023 Clutter Free, Lighter Weight, and Better Sleep? I’m everything but clutter free. I sit at my desk (aka the dining room table) and can count 5 piles of unique content, just reduced from 6 because I have one sitting behind me on the chair to toss. I’m ...
09.05.2023 The Chronic Pain Solution for Complete Resolution The chronic pain of tight upper back and neck and mid back combined with desire to gain strength and muscle through lifting weights may just be creating a vicious cycle. Could you be not over exercising, but under aware of ...
09.01.2023 Take a Walk with a 57-year old Book Author \| Just 1400 Miles If the recent podcast episodes about walking didn’t inspire you to take a walk this episode might. My guest and her husband decided one day to go for a walk. Ninety-eight days later they’re still married, possibly more fit and ...
08.29.2023 Better Mattress, Better Sleep in Menopause? Ask any woman what she wants and it just might be better sleep in menopause. Ask her what her biggest challenges are and she might say belly fat or energy but often the underlying reason is poor sleep whether she ...
08.27.2023 Which Hormones Matter Most in Meno(pause) Which hormones matter most for your health during and after menopause? I’m asked far too often about unique individual hormones. This week it was testosterone and DHEA. Both I wrote about in You Still Got It, Girl! Yet, you don’t ...
08.26.2023 You Can Lose Fat and Add Muscle in Your 60s: She Did! Want to lose fat and add muscle? Think it’s too late? My next guest will help you lose any doubt you can do it at your age.. Including in your 60s. A frequently-asked question in our community at least among ...
08.22.2023 Not Just for Men, Why Women Need Testosterone, Too! The most abundant hormone in women. Lower percentage compared to men but still ultimately important. For instance, healthy male ranges in a 2022 pub med study stated 300-1000. In women they’re 15-70ng/dL though Centers for Disease Control list 8-49 ng/dL ...
08.20.2023 Intimacy and Incontinence with The Girlfriend Doctor This episode with the Girlfriend Doctor is a real opportunity to listen over the fence with us. It was truly a girlfriend's dish. She is, of course, Dr. Anna Cabeca. This episode is full of discussion on intimacy, incontinence, aging, ...
08.18.2023 21 Walking Tips \| Menopause Q and A Video This episode of walking tips is purely responses to our communities’ questions. and WOW did you have a lot of them? So let’s dive right in. In case you landed here first, you may also want to go back one ...
08.15.2023 The Effects of Walking on Your Health I’ve recently been getting up early to go for walks before 12 weeks of live coaching calls with our Stronger participants and to beat the 110 degree heat streak we’ve had in Phoenix. Many days I’m enjoying music in my ...
08.11.2023 What Women Need to Know about Hormone Replacement Therapy Women need to know about hormone replacement therapy. Can we agree on that? It’s so important that you don’t rely on rumors or pieces of information with huge gaps. Still curious about Hormone Replacement Therapy? Whether you’re still deciding if ...
08.08.2023 Electrolytes for Hydration: Beyond Water, Heat, and Exercise I finished pedaling and swung my leg off the bike. My bike shorts and jersey had telltale signs of salt markings on them. Once I cooled down, any exposed skin was like sandpaper. I was like a human French fry. ...
08.04.2023 Grip Strength Is More Than Access to Nut Butter: Positive Aging Did you know your grip strength and mortality risk are closely related? Scientific studies included in this episode share the relationship between your grip strength and longevity, and how to test and improve your grip strength. Can you open that ...
08.01.2023 Enhancing Gut Health to Enhance Weight Loss & Muscle Strength Enhancing gut health may be the least sexy part of improving your body composition. After all, there’s no Lululemons, no flexing in front of a mirror, and there’s got to be some consciousness about it. Most of all for many ...
07.28.2023 When Exercise & Diet Aren’t Working: Which Lab Tests Should I Get? Which lab tests should I get? Should I test my hormones? These are common questions. It’s also a common recommendation from trainers and coaches… I don’t always agree with. One question I ask first: What are you going to do ...
07.25.2023 Dropping 50 Over 50 His & Hers Flipping 60 Story Does dropping 50 lbs sound good to you? Or make it 20 or 10 if that’s all you have, it would feel pretty good, wouldn’t it? I’m about to shock your socks off. You’re going to hear from two good ...
07.23.2023 Why Do I Still Have Belly Fat Even Though I Exercise? Why Do I Still Have Belly Fat Even Though I Exercise? First, it’s important to know that what you were once taught, and may still hear: “eat less and exercise more” will backfire if it’s causing your stress levels – ...
07.21.2023 What are the HRT Effects on Exercise Results? What are the HRT Effects on Exercise Results? Do HRT effects on exercise results give you an advantage (or hold you back)? I’ve addressed this in podcasts and interviews before but it was asked again. So let’s discuss it. In ...
07.18.2023 Heal Your Thyroid and Reverse Hashimotos Can you reverse Hashimoto's thyroiditis? Or you may be asking, what exactly is that? What if your thyroid issues weren’t just thyroid issues but an autoimmune disease and you didn’t know it? Could the fatigue and hair loss you’ve experienced ...
07.16.2023 28-Day CGM Experiment: What I Learned This Time It’s not my first 28-Day CGM Experiment. [CGM, by the way, is Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor]. I’m not new to this. I use this with clients and suggest for our members they do this if they’re doing -what they think- ...
07.14.2023 Birthdays After 40 \| Happy 60th Birthday The birthdays after 40. Remember when birthdays were all slumber parties and phone-shaped cake? What are your thoughts on birthdays now? While we couldn’t wait to be older once, I’m curious how some of the birthdays now feel. First, there ...
07.11.2023 Common Injuries After 40 (and How to Fix Common Injuries) I hope you don’t know this from experience but there are common injuries after 40 that we can help you fix. The right trainer and program helps you avoid them, the wrong trainer may lead you to them. To clarify, ...
07.09.2023 The Metabolism Boosting Workouts I Do When I Don’t Have Time!! Metabolism-boosting workouts are key to losing weight after 40! Just “lifting weights” may miss the mark! Without a plan and the right sequence, protocol. In this episode, I’m going to give you a crash course on how we program at ...
07.07.2023 What Accelerates Aging and How to Reverse Aging Are your habits accelerating aging? It’s well known that oxidation accelerates aging, and yet the question could be if we know what accelerates aging don’t we also then know how to reverse aging? I have a controversial guest on the ...
07.04.2023 Money is Power, Women Need More of Both Money is power. You may be asking, do I have the right podcast? Isn’t this health and fitness and all things menopause fitness & hormones? Yes, yes it is. And if I give you the blueprint for longevity and a ...
06.30.2023 Are You Insulin Resistant in Menopause or Beyond? If you’ve become insulin resistant in menopause, or suspect you are and want to know more about how to confirm it and resolve it, this is an episode you don’t want to miss. You’ll learn about testing, about habits that ...
06.27.2023 Living Longer is NOT the Goal: Research on Longevity Living well, not living longer ought to be the goal. Everywhere I turn though this is the longevity economy. What can I do to live longer? What can I take? What’s my real age? Interest in Flipping 50’s genetic test ...
06.25.2023 More Endurance Exercise, Less Muscle and More Fat with Age \| Recipe for Disaster Gaining more fat with age is not inevitable. But following the path of the 80s and striving to get an hour of cardio (or more in daily) just might make it so. Prolonged aerobic exercise, especially at higher intensities, significantly ...
06.23.2023 Your Perimenopause Workout vs Your Post Menopause Workout If you wonder what you need during perimenopause or what a post-menopause workout looks like, this is for you. So, often women ask about themselves, as in, “What about women over 60?” or “What if I’m in my 70’s? Is ...
06.20.2023 Muscle is an endocrine organ – Muscle is HRT for Women 40+ You likely have either a strong opinion, a fear, or curiosity about HRT for women. Let me assure you that this episode isn’t referring to something you take as a pill, a cream, a trochee, a shot, a pellet, or ...
06.16.2023 Your Pelvic Floor: Prolapse and Incontinence How’s your pelvic floor health? In good shape? Did you know you could be doing your kegels wrong? Did you know that overall being strong improves your pelvic floor health? Doing crunches for your core? Stop now. A strong pelvic ...
06.13.2023 Spike Protein and What It Means for Midlife Health Is Spike Protein Causing Your Weight Gain? Spike protein can be affecting your health and the health of those in your family. Whether you’ve had the vax, the virus, we’ve all been exposed. And the spike protein is a part of that. My guest today is a ...
06.09.2023 BodyBuilding, Bikini and Figure After 50 \| 5 Female Fitness Competitors Speak My guests today are not new to the Flipping 50 show. They were such a hit - an inspiration and source of intrigue - they’re back. This time I’m going to ask some more specific questions about their training, their ...
06.06.2023 Best Friends for 40 Years: Living Kidney Transplant This episode on living kidney transplant is quite different from any we’ve hosted before and yet so very much a part of the richness of community, the value of friendships, and the realization that at this point a common sense ...
06.02.2023 Is Zone 2 Best for Fat Burning in Menopause? Everyone is talking about Zone 2 training. What is it? First, its important to understand that I show 5 training zones here. Other sources use 6 zones, still others 4, and others zone 7… so we’re already not talking about ...
05.30.2023 What They Don’t Teach Trainers About Exercise Prescription The list of things they don’t teach trainers – whether in a four-year degree or a certification is long. Consider that there are such a broad wealth of foundational skills a trainer or fitness instructor needs to know and there’s ...
05.28.2023 Why Am I Losing My Hair and What Can I Do About Hair Loss? Signs and symptoms are abundant but menopause hair loss is right up there with that ever-changing and frustrating journey that is menopause. Whether for you it’s a thinning of hair or receding hair, hair loss is not a common topic ...
05.26.2023 Higher Metabolism with Thermogenesis: What’s the Influence of Foods? We’d all love to have been born with a higher metabolism. If you haven’t the question is can you get a higher metabolism with thermogenesis? The term thermogenesis refers to heat generation in direct response to the food you eat. ...
05.23.2023 6 Strategies to Raise Your Energy: 5 Are NOT Exercise! If you want to raise your energy this is for you. Beyond the superficial ask for energy for exercise, or to get through the day without caffeine, this is about the deeper vibrational energy. You know when your vibrational energy ...
05.19.2023 Keeping and Gaining Muscle Over 50: Made Easy, & Less Painful Muscle losses begin at age 30 - if we’re not doing anything to prevent them. The average (and no you’re not!) individual will lose 3-8% of muscle per decade and a significant amount by age 60. After that, it accelerates. ...
05.16.2023 What They Don’t Teach Women About Strength Training (and should!) What don’t they teach women about strength training? Plenty. For starters, how she’s unique from males, how she uniquely burns fat during exercise, and how her pre-menopause exercise and post-menopause exercise results will change. Most of all, how to be ...
05.12.2023 Resistance Training for Women Over 40 Q and A \| Menopause Fitness It’s resistance training for women over 40 Q and A time! An attendee at the What, When & Why to Exercise for Women 40+ asked this question and other trainers and you may also have this question. Q: Can you ...
05.11.2023 Why Am I Bloated? Is Your Protein Causing Midlife Gut Issues? “Why am I bloated?” It’s a conversation starter for many of the clients and students I’ve worked with. First, this. Midlife gut issues are common, not normal. Ironically, some of the healthy habits you have may be getting in the ...
05.10.2023 10 Changes That Improve Menopause Transition Fitness In spite of so many sources citing the devastating journey through midlife, it’s possible to improve menopause transition fitness. But many of these are learned the hard way by women who have gone through or are currently going through menopause. ...

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