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Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond | Selene Yeager, Stacy T. Sims, PhD

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Super interestingā€¦. I‘m not quite at perimenopause yet but this has a lot of great information and in conjunction with ROAR has really helped inform my training regime š’Ŗ

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Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond | Selene Yeager, Stacy T. Sims, PhD

I feel like I‘m on a never ending quest to figure out what in the world is happening to my body - and there‘s not a lot of science-backed info out there. Curious to see what this book has to say.

BarbaraBB I feel you! 13mo

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ImperfectCJ

Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond | Selene Yeager, Stacy T. Sims, PhD

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Overall, this is a great book for those who are already pretty active. I like the authors' focus on eating enough food and building muscle to help smooth out the hormonal roller coaster. It's a bit challenging to put everything together (hence the graph paper), particularly figuring out where to schedule plyo in relation to heavy lifting, but it seems research-based (a lot like what the Bro Dudes say but specific to women of a certain age).

ImperfectCJ Also, it's so refreshing to read a book that focuses on health and strength rather than a number on the scale. They even make an effort to preemptively calm concerns from women who start gaining weight when they start lifting heavy, citing evidence debunking the use of BMI alone to gauge health. Of course, internalizing that message is a little harder...I definitely have a number in mind that I want to see on the scale. 14mo

Larkken I liked Roarā€¦ and I love Sims‘ message as I‘ve heard it on a number of podcasts, to maximize your natural cycle when exercising. sounds like I should look for this as an update! (edited) 14mo

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Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond | Selene Yeager, Stacy T. Sims, PhD

Tell us that you're middle-aged without saying that you're middle-aged...

SamAnne My high school graduation present was a type writer. My did begin using a computer 2 months after arriving college. Is this book helpful at all? I feel like I‘ve been a dumpster fireā€¦. 1y

ImperfectCJ @SamAnne I just got it today. A friend has been following the author online and when I mentioned having trouble finding strength-training/fitness advice for female bodies in middle age, she told me about this book. I liked the things the author(s) said online, so I ordered the book because I am old enough to prefer to have a physical book to reference. 1y

ImperfectCJ @SamAnne Update: I think the book is really good. There's a lot (A LOT) of info to synthesize into a comprehensive plan, but it seems well researched and very reasonable/not extreme. I'm looking forward to implementing some of her suggestions and seeing how I feel. 14mo

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