Jane Cleary - The Midlife Movement

Jane Cleary - The Midlife Movement Strong AF (After Fifty)
Helping hot and fed up women lift heavy sh!t, ditch the diet drama and thrive through menopause with sass, science and sisterhood.

07/04/2026

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Eli Lilly’s once-daily pill orforglipron as a weight loss and obesity treatment this week was the fastest approval of a new medication in decades. Clinical trial results showed that the highest doses of the oral medication, which will be marketed as Foundayo, caused people to lose an average of 27 pounds after 72 weeks of treatment.

The new oral medication is the latest glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1) drug in the rapidly expanding market. Foundayo is the second GLP-1 weight-loss pill to gain FDA approval; Novo Nordisk’s once-a-day Wegovy pill was approved in December 2025. Experts hope that having more options for these popular weight-loss and type 2 diabetes treatments will drive down costs and offer people more flexibility. http://spklr.io/6004Ey7Gr

I’ve just wrapped up one of the exciting bonus mini programs that will sit inside my upcoming signature program, The GLP...
03/04/2026

I’ve just wrapped up one of the exciting bonus mini programs that will sit inside my upcoming signature program, The GLP-1 Bodywise Project for Midlife Women… and I’m genuinely thrilled about how it’s all come together.

In this BONUS program, we delve into the world of MACROS, where you’ll learn how to eat in a way that finally makes fat loss make sense—and actually works WITH your body, not against it.
It also includes macro cycling—something very few women have heard of, let alone tried—but it will make a whole lot of sense if you feel like you’re doing everything right and still not seeing the results you expect.

This signature program (my second ‘child’), created specifically for midlife women who are considering, using, or thinking about coming off GLP-1 medications, has been close to a year in the making.

It’s been developed alongside a group of amazing women’s health professionals because I wanted it done properly—considered, evidence-based, and genuinely useful. Not rushed, not surface-level, and not just another online course (or something you could get off ChatGPT).

In a space that’s often confusing, inconsistent, and filled with fear-mongering noise, this is truly something unique.

It’s built around real women, real lives, and what actually works.

There’ll be weekly live coaching calls, space to ask questions, learn from others, form friendships and feel supported throughout. Alongside that, you’ll have access to current research, practical tools, and guidance you can actually apply in your day-to-day life.

Numbers will be kept small to keep the experience personal and cohesive.
We’re getting close to launch now…

and it will definitely be worth the wait.

To learn more and add your name to the EARLY ACCESS list - simply head to https://www.janecleary.com.au/bodywise-project or send me a DM.

x J

This was waiting for me tonight. My beautiful client, Teresa knows me sooo well.And yes, it was very tempting to smash i...
01/04/2026

This was waiting for me tonight. My beautiful client, Teresa knows me sooo well.
And yes, it was very tempting to smash it during our session (been a long day)!
♥️♥️♥️

31/03/2026

There’s a part of the GLP-1 conversation that’s being glossed over a bit…

Yes, it can help with weight loss.
But it doesn’t build muscle.
And it doesn’t protect your strength or metabolism.
Which means you can be losing weight…
and quietly losing the very thing that helps you keep it off.

Not ideal.

This is exactly why I put together a simple FREE 6-week strength plan for midlife women using GLP-1s.

Nothing complicated. Just a great place to start.

If you’ve had that little voice in your head wondering
“am I doing this properly?”
—this will help.

https://www.janecleary.com.au/beginner-strength-starter-opt-in-page

30/03/2026

Last week two of favourite octogenarians (who turn up to class EVERY SINGLE WEEK) told me they wanted to learn Romanian deadlifts.

They went off, practised their hinges, and came back this week ready to show me their progress.
And they nailed it.
Meanwhile, people half their age are still “waiting to feel ready.”
It’s never too late. Not even close.
Nice work, ladies :)

Saturday….
27/03/2026

Saturday….

You cannot out-diet chronic exhaustion.Yet I see women trying to do exactly that every day.Cutting calories.Adding more ...
24/03/2026

You cannot out-diet chronic exhaustion.
Yet I see women trying to do exactly that every day.

Cutting calories.
Adding more workouts to their (already crazy busy) weeks.
Pushing harder - and harder.

All while running on four or five hours of broken sleep and wondering why their body feels like it’s staging a quiet protest.

Here's the thing: when you diet while you’re sleep-deprived, the scale might still move… but the type of weight you lose can change.
Instead of mostly body fat, the body is more likely to lose lean tissue — including muscle.
And muscle is exactly what we want to protect in midlife.
It keeps us strong.
Supports metabolic health.
Helps regulate blood sugar.
Makes everyday life feel easier.

So before you think about slashing calories again or punish yourself with another HIIT class, ask a slightly boring but very important question:
How’s your sleep, really?

Because sometimes the most productive fat loss strategy isn’t another diet tweak.
Sometimes it’s turning the lights down, putting the phone away…
…and going to bed.

Your metabolism will thank you for it.
(And frankly, so will everyone you live with.) 😴

23/03/2026

She’s had sciatica most of her life… and she’s decided to enter her first City2Surf in August (14km run - best known for that 'infamous' Heartbreak Hill).
But we’re not out doing running drills yet.
We’re here… banded fire hydrants.

Because her glutes haven’t been doing their job properly, so her hips and lower back have been picking up the slack — which is exactly what keeps sciatica and the pain hanging around.

If we start running on top of that, it just keeps feeding the problem.
So we’ve gone back to basics.

Get the glutes firing.
Build the strength.
Sort out the imbalances before we add anything on top.

And this morning… every single lift of her leg hurt (I'm sorry...).
I explained it would.
But she did it anyway.
Just kept going, rep after rep.

This is the part people don’t see when women like this cross the finish line in these races.
Doing the hard, uncomfortable work now, knowing it sets her up for something better later. Reaching her goal. Crossing that finish line pain free.

She pushed through the whole session — she’ll feel it tomorrow, no question — but this is the work that’s going to get her there.

We’ll keep building her glutes, work on the ITB, and layer things in when her body’s ready for it.

And I’m sooo looking forward to being by her side as she crosses that finish line in Bondi in four months' time.

Just awwwww. This makes my day to read this.
22/03/2026

Just awwwww. This makes my day to read this.

You know menopause has officially taken over your life when your Instagram feed turns into:“3 exercises to balance your ...
22/03/2026

You know menopause has officially taken over your life when your Instagram feed turns into:
“3 exercises to balance your hormones”
“Walk like this to fix your cortisol”
“Take this supplement and your life will change in 7 days”
Sure. Of course it will... (cue, massive eye-roll)

Meanwhile you’re just trying to get off the couch without making that weird little “oof” noise… and wondering when your knees started sounding like a bowl of Rice Bubbles.

And it got me thinking…
Have we overcomplicated this whole thing recently? Are influencers and companies simply using clever re-branding to prey on those of us who have a bit more belly fat than we used to, who wake up to a few more lines on our faces than we remember going to bed with, who have to take a week to recover from a brisk walk with the dog?

Because last time I checked — a squat still works.
Picking up something challenging still works.
Your muscles didn’t pack up and leave just because your birthday cake has a few more candles on it.

What has changed is the rest of the situation.
You don’t bounce back the same.
Sleep goes missing for no good reason.
You can tweak something just by reaching into the back seat of the car!!!
And suddenly “I’ll just wing it” is no longer a solid workout strategy.

So no… you don’t need some magical menopause training program - per se.
But you do need to stop treating your body like it’s still 25 and can survive all that life casually throws at us.

This is the era of being a bit smarter about it. Understanding the role oestrogen (or the convenient lack of it) plays in our life now.
Using weights properly. Progressing (or regressing) in a more intelligent way.
Recovering like it matters (because it does).
And building a future body that actually keeps up with your life — instead of arguing with it. (And keeps us well clear of the nursing home driveway).

Nothing fancy.
Just less BS… and better decisions.
(And maybe a small grunt when you get off the loo at 3am. It happens :))

19/03/2026

This looks like a basic squat with a band, right?
I wish.
This little situation has been going on for months - and MONTHS!!.

Hip bursitis + a tear in my TFL (that cranky little muscle at the front/side of your hip)… and let me tell you, it has been a real pain in my arse!!! Literally!

AND apparently — very common in midlife (yay us, right ladies???). Let's just add it to frozen shoulder and all the other random things no one warned us about.

Now before anyone slides into “have you tried…?”
Believe me, I have. I've tried EVERYTHING!!
Physio, chiro, massage, dry needling, TENS, stretching, strengthening, resting, time off…
I’ve done the full tour.
Normally that sorts things out in a matter of weeks (for most people).

But this one’s been stubborn. And in my world, I’m not exactly under-loading my body either… so here we are.

What it’s been doing is this:
Glutes go a bit offline →
TFL jumps in to help (and we get a wee bit of a tear) →
hip gets irritated (like full-blown Chuckie style) →
knee starts rolling in like it’s got a mind of its own (so I can add constant knee pain to the mix)
It's no fun!

So this banded squat?
It’s not random.

It’s me slowing things right down and retraining:
- knees tracking properly
- glutes actually doing their job
- and stopping that whole inward collapse situation

It’s not exactly the sexy workout you brag about or that gets a lot of attention on social media.
But it’s the stuff that keeps you in the game.

Next step for me is a steroid injection to calm everything down a bit so I can actually move without that constant glute ni**le (ok… pain) sitting there in the background.

I'm not gonna lie, this has been frustrating as hell. Not only for me but for my amazing team from Stay Active Longer and the NSW Institute of Sport Medicine. So fingers crossed, the jab works next week. (Ok, fingers, toes and everything else I can cross).

So if you’ve got something similar going on — that ache on the outside of your hip, your knee doing weird things, something that just isn’t right — please don’t leave it.
Go get it checked.

These things are common, yes.
But they don’t just magically fix themselves if you ignore them.

In the meantime… glutes. Always back to glutes.
They’ll look after your hips and stop your knees from going rogue.

I’d quite like to get back to doing what I actually enjoy — lifting heavy s**t — without pain.

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