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The active, performance-minded woman's guide to menopause.

04/12/2025

Muscle and strength loss during the menopause transition is multifactorial. It’s hormonal changes and estrogen decline. It’s the symptoms of menopause. It’s inflammation. It’s aging itself. Our approach to making and maintaining it has to be multifactorial as well.

This week we talk all about muscle and menopause–from basic science to menopause symptoms to hormone therapy–with double board certified reproductive endocrinologist and OB/GYN specializing in menopausal medicine, Dr. Carla DiGirolamo ( )

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03/12/2025

Myriad factors impact muscle health, function, and maintenance during the menopause transition. One that is often overlooked is chronic inflammation. If you want to maintain your muscles, staying on top of inflammation through diet and exercise and lifestyle is key.

This week we talk all about muscle and menopause–from basic science to menopause symptoms to hormone therapy–with double board certified reproductive endocrinologist and OB/GYN specializing in menopausal medicine, Dr. Carla DiGirolamo ( )

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

27/11/2025

Menopause is a precarious time for bone health. The acceleration in bone loss begins in late perimenopause and continues for about 3 to 5 years after menopause starts, with some women losing up to 20% of their bone mass during this period.

Dr. Lisa Moore, DPT, ( ) founder of Brick House Bones, is on a mission to help women hang onto their skeletal strength and to help those with low bone density or osteoporosis rebuild confidence, strength, and resilience. She shares how on this week’s show. (This specific clip is discussing her strategy for helping healthy women maintain bone through the transition.)

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26/11/2025

For far too long women believed their goal was to get as small and thin as possible. We accepted that we would become fragile. That we–and our world–would get smaller. Women like Dr. Lisa Moore, DPT, ( ) founder of Brick House Bones, is on a mission to change that and help those with low bone density or osteoporosis rebuild confidence, strength, and resilience so they can keep doing the things they love with the people they love.

She increased her own bone density 3% a year after receiving a surprise osteopenia diagnosis and she helps hundreds of women–including special populations like women in cancer recovery–get results, too. She shares how on this week’s show.

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19/11/2025

Too often, midlife women double down on restricting their carbs and calories when they hit peri and menopause because they’re trying to lose fat. What often happens is they just feel worse and get injured instead.

As this week’s guest menopause run and strength coach Becky Croft ( .croft ) explains, nutrition is a main driver for our performance and once we allow ourselves to eat and fuel our bodies, a lot of the negative symptoms we experience actually get better.

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15/11/2025

We spend a lot of time scouring the latest research for news you can use to stay strong and feisty forever. Here’s what’s making waves this week.

13/11/2025

Our ligaments, tendons, and musculoskeletal system overall can suffer during the menopause transition, with injuries becoming more common. Unfortunately, too many practitioners still miss all too common issues like tendinopathies that can leave women unnecessarily living in a lot of pain before they receive proper diagnosis and treatment.

This week’s guest, former pro triathlete and licensed massage therapist Jan Wanklyn ( .release.australia ) dives into the issues active menopausal women face, the soft tissue and exercise therapies that help, and why she wishes she’d been offered hormone therapy back in her day.

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12/11/2025

Former pro triathlete and licensed massage therapist Jan Wanklyn ( .release.australia ) has strong feelings about the lack of options she was offered when she went through menopause, especially missing out on the opportunity to use hormone therapy, which she believes would have helped her maintain better health through the transition.

She breaks it down this week, along with how our musculoskeletal system becomes more vulnerable during perimenopause and the soft tissue and exercise therapies that can help prevent injury and pain.

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10/11/2025

Today’s news: the FDA has initiated the removal of “black box” warnings from menopausal hormone replacement therapy products.

It was anticipated that there would be a label change for vaginal estrogen products, but not systemic hormone therapy.

Our advice hasn’t changed, you don’t need to suffer or tough it out. Work with your provider to find the best solution for you.

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