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Women over 40, 50 or 60 might find this difficult on many levels<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peri and post menopausal women risk injury if too much weight is lifted too soon<\/li>\n<li>Many PT\u2019s have zero experience of delivering mature women\u2019s fitness needs<\/li>\n<li>Unfit people might find gyms intimidating<\/li>\n<li>The psychology of weight training is likely unappealing \u2013 it\u2019s a man thing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I work with and mentor mature women who feel like they\u2019ve \u201clost\u201d something, and want it back.\u00a0 Menopause and the demands of\u00a0 a busy life have steamed in and they\u2019ve lost strength, energy, tone, mobility, and a dress size they love.\u00a0 Along with this draining of self confidence, comes an equally rapid decline in motivation, asking themselves if there\u2019s any point in it all anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the bottom line<\/p>\n<p>Nothing is more important than your physical and mental health.\u00a0 You might think you\u2019ve a million problems you need to solve \u2026 but losing your health suddenly means you\u2019ll have only ghastly one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow my 5 Steps to Fitness for Women 40+ <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Find activity that you love. 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Its motivational gold in your inbox, 7am, almost every day.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/noellewatsonfitness.co.uk\/staging\/6578\/want-a-free-kick-up-the-bum\/\"><u>Get that here<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m going against popular option here, but feel the need to comment.  We see constant recommendations for women to lift weights, like men do, often heavily promoted by young PT\u2019s, both guys &#038; girls, who look truly sensational. 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