Episode 16: Foundational Pillar 4: Nourishing Movement + Muscle Building Exercise

Your exercise and movement should be nourishing to your body and nervous system, and support muscle-building. The focus needs to come away from exercise as a weight loss or weight control tool and instead be a vehicle for a healthier, stronger, happier body and mind. The natural side effects of exercising in a way that's nourishing and muscle building is fat loss and a healthy body composition. In this episode, I talk about: The typical advice and mindset around exercise and movement, particularly for women, and how it is wrecking your hormones, your health AND your weight in your 40s! How we should we be approaching movement and exercise 40+ Including the impact of doing too much intense cardio and what to be doing instead Why and how to build muscle The best way to workout for your hormones, overall health, happiness, and waistline How a healthy weekly exercise routine could look Links: Take my free perimenopause quiz: https://quiz.francescaliparoti.com/start-page  Explore my Midlife Thrive membership: https://francescaliparoti.com/midlife-thrive-membership/  Work with me 121: https://francescaliparoti.com/services/ Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perimenopause.with.francesca/  Support for the Empowered Perimenopause Podcast Your support in listening to these episodes means the absolute world to me and helps me make an impact with my work, which is why I’m here. I’d be so grateful if you could subscribe and share, and leave a review – 5 stars would be amazing and so helpful!