Episode 17: Why You Need to Build Muscle After 40 More Than Ever Before

Building muscle might not be something you’ve given much thought to when it comes to solving some of the typical and most troublesome perimenopause symptoms and challenges. But trust me, building muscle is ESSENTIAL in perimenopause!  Not only for weight management and fat loss, but for improving a lot of the neurological symptoms experienced during perimenopause, such as  brain fog and cognition issues, hot flushes, night sweats, headaches, migraines, and mood issues.  In this episode, I discuss: Why consistently building (and holding onto) muscle mass is so important in your 40s and beyond, more than EVER! What’s happening physiologically in your body that makes this so much more important from 40 The many different aspects if your health you need muscle for - from weight management to immune health How can you start to consistently build muscle and make it the norm for you 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!