"Movement Is a Privilege": A 33-Year Nurse on Getting Strong After 50

Susanne Bloom joined Big Day Fitness in Norwell about five months after losing her husband. One year later, she's down 10+ pounds, up 2 pounds of muscle, sleeping through the night, and rowing every Saturday.Bobby and Maria talk with Susanne — a nurse of 33 years and a founding member of our Duxbury location — about starting over after five years as a caregiver, why she calls movement a privilege, and how small group training rebuilt her strength and her social life on the South Shore.In this episode: strength training as injury insurance for a career of lifting patients, functional fitness that shows up in real life, the menopause workshop that led her to HRT and better sleep, and the food journal that revealed she wasn't eating enough.If you're over 40 and want to move better, get stronger, and live bigger, this one's for you.Learn more at bigdayfit.com or email [email protected]:Meet SuzanneWhy she joinedStarting over after caregivingMovement is a privilegeStrength as injury insuranceFunctional fitness in real lifeCommunity and the walk to the gymThe menopause workshop and HRTBetter sleep, less stiffnessThe numbers: fat loss, muscle gainThe food journalThe domino effectHow to reach Big Day Fitness