232 - Gabby Logan: the power of exercising in midlife

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week Dr Louise is joined by broadcaster and former international gymnast, Gabby Logan. Gabby is the host of her own successful podcast The Mid Point where she speaks about midlife challenges, and here she shares her own experiences of the menopause. Gabby reflects on the impact of the menstrual cycle on female athletes and the positive impact of speaking about it and increasing awareness. She shares how exercise is helping her to forge and cement friendships and make time for herself, and how HRT helped her to rekindle her vigour for exercise. Finally, Gabby shares three reasons why we should all be exercising, regardless of our age: It’s future proofing. I want to be active in my 80s, playing golf, going for long walks and getting myself out of a chair without it being a kind of a national incident. So I’m doing things now that are going to help empower me. It’s good for your mental health. In my 20s, I realised somehow that exercise was good for me mentally. I knew that going for a run was about clearing my brain, getting back on track if I'd had a wobbly day or starting the day well. That feeling has grown and I know exercise is vital for mental health. It’s about balance. Think 80/20. If you are going to fall off, have a glass of wine or a gin and tonic at the weekends, don't feel bad about it. The exercise I'm doing will hopefully help to negate some of the toxins I might occasionally put inside me. Follow Gabby on Instagram @gabbylogan

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr Louise Newsome. I'm a GP and menopause specialist, and I'm also the founder of the Newsome Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-Pon-Avon.
0:21.6	I'm also the founder of the free Balance app.
0:25.6	Each week on my podcast, join me and my special guests where we discuss all things perimenopause
0:31.6	and menopause. We talk about the latest research, bust myths on menopause symptoms and treatments,
0:38.2	and often share moving and always inspirational personal stories.
0:43.7	This podcast is brought to you by the Newsome Health Group,
0:46.9	which has clinics across the UK dedicated to providing individualised perimenopause and menopause care for all women.
1:02.7	Today on the podcast, I'm very delighted and feel very privileged actually to interview someone
1:08.5	who many of you know and is a real inspiration for so many people,
1:12.5	men and women. So I've got with me in the studio, Gabby Logan, who I've been sort of connecting
1:17.6	with on and off over the last couple of years, poking sometimes when I'm feeling very frustrated.
1:23.4	And she's always been very supportive about my work, but also how to help women in general who are
1:29.2	perimenopausal and menopausal. So welcome today, Gabby. Thank you so much for having me on. How are you?
1:35.0	Yes, I'm good, actually. In fact, I feel really positive today. I've just had a really good
1:39.0	empowering meeting with my research team and we're getting through some really incredible
1:43.3	research because we've got big numbers here of the clinic of what we're getting through some really incredible research because
1:44.5	we've got big numbers here of the clinic of what we're doing and you know I want women to be the
1:50.2	best version of themselves when they're perimenopausal and menopausal and clearly that hasn't happened
1:54.8	for decades but I feel we're on the cusp of a change I don't know what you feel on your side
2:00.1	because obviously you speak to a lot
2:01.4	of people through your work, through your podcast, everything else. Do you feel things are changing,
2:06.0	Gabby? It certainly feels the conversation is more abundant, the people are more receptive to have it.
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