7 Essential Exercises For All Women Over 40 - 1198

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Chalene Johnson

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

If you’re still training like you did in your 30s and wondering why nothing’s working anymore, this is your wake-up call. Women are not small men, and we shouldn’t be working out like we are. In this episode, Chalene breaks down exactly how to train after 40 to actually change your shape, support your metabolism, and protect your bones—without wrecking your hormones. From walking to the strength training and mobility moves she swears by, this is your no-BS guide to workouts that finally make sense for your midlife body.

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✅ What You Will Learn

Why cardio isn't the answer after 40—and what to do instead
The top 6 strength moves for fat loss, longevity, and mobility
How to train smarter to prevent injury and hormone chaos
Why mobility is the underrated secret to looking and feeling younger
Beginner and advanced options (yes, even if it’s been years)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Women are not small men. Women have different hormones in men. Women who are a certain age,
0:06.0	let's say over 40, are not going to get the same results as someone who's training a certain way who's 30.
0:12.0	As we age, we burn fat differently. And maybe you didn't know this, but as we age, women lose muscle way faster than men.
0:18.0	What you need to train and how you need to train changes as we age.
0:21.7	And I know that personally because I've had to change a lot of things. And by opening up my mind
0:26.6	and listening to the experts and letting go of old habits, letting go of beliefs I had around
0:31.6	certain exercises that I need to do, by letting go of those things and focusing on what really
0:37.0	matters, like the important
0:38.2	exercises, I've been able to transform my body. Whether you're just getting into working out
0:42.6	for like the first time ever in your life, it doesn't matter whether it's been years since you
0:47.3	exercise and you feel like your body has turned to mush or you've been exercising a lot.
0:51.7	You just aren't seeing results. This episode is for you.
0:54.8	Let's get to it.
0:56.9	Now, many people have come to know me or maybe you've searched my name and that's
1:01.1	how you found this episode.
1:02.7	Maybe because you did one of my workouts.
1:05.6	Like I did tons of infomercials from like 2004 to 2020, you might have been up late one night
1:13.4	and caught one of my cardio infomercials.
1:15.4	Like I was famous for doing high impact, intense cardio, things like turbo kick, turbo fire,
1:22.5	Shalene Extreme.
1:23.3	Shaline Extreme wasn't, well, there are some parts that were pretty extreme.
1:26.2	I was a cardio queen.
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