It's about mimicking daily movement. If you think about getting out of a car and you rotate,

we do lunges in my classes and we rotate. It's about bending down and then putting something

in an overhead cupboard. You know, we're never just doing one movement. It's functional. And I think

what I've seen in the trend is that it's not so much about appearance. It's about the full picture.

So it's about our joints.

It's about vitality.

It's about mobility.

It's about inner strength as well as how much you can lift.

And my family say that I'm a nicer person on the days that I exercise.

Want stronger bones, a more resilient immune system to retain your mobility well into later life.

Well, personal trainer Caroline Idians says strength training is the key to it all.

This is the Liz Earle well-being show, the podcast helping us all have a better second half.

I'm Liz Earle and my mission of course is to find ways

for all of us to thrive in our later life by investing in our health and our well-being today

right now. Now this month we are looking at ways to make our bodies and minds as resilient

and strong as possible so we can better cope with whatever the world throws at us,

be that seasonal colds and flus or big life changes that, well, we just don't see coming.

You know that I have become incredibly passionate about midlife women building strength through

resistance training. It has just been a revelation for me. I never thought about picking up weights

until I was well into my 50s. And if you look at me on Instagram, you will see that they are now

pretty much a daily feature. Well, Caroline Idiens has been a personal trainer for over 25 years.

And as she ages, she is proving through all her fantastically helpful videos on

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