Hello and welcome to this episode of the ESG Fitness Podcast. This episode is going to be all about

things that I have learned from working with thousands of menopausal women and perimenopausal

women and from hours and hours and hours, if not days by this point, of research on the menopause. Because about

75% of my clients are peri or postmenopause or women. So I have a fair amount of experience

to share. And this shouldn't really be surprising because us women will spend about one third of our lives postmenopausal.

So maybe a slightly higher percentage than that if you include perimenopause.

And then given that I don't work with people under the age of 18 and actually most of my clients,

I mean, I don't think I even have that many in their 20s so

realistically it's obviously going to be a huge percentage of my client base and a very important thing for me to talk about and something I have been lucky enough to have worked through with thousands of women now. So there is quite literally never a more important time

to exercise than peri to postmenopausal stage. And here are some of the benefits of exercising

during and after menopause. So decreases in hot flushes, improved mood, improved

sleep, aids the ability to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight, supports healthy

aging and independence. I think independence, especially as you age. And I know that it's quite

hard to think about yourself as you're like 70 or 80,

but independence at that point, or for as long as possible, should be something we're all thinking

about from a younger age. It also prevents bone loss, decreases the heightened risk of things

like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes that you experience

peri and postmenopause. And although peri menopause is the most important time of life to exercise,

it's also probably the hardest time as well. And so I have come up with a few reminders for you. So number one is that

exercise has been shown to be the most successful. Is that the right term? I don't know. But the

most successful thing universally to reduce menopausal symptoms. So I'm going to quote someone who can say that

far more eloquently than me, which is a review paper on menopausal treatments. And they

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