Hot Flashes, Cold Plunges & Pushing the Limits in Perimenopause with George Gilbert (Episode 85)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Breaking a sweat is generally a good thing–a sign of healthy exertion–unless you’re working out in temperatures more suited to penguins than people. In those conditions, it can quickly lead to hypothermia, frostbite…or worse. So how does a perimenopausal woman (hello, hot flashes) make a 1,130 kilometer trek across Antarctica while pulling a 175-pound sled? That’s exactly what this week’s guest George Gilbert, co-founder and team leader of the Antarctic Fire Angels, a team of 5 female firefighters who are on a mission to ski to the south pole to raise money for charity and to show women that they are limitless, is in the process of finding out. We talk all about how she handled her first hot flash, persistent low moods, erratic periods, and other perimenopausal issues, as well as her adventures in underwater hockey, mountaineering, firefighting, and more.

George has been a firefighter for over 22 years and currently serves with South Wales Fire and Rescue service. She is an ambassador for gender equality and has an ambition to see more women striving to do whatever job they want to do in life; always ensuring she is visible as a role model for girls, young women, and women who are experiencing peri menopause and menopause who may be considering a career that doesn’t fit society’s gender stereotypes. You can learn more about her and follow and support the Antarctic Fire Angels mission at https://antarcticfireangels.co.uk/ Follow them here on Instagram to see photos of their training, including cold plunges and more.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.7	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.2	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:34.0	Boy, I have a really fun one for you this week.
0:36.9	I sat down with George Gilbert, who is a firefighter, a former elite triathlet, a mountaineer,
0:44.2	and most recently the co-founder of the Antarctic Fire Angels,
0:48.7	which is a team of five female firefighters who are on a mission to ski to the South Pole,
0:53.6	to raise money for charity,
0:55.0	and importantly, to show women that they are limitless.
0:58.9	This mission, which will take place in November of 2023, entails skiing 1,130 kilometers,
1:06.4	that's just over 700 miles, from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole.
1:12.6	The journey will be unassisted and unsupported, and they'll be pulling 80K or 175-pound supply sleds in temperatures as low as minus 50C, which is nearly 60 below in Fahrenheit.
1:27.3	And if that's not enough, there will be possible wind speeds of over 60 miles per hour.
1:32.6	And their goal is to do this in 55 days.
1:35.8	Oh, and why we're here?
1:37.8	George is currently deep in perimenopause and is trying to navigate this in this new world of low moods, lagging motivation,
1:46.9	random crime scene periods, and her first hot flash, which happened out of the blue while
1:53.1	training in Sweden. Those hot flashes are a big deal because sweating is dangerous when
1:59.2	it's 60 below, and you can't exactly strip down and expose
2:02.7	your flush because frostbite sets in fast. We talk about all of that here. And speaking of hot
2:10.2	flashes, towards the end of this interview, I suggest that she might want to consider looking
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