Menopause...Really We Need to Talk About It - Beast Over Burden - #533
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🗓️ 12 March 2024
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Summary
Menopause: Causes & Expectations
Menopause is about a 10-year period of life for women where estrogen decreases, causing other changes to a woman's biology.
Some changes include the end of the menstrual cycle, decrease in energy levels and trouble sleeping, increased difficulty trying to retain muscle mass, hot flashes, and sex drive changes.
Let's face it, it does not sound all that fun.
But it happens, so it makes sense to understand it, prepare for it, and undergo it in a way that matches our goals and values.
Menopause: Approaching & Undergoing It Intentionally
Really, what you do in the weight room and kitchen do not change. You need to eat protein and lift heavy weights. That does not change.
Managing expectations is important. Adaptations cannot occur as quickly. You will not be able to handle as big of a dose of stress, and you will take longer to recover.
This is why Niki recommends, for those who are in a position to do so, to put on the muscle mass while it's easier to do so before menopause.
Building the habit now and understanding how to enjoy training, over years and decades, is important. This may not be the most fun time to train, but it is important to continue to train.
We really need to talk about menopause.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Barbell Logic. |
| 0:04.7 | The podcast where we talk about what it means to experience strength. |
| 0:08.3 | And how you can use simple, hard and effective strategies in training and nutrition to improve your life. |
| 0:15.0 | It starts with meeting you where you are right now and finding lasting solutions. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to the show. Hello everybody welcome to the barbell logic podcast |
| 0:36.8 | welcome Andrew. |
| 0:38.0 | Hi. Hi. Hi. |
| 0:39.4 | Hi. Welcome to Beast over Burden. We're back. |
| 0:42.8 | It's Tuesday. |
| 0:43.8 | You're listening to us. |
| 0:45.3 | We're here with you. |
| 0:46.1 | We're really excited. |
| 0:47.4 | I have an energy drink for this episode because I'm going to go lift right after this. |
| 0:52.1 | Me too, I have espresso. Mm, yes, nice caffeine. It's before noon, just barely. So I'm feeling safe about this. Yes. I have noticed, by the way, on that that note two things with caffeine. I've actually been trying to as we've discussed not go past noon and I've also been trying to have the first cup a little later. |
| 1:14.5 | As in, I know like the Huberman rules like 90 minutes after waking. |
| 1:18.7 | Is that what you're going with? |
| 1:20.5 | I think 90 minutes. |
| 1:22.1 | I rarely make it the full 90, but at least try to give myself a little 45 minute to an hour |
| 1:27.0 | to let the I think it's the adenosine flush through because apparently caffeine blocks those |
| 1:35.2 | receptors so the whole afternoon crash comes in if you block those |
| 1:40.4 | receptors let the adenosine float around and then once the block those |
| 1:42.5 | receptors, and then once the caffeine wears off, |
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