Menopause Watts with Karen Duff (Episode 83)

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

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Hot flashes. Sleepless nights. Mood swings. Divorce. The challenges of menopause and midlife came raining down on this week’s guest, Karen Duff, just a few years after she’d taken up mountain biking and was ascending the ranks quickly with her sights set on world-class competitions. She shares how she persevered through training, racing, and community and ended up getting 2nd place in the women’s division at Israel Epic mountain bike stage race the year she turned 50, and 2nd in her age group at the British Columbia Bike Race at 52.

In addition to her racing, Karen is a personal training specialist, a certified mountain bike and skills and tactics instructor, and a brand ambassador for Specialized, Skratch Labs, and 9Point8. Karen is passionate about helping women thrive during the changes associated with menopause. Her workout programs include HIIT, weights, and core, along with guidance and support to help her clients maintain sanity and strength and reach the summit of the menopausal mountain while enjoying the ride. You can learn more about Karen and her work at her training business’ website: www.Fit4Adventure.ca

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	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.
0:31.4	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:33.8	I hope everyone is well.
0:36.1	I would like to take a moment and just thank everyone out there for the amazing support
0:43.3	during the lead-in and the publication of Next Level with Dr. Stacey Sims last week.
0:49.3	At this point, I have written, co-authored, and contributed to more than two dozen books, and I have
0:55.9	never experienced anything like the outpouring of enthusiasm and love that I have felt for this
1:02.0	one.
1:02.6	I am honestly just humbled almost beyond words and not sure what else to say aside from
1:09.8	thank you.
1:16.3	I appreciate all of you. Okay. So this week,
1:23.9	I sat down with Karen Duff, who is a 56-year-old mountain bike racer from Ontario. I loved this story because Karen didn't get into the sport until she was 40, and she continued to train
1:29.4	and race and move up through the ranks and learn while navigating some very challenging
1:35.0	menopausal stretches and the emotional roller coaster of midlife. She had some really great advice
1:42.4	I think we could all benefit from.
1:45.2	My big takeaway from this one is that midlife can be a really good time to learn new things.
1:50.7	You not only have nowhere to go but up, but you also get plugged into a new community and have
1:55.5	the chance to make new friends.
1:57.4	And all of that can be hard at this time of life.
2:00.3	And it's all stuff that we can use as we navigate this menopausal transition.
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