Putting Menopause on Ice with Jen McNutt (Episode 130)

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

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

When this week’s guest Jen McNutt laced up her figure skates and got back on the ice after a 26-year hiatus, her goal was to try to get back to where she used to be–hitting double jumps on the ice. Perimenopause had other ideas.

Jen found herself struggling with fatigue, weakness, poor recovery, and sliding self-confidence. Then she found our community and all the advice for active, performance-minded menopausal women, and everything turned around. Now at 48, she’s not only gotten her double jumps back, but she’s also considering taking on some triples, because as she says, “I'm not the athlete I used to be. I’m the athlete I am now. And there’s potential to take this further.” We talk all about how she found her power and confidence on the ice and much more.

Jen McNutt grew up in Calgary, Alberta where she was very active in figure skating, gymnastics, snowboarding, hiking, and running. She completed her Masters in Physiotherapy at the University of Alberta in 2009, after which she moved to Nelson, BC to start a career and family.

Jen is committed to enhancing the overall physical health, fitness, and quality of life of her clients through one-on-one, individualized physical therapy programs focused on clients’ goals. She is a life-long learner and continues to expand her knowledge base, including pursuing education in pelvic floor therapy. Jen also does canine physiotherapy. When not working, Jen loves to spend time hiking with her family and dogs, trail running, figure skating, snowboarding, and discovering all the beauty the Kootenays have to offer.

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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.
0:30.2	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:32.9	So this week, I am bringing you a conversation that I had this past February with a member of our
0:39.2	hit play not pause community, Jen McNutt. I first came across Jan last summer when she posted
0:45.9	in our hit play not pause group that she was 47 and perimenopausal and that she was at a week
0:52.0	long figure skating camp where she was on the ice for
0:55.0	six plus hours a day and she didn't think she'd be faring as well as she was without the
0:59.8	nutrition recommendations that she got from next level, which many of you know is the
1:04.8	menopause training and nutrition book I co-authored with Dr. Stacey Sims. So then in December,
1:12.8	she posted again, great video of her skating, saying, I'm thankful I stumbled onto this group and thankful for all I have learned to help
1:18.4	increase my performance, power, strength, and endurance at this age. I just spent the weekend
1:23.6	competing in three events. It is the first competition of the season, but it was a great
1:28.5	starting point. I am miles ahead of where I was this time last year, looking forward to getting
1:33.1	all of my double jumps into this new program and looking forward to getting my double
1:37.3	axle back. For background, I skated competitively from ages 5 to 19, then was off the ice for more than 25 years before getting
1:46.1	back to it in 2019. And in January, she posted again. More amazing videos, and this time it says
1:53.4	official and now proof at 47, three-ish years back on the ice after a 26-year hiatus,
1:59.0	I have gotten all of my double jumps back. I cannot
2:03.0	understate how much next level has helped me achieve this. I have been pari menopausal for the last
2:08.1	four years with mild symptoms that last year amped up. Last year at this time, I was struggling with
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