The Art of Menopause Performance with Lisa Congdon (Episode 129)

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

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Fine artist and cyclist Lisa Congdon was not prepared for the impact menopause was going to have on her body or the extent to which those changes would cause a drop in her athletic performance. So, she dug into all the resources she could find for athletic menopausal women and, at the then age of 54, went back to the drawing board, making changes in her diet, training, and lifestyle to help her be the best menopausal athlete she could be. Now at age 55, she’s crushing those goals. Lisa has recently had the best race of her career, beating her previous time on the same course by 22 minutes, and is putting more power into her pedals than ever before. We talk all about how she did it and how our old, ingrained behaviors, like dieting to be a certain size, can prevent us from reaching our fullest potential.

Lisa Congdon an internationally known fine artist, illustrator, and writer. She makes art for clients around the globe, including Target, Amazon, Google, Schwinn, REI, and MoMA, among many others. She is the author of ten books, including Art Inc: The Essential Guide to Building Your Career as an Artist and Find your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic. Lisa is self-taught and didn’t achieve momentum in her career until she was nearly 40 years old. In March of 2021, she was named “One of the 50 Most Inspiring People and Companies According to Industry Creatives” published by AdWeek. When she's not making art, you can find her on her bike. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon. You can learn more about her and her work at lisacongdon.com

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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
0:21.2	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.
0:30.7	Hello, Strong Feisty Women.
0:33.1	I have such a great conversation for you this week.
0:37.4	So last September, I got a direct message on Instagram from I have such a great conversation for you this week.
0:45.4	So last September, I got a direct message on Instagram from Oregon-based fine artist and illustrator Lisa Congan.
0:54.1	Lisa, along with being an amazing artist who designed one of my very favorite cycling jerseys, is also a cyclist and bike racer herself.
0:54.9	And apparently, she was also in the throes of the menopause transition.
0:59.6	She wrote to tell me that at 54, she had been in full-blown menopause for almost three years,
1:05.1	and she had never taken into consideration the extent of changes it would have on her body,
1:09.8	or the extent to which those changes would cause a drop in her athletic performance.
1:14.9	She also wanted to tell me that she had read next level and had learned a lot, and she and her coach Serena Bishop Gordon, who was also diving into the content,
1:23.7	were implementing a lot of the changes into her training based on what they were learning to help Lisa, who was then 54, be the best athlete she could be at 55.
1:34.5	So, of course, I was immediately like, let's talk. I want to have you on the show.
1:38.1	And she said, let me see how this training goes and we can talk in a few months.
1:42.8	Well, Lisa is now 55, and she is indeed
1:46.6	the best athlete she can be. Lisa dropped me a note in April to say that she had just recorded
1:52.4	her highest 20-minute power at a gravel cycling camp, which was 11 points over her previous
1:58.9	FTP, which is functional threshold power or the highest
2:02.8	average power you can sustain on a bike for almost an hour for those non-cyclists in the crowd.
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