You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.

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 your best no matter what your hormones are doing.

This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.

Hello, strong, feisty women.

Okay, so this week, I'm trying something a little new and answering your listener questions.

I'm not sure how often I'll work these into the rotation here, but it's something that I wanted to give a whirl.

And after a little bit of a slow start, when I first put out the call for questions, I received quite a few messages.

So thank you for that.

There were a number that were so broad

that I put them on the list to make into their own separate issues on own separate episodes,

you know, specifically questions on injuries and musculoskeletal health, things we've covered a few

times in the past, but always merit digging back into. And I just wanted to let everyone know

that they had been heard, even if you

don't hear your answers here on this show. That said, I have chosen a handful that I think are a

nice mix of issues that women in menopause are wrangling with. But before I get to it, I want to make

clear that I have training and nutrition coaching certifications, and I have

obviously spent a lot of time studying the literature, menopause, and performance through Dr.

Stacey Sims classes and others, but I am not a doctor.

I'm not a physician.

I am not a medical professional.

I also want to be clear that it is impossible to know all the underlying factors behind some of these questions since they're about 60 seconds long.

So if you're not sleeping well or having tons of hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms that aren't mentioned here,

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