The Perimenopause Secret is Out

Are you a woman over 35 years old? Can you do 11 push ups from your toes through a full range of motion? 

These are the questions that are changing the strength world. 

Dr. Vonda Wright offers the 11-push up challenge as an over simplification and a guide for the millions of women entering menopause. According to her, if you can’t, you’ve got work to do. 

Never in my coaching career have I had women over 35 years old call me and tell me that they need to cut the cardio bunny routine and train heavy. Not “heavy,” but heavy singles, triples, and sets of five. 

In the past twelve months, I can’t count on two hands how many of these phone calls I’ve received. As a strength coach who has been evangelizing these words for almost twenty years in the face of fear and the strength word’s bad public relations, it’s a dream come true. 

The perimenopause /menopause strength training conversation has officially hit the mainstream. And, we’re here for it!

As a middle aged man, I’m not the appropriate messenger here, but you better believe we’ve been working on this behind the scenes.