Are you noticing hormonal changes that are impacting how you feel, how you train, and how you fuel?
Are you a female athlete entering perimenopause or menopause and noticing changes in your body, but still want to train hard, perform well, and compete?
Female athletes are training and competing well into their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond, but it can be hard to sort through the information about how best to fuel and train through these life stages.
This program is designed to provide you with the latest evidence-based guidelines and recommendations about what works (and what doesn't!) when it comes to fueling, training and just feeling your best through perimenopause and beyond!
Are you worried about weight gain and reduced muscle mass during perimenopause and menopause?
Do you find your energy levels are lower, sleep is getting worse, or you're experiencing other symptoms that are impacting your training?
Are you wondering if and what supplements might be helpful during perimenopause/menopause?
Do you find you're getting injured more often or recovery from workouts is slower?
Are you worried about hormonal changes impacting your ability to do the things you love, like train and race?
There is often a lot of confusion, misinformation, and anxiety when it comes to perimenopause and menopause. Let's arm ourselves with knowledge about what's happening with our hormones and bodies, and how best to fuel our bodies and minds to fully thrive through perimenopause and beyond!
We will focus on 4 key areas for optimal health:
#1- Nutrition strategies: Cara Kasdorf, RD spends the first 3 sessions reviewing nutritional strategies to support hormonal health including: nutrition and food-based changes that can be most helpful to manage hormonal changes, nutrient timing and prioritization, key nutrients, and supplements.
#2 - Hormonal health: Dr Katrina Allison, ND reviews hormonal health and hormone changes that occur in perimenopause and menopause. She reviews common symptoms associated with hormonal changes and strategies to help.
#3 - Strength and endurance training: Kathleen White, Physiotherapist discusses how hormonal changes during this time of life impact training and recovery. She provides strategies to optimize your training to reduce injury risk, recover well, and be able to keep training, competing, and feeling strong.
#4 - Mental Health: Julia Klassen, MSW is a body image and disordered eating therapist and discusses body image in midlife, the impact of hormonal changes on stress, and how to use mindfulness and other strategies for stress management.
Many extended health insurance benefit plans have coverage for the services of a Registered Dietitian. You need to inquire with your employee individual benefits plan.
This program content will be applicable to anyone who enjoys being active in any capacity and wants to continue to be active regularly, and is going through perimenopause and menopause.
We focus on fueling for training, athletic performance, and function, and not on weight loss. We truly believe that if you are fueling your body properly for the training that you're doing, your body will find its best weight. We do not work on intentional weight loss in this course, as restrictive diets are not recommended for training or general health. We focus on a healthy relationship with food and body. We will discuss how to navigate societal pressures to lose weight and how to deal with negative body image.