This episode is sponsored by Flipping 50 Menopause Fitness Specialist. Flipping 50 Menopause Fitness Specialist.- Become a health & fitness coach who finally speaks midlife women’s language. Learn how to design workouts that balance hormones that actually get results for women in menopause. Connect with Flipping 50: Facebook Group - Flipping50 Insiders Instagram - @Flipping50TV YouTube - @Flipping50TV More Episodes - Flipping 50 The Stronger Way Other Episodes You Might Like: Previous Episode - Stronger Than Cancer: One Woman’s Story Next Episode - The Link Between Creatine, Brain Health & Longevity More Like This - 4 Fitness Mistakes That Fail Us Over 50 Resources: Use Flipping 50 Scorecard & Guide to measure what matters with an easy at-home self-assessment test you can do in minutes. Join the Hot, Not Bothered! Challenge for your best start, restart or reset in or after menopause with 10 Days of coaching, short workouts, and clarity on how to exercise optimally. Check out Debra’s Favorite Things, including the Dynamometer for Hand Grip from her Amazon store Fitness is a vital sign and this episode may completely change how you think about aging after 40. If you’re listening carefully, we don’t have a fat problem: we have a muscle problem. With greater strength, power, VO2 max entering menopause women have fewer vasomotor issues and less chance of developing dementia and heart disease. Until fitness is a vital sign, exercise may still feel optional. And… the exercise absolutely is better than nothing but if you want it to really be doing the most good, you measure if it’s working. Because now more than ever, fitness is a vital sign. If this episode made you flip your workout routine — share it! 👉 Post to your stories, tag @Flipping50TV in Instagram and share the episode to your best friend. 👉 Meet other women, who are done with outdated fitness advice, at Flipping50 Facebook Group. 👉 Subscribe, share, and leave a review if you’re ready to flip the script on Flipping 50 The Stronger Way.