For many women, the years around peri and post menopause bring a frustrating shift. Weight gain can appear even when your routine, eating habits or lifestyle have not changed. If your body feels harder to understand, you are not alone and you are not doing anything wrong.
Why Weight Gain Happens During Menopause
As oestrogen levels fall, your body becomes less efficient at holding on to muscle. Muscle plays a major role in your metabolism, so losing it means your body burns fewer calories at rest. At the same time, hormonal changes influence where fat is stored, often settling more around the midsection.
This can feel discouraging, especially if the things that used to work no longer do. It is not a lack of effort – it is a change in physiology.
Why Strength Training Helps
The empowering news is that you can influence how your body adapts during this stage of life. Strength training gives your body a clear signal to rebuild and maintain muscle. This supports your metabolism, improves insulin sensitivity, helps reduce abdominal fat gain and boosts bone density, confidence and energy.
You do not need endless workouts or punishing routines. You need the right type of training for the body you have today.
This Stage of Life Is a Pivot, Not a Decline
Menopause is not the end of feeling strong or capable. It is simply a time when your approach needs to evolve. Once your training matches your biology, progress feels possible again and often more rewarding than before.
If you would like to feel supported and confident in your training, we would love to welcome you in. Let’s build strength that lasts.