1 hr 39 min
Ep 13. Fitness & Womxn’s Blood Rites: Tracking Menses, Not Macros and Embracing Menopause with Rachelle Ballard-Clayton Non-Diet Yogi
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There is a lack of representation of women aged 40+ in fitness. Rachelle Ballard-Clayton is shifting that pattern by basing her approach to training womxn on their shifting internal landscape and cyclical patterns.
In this episode:
A little pre-interview solo ramble on systemic racism and unrecognised privilege in yoga/wellness/spirituality worldsTraining womxn and running a fitness business, without body transformations or weight loss challenges (!)The importance of strength training – as opposed to just cardio and yoga - for womxn, especially those over 30 years of ageMovement and the menstrual cycle: adapting your training to the hormonal fluctuations of one’s menstrual cycle - or mood cycle for peri-menopausal womxnWhat movement might look like for a midlife womxn Why we might find ourselves at this stage of life feeling less likely to move, more burnt out than ever and what we can do about thatThrowing all expectations of what we should be doing out the windowUnderstanding what our bodies are doing by tracking cyclesHow to work with and not against your body Why some weight gain around menopause is normal and protective“Focus on what you can do, and understand YOU better”PLUS, some post interview-thoughts on:
Rites of Passage in womxn’s lives, also known as the blood mysteries – menarche, childbirth, menopauseThe phenomenal benefits womxn get from strength trainingBetter indicators of fitness than six pack or how lean you are“Does weight training make you bulky?” #YogaEveryDamnDay – with no other form of movement - is non-sensicalWhat yoga is missing that strength training can provideWhat my own personal movement practice looks like
Rachelle’s Bio: Rachelle Ballard-Clayton owns MEE Active a Womxn’s health and movement coaching practice on the Gold Coast, Australia and delivers her programs worldwide. She creates a safe space for midlife womxn to step off the sidelines & connect deeply with their mind & body.
Resources mentioned:
Wild Power by Alexandra Pope
The Optimised Woman by Miranda Grey
The work of Jane Hardwicke-Collings
Casey's articles on why strength training is especially helpful for breastfeeding women: https://www.funkyforest.com.au/blog/breastfeeding-and-barbells
https://www.funkyforest.com.au/blog/youre-a-yogi-why-the-eff-are-you-powerlifting
Will Lifting Weights Make Me Bulky?
https://www.girlsgonestrong.com/blog/articles/heavy-bulky/
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There is a lack of representation of women aged 40+ in fitness. Rachelle Ballard-Clayton is shifting that pattern by basing her approach to training womxn on their shifting internal landscape and cyclical patterns.
In this episode:
A little pre-interview solo ramble on systemic racism and unrecognised privilege in yoga/wellness/spirituality worldsTraining womxn and running a fitness business, without body transformations or weight loss challenges (!)The importance of strength training – as opposed to just cardio and yoga - for womxn, especially those over 30 years of ageMovement and the menstrual cycle: adapting your training to the hormonal fluctuations of one’s menstrual cycle - or mood cycle for peri-menopausal womxnWhat movement might look like for a midlife womxn Why we might find ourselves at this stage of life feeling less likely to move, more burnt out than ever and what we can do about thatThrowing all expectations of what we should be doing out the windowUnderstanding what our bodies are doing by tracking cyclesHow to work with and not against your body Why some weight gain around menopause is normal and protective“Focus on what you can do, and understand YOU better”PLUS, some post interview-thoughts on:
Rites of Passage in womxn’s lives, also known as the blood mysteries – menarche, childbirth, menopauseThe phenomenal benefits womxn get from strength trainingBetter indicators of fitness than six pack or how lean you are“Does weight training make you bulky?” #YogaEveryDamnDay – with no other form of movement - is non-sensicalWhat yoga is missing that strength training can provideWhat my own personal movement practice looks like
Rachelle’s Bio: Rachelle Ballard-Clayton owns MEE Active a Womxn’s health and movement coaching practice on the Gold Coast, Australia and delivers her programs worldwide. She creates a safe space for midlife womxn to step off the sidelines & connect deeply with their mind & body.
Resources mentioned:
Wild Power by Alexandra Pope
The Optimised Woman by Miranda Grey
The work of Jane Hardwicke-Collings
Casey's articles on why strength training is especially helpful for breastfeeding women: https://www.funkyforest.com.au/blog/breastfeeding-and-barbells
https://www.funkyforest.com.au/blog/youre-a-yogi-why-the-eff-are-you-powerlifting
Will Lifting Weights Make Me Bulky?
https://www.girlsgonestrong.com/blog/articles/heavy-bulky/
Support the show
1 hr 39 min