The Fit Over 35 Podcast.

Zachary Klassen
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  • Semiweekly

the fit over 35 podcast is built for quick, straight to the point episodes for women over 35 who are tired of trying diets that don’t work anymore we cover fitness, nutrition, hormones, and how to build a plan that actually fits your life so you can stop jumping between programs and finally follow something that makes sense and lasts

Episodes

  1. Oct 30

    Why The Scale Won't Move When You're Doing Everything Right (Episode 10)

    You did five workouts. You hit 14,000 steps. You nailed your nutrition. And the scale went up 0.6 pounds and now you want to throw the whole week in the garbage. In this episode Zach, Stacy and Emma get into why that happens, and why the scale is the worst way to measure a good week. They talk about how stress and bad sleep can stall the scale no matter how perfect you are, why they can predict a stall just from reading your check in form, and how wearables and daily weigh ins trick women over 40 into panicking over water, inflammation and normal fluctuation. Plus a lot of real life in between: winter moods and vitamin D, cutting subscriptions, the foods they would marry, and the one percent better mindset that keeps it all in perspective. 00:00 Fresh haircut and feeling a little stale 02:00 Winter, vitamin D and why weather wrecks your mood 04:00 Everything is expensive and cutting subscriptions 06:00 The foods we would marry 09:00 Frozen peaches, sugar highs and snack confessions 12:00 One percent better and your sphere of control 17:00 Why we only coach women over 30 and what changes after 40 18:30 The real topic: the scale should not run your week 20:00 Five workouts, 14,000 steps, and the scale still went up 21:00 Wearables, micro tears and inflammation explained 23:00 Why stress and sleep stall the scale more than food 25:00 A no phone before bed challenge 27:00 Wrap up New episodes weekly. Real coaching for women over 35 on fitness, nutrition, hormones and the mindset that holds it all together. follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zacklassen/ apply for coaching: https://projecttransformx.com/

  2. Oct 9

    How To Enjoy The Holidays Without The Guilt (Episode 9)

    The holidays are supposed to be the best part of the year, and for a lot of women they turn into three months of guilt, restriction and trying to earn every meal. It does not have to be that way. In this episode Zach, Stacy and Emma talk through how to actually enjoy Thanksgiving, Christmas and every birthday and dinner in between without undoing your progress or spending the whole time in your head about it. Why restriction backfires, why "here is what you can do" beats "here is what you can't," the simple consistency math that gives you way more room than you think, and why these moments are the entire point, not a threat to your goals. 00:00 Canadian Thanksgiving and why we wanted to cover this 02:30 The client who only struggles on special occasions 05:00 Move, walk, enjoy the meal, and let it go 08:00 Why you have to have these weekends 11:00 Never a list of what you can't have 13:00 Restriction is the worst headspace to put yourself in 16:30 The 40 out of 52 weeks consistency math 20:00 Routine, sleep and knowing your own body 23:30 These moments are what the work is for 25:00 Wrap up New episodes weekly. Real coaching for women over 35 on fitness, nutrition, hormones and the mindset that holds it all together. follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zacklassen/ apply for coaching: https://projecttransformx.com/

  3. Sep 20

    Why Stress Is Stalling Your Fat Loss After 35 (Episode 8)

    You can be doing everything right with food and training and still see nothing move. Most of the time the thing quietly holding it all back is stress, and almost nobody connects the two. In this episode Zach, Stacy and Emma get into why stress management is the piece that finally lets your body change, why so many women chase a body type instead of building a lifestyle they can actually keep, and the real tools they each use to stay regulated. Stacy also gets honest about burning out doing client check ins from a hotel bathroom on Christmas, the boundaries she had to build, and how strength training became her lifeline through menopause symptoms and joint pain. 00:00 Stacy at the hot springs and catching up 03:00 Winter to winter and life between Argentina and Canada 06:30 Why stress management is the metric that moves everything 08:30 Women chase a body type, not a lifestyle 11:00 Doing check ins from a bathroom on Christmas, and building boundaries 14:00 The stress tools we actually use day to day 18:30 Sleep, night sweats and menopause symptoms 21:00 Joint pain and why strength training is the lifeline 23:00 Honoring your cycle and your energy day by day 27:00 Wrap up New episodes weekly. Real coaching for women over 35 on fitness, nutrition, hormones and the mindset that holds it all together. follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zacklassen/ apply for coaching: https://projecttransformx.com/

  4. Sep 5

    Everything Women Over 35 Are Too Tired To Ask (Episode 7)

    This one got personal. Coach Stacy is about to have surgery, and the medication she has to take first puts her into medical menopause, almost overnight. So in this episode she is living the exact symptoms our clients deal with every day: hot flashes, no sleep, brain fog, the whole thing. Zach, Stacy and Emma talk through what that has actually felt like, and then open it up into a real conversation about the stuff that makes the difference: why nobody starts out as a consistent person, why rest and doing nothing is allowed, what changes in your hunger and digestion when you finally eat enough, whether meal prep is overrated, the convenience foods they actually keep in the house, and the fitness advice that makes all three of them roll their eyes. 00:00 Stacy on going into medical menopause before surgery 02:30 Hot flashes, no sleep and brain fog, live 05:00 Nobody starts as a consistent person 09:00 Effort is a skill you build, not a personality 13:00 Rest days and being okay doing nothing 18:00 What changes in your hunger and digestion 24:00 Is meal prep overrated 30:00 The convenience foods we actually use 37:00 Fitness advice that makes us roll our eyes 42:00 Wrap up New episodes weekly. Real coaching for women over 35 on fitness, nutrition, hormones and the mindset that holds it all together. ⸻ Listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple or Amazon!  spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/033hfOyY4nJoQUakNiMJXH apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fit-over-35-podcast/id1896812942 amazon music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/648b5e1c-36df-40ef-b018-489447c21a3f/the-fit-over-35-podcast follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zacklassen/ apply for coaching: https://projecttransformx.com/

  5. Aug 21

    Fitness Myths That Keep Women Over 35 Stuck (Episode 6)

    Every woman over 35 has been handed a pile of fitness advice that sounds true and keeps her stuck. In this episode Zach, Stacy and Emma go through the big ones and break down what actually holds up. Juice cleanses and detoxes. Fasting for days after a bad weekend. Lifting heavy making you bulky. Cardio being the best way to burn fat. The idea that there is one timeline for losing weight. They pull these apart one by one and tell you what to do instead. If you have ever changed your whole plan because of something you saw online, this is the episode for you. 00:00 Intro and catching up 03:30 Magnesium, sleep and why it matters 07:00 Can you out-eat a bad diet 11:00 Breakfast, oats, bagels and pairing carbs 15:00 Bloating, digestion and late night eating 17:00 Detoxes and juice cleanses are a waste of money 19:00 Fasting for days after a bad weekend 20:00 Lifting heavy will not make you bulky 25:00 Best exercises and why cardio is not the fat loss king 29:00 Strength training for the life you want at 70 31:00 Short women and other marketing myths 33:00 How long will it take, and why it depends on you 38:00 Wrap up New episodes weekly. Real coaching for women over 35 on fitness, nutrition, hormones and the mindset that holds it all together. ⸻ Listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple or Amazon!  spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/033hfOyY4nJoQUakNiMJXH apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fit-over-35-podcast/id1896812942 amazon music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/648b5e1c-36df-40ef-b018-489447c21a3f/the-fit-over-35-podcast follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zacklassen/ apply for coaching: https://projecttransformx.com/

  6. Aug 1

    Why You Stopped Being Motivated And What To Do Instead (Episode 5)

    Motivation is the first thing everyone blames when they fall off, and it is the wrong thing to blame. In this episode Zach, Stacy and Emma break down why waiting to feel motivated keeps you stuck, and what actually keeps you consistent when the excitement wears off. This one is less about hormones and macros and more about the mindset underneath all of it, the part that decides whether any of the rest even happens. If you have ever started strong and then quietly fallen off around week three, this is the episode for you. 00:00 Intro and Zach's menopause workshops 02:30 Are you actually motivated every day? No 05:00 Motivation is just the excitement of a new thing 07:30 Action is greater than motivation 09:00 The routine that gets you to the gym when you don't feel like it 11:20 Pairing your coffee with your workout 13:00 One brick at a time instead of the whole building 15:00 Why the quick fix will always haunt this industry 16:20 Being too hard on yourself and the breaking point 20:00 "I don't have time" and what to actually say to it 23:30 What athletes teach us about losing and staying in it 26:30 Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation and why one lasts 28:30 Say one nice thing to yourself today 30:00 Motivation is a myth, wrap up New episodes weekly. Real coaching for women over 35 on fitness, nutrition, hormones and the mindset that holds it all together. ⸻ Listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple or Amazon!  spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/033hfOyY4nJoQUakNiMJXH apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fit-over-35-podcast/id1896812942 amazon music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/648b5e1c-36df-40ef-b018-489447c21a3f/the-fit-over-35-podcast follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zacklassen/ apply for coaching: https://projecttransformx.com/

  7. Jul 17

    Scale Fluctuations, Bloating and Digestion Explained For Women Over 35 (Episode 4)

    In this episode we break down why the scale lies to you and how digestion quietly wrecks your progress and your mood. If you have ever weighed in, seen the number jump and spiraled, this one is for you. Chapters  02:48 Intro and catch up  10:00 Why the scale fluctuates day to day  12:00 The scale rollercoaster and what it does to your head  14:30 Daily weigh ins vs the real signal  16:20 The 32 hot dog rule: what real fat gain actually takes  20:30 Muscle matters more than the number  21:45 Zoom out: measurements, progress photos, and why BMI is broken  24:00 Consistency vs the building phase  25:50 The placebo effect and positive self talk  27:50 The fake knee surgery study  30:00 Negative self talk and being a role model for your kids  26:00 Fiber, water and daily digestion  34:15 Pooping, regularity and being open with your coach  37:00 Bloating tips that actually help  40:00 The one habit to drop this week Key takeaways The scale moving up two pounds overnight is water, food volume, sodium or a missed poop, not fat. Real fat gain of that size takes roughly 9,500 extra calories in a day, about 32 hot dogs.Judge progress month over month with measurements and photos, not the daily number.Muscle is the goal. A perfectly linear drop usually means you are losing muscle.Inconsistent fiber and water is a top cause of bloating and big scale swings.Your brain drives a lot of this. Negative self talk and placebo work both ways, so use it in your favor.Never make "lose two pounds" the weekly goal. Set goals you actually control: steps, protein, fiber, sleep, workouts.

  8. Jun 19

    This is what keeps women over 35 stuck for years(Episode 3)

    Most Women Over 35 Don't Fall Off Track Because They're Lazy They fall off because one small slip makes them feel like the whole thing is ruined, so they quit. In this video, we break down all or nothing thinking, why it keeps women stuck, and how to finally get off the cycle of going hard, falling off, and starting over again. You'll learn: ⠀ Why one missed workout or bad meal makes you want to quit everything The flat tire trap that keeps women restarting over and over Why going hard then giving up is actually the slowest road there is How to raise your threshold so one bad day doesn't take you out Why the scale isn't telling you the full story about your body Simple things you can do right now when life gets busy and time is tight ⠀ If you've ever started strong, missed a few days, then told yourself there was no point in continuing, this one is for you. ⠀ No guilt. No 30 day challenges. No starting over every Monday. Just a simpler, more honest way to stay consistent and actually see results as a woman over 35. ⸻ apply for coaching: https://projecttransformx.com/ follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zacklassen/

  9. Jun 6

    The Truth About Macros for Women Over 35 (Episode 2)

    Most women over 35 are not struggling because they lack willpower. They’re struggling because nobody ever taught them how nutrition actually works. In this episode, Coach Zac breaks down the three macronutrients: protein, carbohydrates, and fat, and explains how each one impacts fat loss, muscle building, hormones, energy, and long term health. You’ll learn: • What protein, carbs, and fats actually do in the body  • Why cutting carbs isn’t always the answer  • How much protein women over 35 really need  • The biggest nutrition mistakes keeping women stuck  • Why eating less often backfires  • Simple ways to build meals that support fat loss and muscle growth If you’ve ever felt confused by calories, macros, keto, fasting, or all the conflicting nutrition advice online, this episode will help simplify everything. No gimmicks. No fad diets. Just practical nutrition advice that actually works for women over 35.

  10. May 15

    First Episode!

    real conversations about what actually works for women over 35. we cover hormones, nutrition, training, and the mindset side of staying consistent. hosted by the coaches behind one of the leading programs for women in this exact stage of life. come hang out, get to know us, and walk away with stuff you can actually use.

  • 10 Episodes

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the fit over 35 podcast is built for quick, straight to the point episodes for women over 35 who are tired of trying diets that don’t work anymore we cover fitness, nutrition, hormones, and how to build a plan that actually fits your life so you can stop jumping between programs and finally follow something that makes sense and lasts

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  • Creator
    Zachary Klassen
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Fit Over 35 Podcast.
  • Show Website
    The Fit Over 35 Podcast.

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