19-07-2025
The Most Valuable Menopause Fitness Hack
Earlier this year, I glommed onto a trend that is sweeping women of a certain age in the US: I became a woman who lifts.
Admittedly, describing myself as such feels like an overstatement of my fitness level. Seven months in, and I still can't do a pull-up, while my dumbbell incline press tops out at 40 lbs. But I am a regular at a women-inclusive gym that has nary a stair stepper or treadmill and is purely focused on helping women get strong.
