AIBU to feel irritated by Joe Wicks' menopause fitness adverts?

Does anyone have recommendations for a better strength and resistance online trainer instead?

Just reading this makes me angry!

I completely understand why women would be irate about mensplaining menopause but Joe Wicks has a degree in Sports Sciences and is properly qualified, so isn't just some random grifter. I really enjoy his exercises and do ten minutes HIIT or Abs every morning and feel better for it (I am mid-50s). I like his accessibility, cheery mode and encouraging tone and that there is no annoying music. He occasionally gets a stitch or cramp and I find this human and relatable.

Lower estrogen levels can affect bone density and joints also you store more fat
so you would train someone differently to accommodate these

Including all the bastards out there who expect me to do jobs for them pro bono, because apparently I should just jump at the chance to have this interest shown in me by other humans. Just fuck off.

@rwalker menopause does not need to be trained differently.

YABU he’s not on about periods
it’s training geared towards a condition
it’s like in if you train a pregnant woman you don’t need to be pregnant it’s about tailoring the exercise to the needs

there lots of examples
children
people who have had heart attacks
pregnancy
elderly
menopause
mobility issue
obese people

all of the above need to be trained in a different manner

That's into the realms of Alan Partridge behaviour.
What a prick!!

As a child free person, I know when to keep my trap shut.

I agree with her. The ones without children just really don't understand.

Ha - I had a midwife who had no children criticise my use of pain relief in labour! I said come back to me after you've had a baby. She was a bit sheepish after she'd actually had a baby herself!

I think you have nailed it right here. My friend of who's a mother to 7 won't be taking advice from social workers who are kids themselves (her words) or have never had kids of their own .
It's impossible to reason with her, so I just stay quiet 🤐 the fact that she is under social services is irrelevant 😳.

I've been in an education session run by a lady who has been through this life stage and is a specialist, training other professionals and attending conferences to teach across the sector.

She had a rather dim view of his "menopause workouts" right from the starting point of him grabbing a weight.

Firstly it's an audience where technique matters as many women are new to strength work at this stage of life with no prior background in safe technique. Women experienced in weight lifting are unlikely to be the target audience of a Joe Wicks menopause video. The other issue is that menopause shifts the balance of typical injuries and rotator cuff is a very common injury during menopause, and an excellent way to trigger this injury is to walk up to a weight and yoink it up without thinking about alignment. He's marketing workouts to an audience, but isn't specialist on the subtleties of that audience's needs and adjustments.

Joe Wicks has been great at getting people moving, but he does have a habit of jumping on bandwagons and is not necessarily an expert on various niches.

Just like a midwife who hasn't pushed out a baby is probably more qualified to advise you on giving birth than I am, it's not about what you've experienced yourself, it's about training.
If a fitness instructor is properly qualified and has listened/learned carefully, that's what matters.
Even if this was presented by 55 year old Josephine, while she might have gone through it, her experience isn't necessarily like any other woman's. Many women say that they've had better care from male gynaecologists because some women ones think their experience can be universalised and if something wasn't painful for them, you shouldn't have pain.

@FannybygaslightinGovan
Your post made me laugh so much 😂

I got tired of people going on about Joe Wicks in 2020, didn't realise he was still doing the rounds.

I never really see how one 'fitness plan' is different from another, there's only so many kinds of exercise you can do. Surely it's a case of finding exercise you enjoy or can tolerate and sticking with it.

Does he have advice about flooding

That's my most noticeable challenge to exercise during peri

I'm irritated by Joe Wicks in general so...🤷🏼‍♀️

How on earth is he misogynistic! So many people commentating are latching on to the fact he dares to help women lose menopausal weight. Jeez, it's the pitch forks out again.

Joe Wicks is unbearable in the first place. Now he’s telling menopausal women about their bodies with what qualifications or knowledge at all? Insufferable.

Just tell yourself you can do it?

Does he have a cool down section where you get out a mop and bucket, strip off, put the blood soaked gym gear into the washing machine, clean the copious amounts of blood off the floor, your shoes, the path to the washing machine and then repeat five minutes later because you've bled through again. And it'll be like this for about 7 weeks before just bleeding like a nosebleed for 6 days before the bloodbath starts again?

Annoying yes, but even more annoying, his menopause workouts are really good!

I agree. He grew up in a council flat to a teen mum with mental health challenges and a dad who was in and out of prison on drug offences. The fact that he managed to break that pattern and create a hugely successful business and have what appears to be a successful marriage and family…is quite a feat. Major respect.

🤯

I don't think your title needed "me ioause fitness adverts" for me to agree.

But in general I detest men patronising women about getting fit. I had a personal trainer tell me and some other women that there was never an excuse to be out walking in the dark nights because he always did it and he'd always felt safe