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

[Rinoachicken]

Having to resist the temptation to throw my phone across the room every time I see Joe Wicks fucking grinning at me on SM pushing his new ‘menopause fitness plan’ with a fucking big grin on his face while he tells women to ‘just tell yourself you can do it!’ when he has no idea what it feels like having even a single period let alone the fucking menopause!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

anyone else??!!

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.

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.

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 😳.

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

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

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

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

@rwalker menopause does not need to be trained differently.

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.

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

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.

Just reading this makes me angry!

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

This. Used to like him in lockdown. Now anything to jump on the bandwagon 🙄. Totally out of touch

Unfortunately he sold his soul with his stupid protein bar trick. No nutritional qualifications whatsoever. Lost touch with his original audience.

This isn’t really true unless training at a high/competitive level. For most women, maintaining fitness might become harder but doesn’t require a special training plan.

I like Caroline Girvan, Cheryl Colombe or there’s an outfit called Nobadaddiction who do nice HIIT workouts of various types/lengths.

I agree. I have nothing against Joe Wicks personally, but I'd be much more inclined to take fitness coaching from another menopausal woman. Someone who empathises with the challenge and can speak authoritatively, with the same understanding and lived experience.

Medical professionals advise doing more weights anything, which is a more female-tailored approach.

Wasn't he the bloke who started preaching about breastfeeding because 'we' (actually his wife) was breastfeeding so he bacame the insta-expert?

Oh my link is being looked at. Never mind.

It's cos it had the word 'breast' in it I expect.

Yes they are i am all for representation and awareness, but it is taking the piss now, these people move on to the "next thing" quickly. Joe wicks is a grifter imo he hasn't found his "niche" so just keeps on jumping on the bandwagon with no shame.