Please recommend me a great online exercise in menopause specialist

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I'm a complete beginner but I want to start lifting free weights , ideally 3 times a week and just 20 Minute ish session.

I understand the importance of lifting heavy but don't know where to start.

Any recommendations please?

This is a good book and has an exercise plan and links to the videos: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0C4XW2NJ4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_351_o06?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The book is only 99p for Kindle at the moment

Body coach app is good as long as you don't find Joe Wicks annoying! It's what has got me into lifting weights, you can find a lot of his workouts free on YouTube also. His are a lot of hiit plus weights- if it's just weights you want then Caroline Girvan workouts are really good too which I just follow on YouTube.

Caroline Girvan like the pp said. Great free workouts 20/30 mins. Joe Wick has just bought out a couple for the meno bandwagon.

Caroline Girvan. The best online trainer I - and many others - have come across. Lots of really well structured (free!) programmes on YouTube, some of which last up to 10 weeks. EPIC Heat is one I particularly like. She also lots of shorter workouts targeting specific areas.

Growingannanas also has a lot of really good workouts, many of which use dumbbells. Also really well structured and somewhat less challenging than Caroline's.

Noelle Watson Fitness is great www.instagram.com/noelle.watson.fitness?igsh=MTQ0ajl5dmc1ZzFobQ==

Thank you all. Some great options here to explore

It is just weights that I want. I want to learn to lift heavy! This could be ambitious but I'll give it a go - just had no idea how to get started

If you want to learn to lift heavy then get some in-person help to be safe.

High weight low reps is great - but needs a gym and expertise usually.

The home workouts are usually more high rep low weights.

You might find these sites helpful:

https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/the-correct-number-of-reps-per-set-in-the-gym/

https://www.drstacysims.com/blog/how-to-power-your-way-through-menopause

Also, 20 mins sessions won't really work for lifting heavy. You need to warm up and take decent rests between sets. And to set up eg the squat rack.

I have heard great things about Oakman Coaching: https://www.instagram.com/oakman_coaching/ (specifically for menopause and weights)

I’d find a local gym and book a couple of sessions with a PT. You really need someone in person to coach you and check your form, and they should be able to give you a program too.

I found ‘the new rules of lifting’ by Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove really useful when I started. It has lots of different programs from beginners to seasoned lifters.

Esgfitness on Instagram is an expert in menopause and strength training.

Hi
I’m considering training in strength & weights to offer classes for women in mid life / menopause / peri menopause
classes would combine gentle yoga warm up to begin, then some weight and resistance exercises to build strength and ending with some stretches and a relaxation.
Just looking for feedback on how much interest / demand there would be in menopause Yoga / Strength class? In person or on line?
I know I don’t enjoy gym, or endless scrolling for exercise videos and haven’t seen a class combining these for us reaching this age!

I use the cara fitness app. The workouts are 15 mins. she also has a book https://amzn.eu/d/0VJGkRh

@Andyoga4kids I started strength training pre meno and am now out the other side, still training with heavy weights and calisthenics.

I would not have wanted to warm up with yoga and then lift heavy weights - I don't think that is a good idea for joint health at all. And a waste of time, given class time is limited. Likewise finishing with relaxation. If you want to build strength then lift heavy, progressive overload with good technique - focus on that. And menopausal women can follow the same programme as everyone else, broadly speaking. I wouldn't consider a trainer who suggested otherwise tbh. There are classes n my local parks that attract middle aged women for strength training and they...strength train (squats, lunges, push ups, rows, dips, pull ups etc etc) just like everyone else there?