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Early menopause - weight lifting advice

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Teacherteachernotapreacher · 17/07/2022 19:26

Hiya
total newbie, never done weight lifting of any kind and totally out of my depth!
am 42 and in early menopause and want to start heavy lifting to help with bone strength and also weight loss. Am a keen runner and training for second marathon. I run 4 times a week and cover about 40km. Not sure how I should be fitting weights around this and how much I should do. Ideally it’ll also help with running and make me look awesome as a bonus. I’ve gained half a stone this last 6 mths despite no changes to my diet (I’m only 5ft 2 so very noticeable too)
happy to join a gym but then what do I do?! Local one doesn’t have a PT

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 05/09/2022 20:37

Saynotothefishtank · 05/09/2022 15:58

Be very very careful with weights, I had a couple of PT sessions first and then was confident to donit alone and I still got injured very badly with probable permanent damage to my body. Wish I’d never tried weights.

Truth is if you’re forties and want to lose weight, its all about food. Go zero sugar, skip breakfast, have tiny lunch and normal dinner and no snacks. The weight will come off that way even if your only exercise is walking.

No, it isn't all about food. And even less about starving yourself.

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