Number one thing, what I could do in my 30s, I couldn't do in my late 40s and 50s. Now I had to re-imagine. ~ Kerstin Schulze
Today on the Aging Fiercely Podcast, I'm chatting with Kerstin Schulze, who is strong, fierce, beautiful, and sharing oodles of good intel on how, as we age and begin experiencing perimenopause, to work WITH our changing bodies using new approaches—not the outdated ones we typically call on from when we were bouncy spring chickens!
She calls this phase in life our "second puberty," and as a fitness model, competitor, and highly sought-after personal trainer, Kerstin is sharing her wisdom on how to adjust our training to complement and strengthen the women we're becoming.
There are so many good takeaways in this episode, and I've listed just a few below to whet your appetite. To get the full experience, you're going to want to pop in those earbuds!
Listen on Apple, Spotify, or Substack ⬆️ (click that play button up above!)
Top 3 Key Takeaways from Kerstin Schulze
1. 🔄 Master Your Body's "Second Puberty" (Menopause/Perimenopause)
What You'll Learn: How to stop fighting your changing body and start working WITH it instead. Kerstin explains why your 30-year-old strategies don't work anymore and gives you a completely new game plan due to hormonal changes. Think of it as getting the user manual your body forgot to give you!
Immediate Action: Stop comparing yourself to your younger self and understand that your body is now less insulin sensitive—and there are specific ways to work with this change.
2. 💪 The "Party and Diet" Method That Actually Works
What You'll Learn: How to be strict Monday through Friday (high protein, high fat, very low sugar) while still enjoying weekends with friends. Plus, the game-changing 30-30-30 rule that kickstarts your metabolism every morning.
Immediate Action: Start with 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of a 30-minute workout each morning. Easy win: 5 egg whites + 2 yolks or a quality protein shake.
3. 🏋️♀️ Why Weights Beat Cardio Every Time After 40
What You'll Learn: The science behind why strength training outperforms cardio for women over 40. Plus, simple ways to sneak workouts into your daily routine (kitchen counter push-ups while your coffee brews!).
Immediate Action: Start doing squats while waiting for your food to cook and push-ups against your counter. These "micro-workouts" add up to real results.
Bonus
Kerstin also shares her specific supplement stack for women 40+ and a detailed prolonged fasting protocol that can help reset your metabolism 1-2 times per year.
At the end, Kerstin also shares her one piece of advice that I love for women who are looking to age fiercely—it’s profoundly true but not always easy to follow through on! (Yup, you’ll have to listen to hear it! Cruel, I know 😈)
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If you’re new here, welcome to my heart-focused, woo-casual, shamelessly optimistic, fitness accountability bandwagon where we slow down and allow space in your day for the ‘real YOU’ to feel witnessed + worthy… not to mention vibrantly healthy!
This isn’t a newsletter—or podcast—filled with stale fitness and wellness advice, or trending fads that promise beach-ready bods in just two weeks…
… this is a love letter to the real YOU who, in your 40+ years of living, knows that to age fiercely means you can…
Lift heavy things (like your expectations, your standards, and occasionally actual weights) and feel how it gets more satisfying with age.
Deflate your old farty narratives - they’re starting to smell like gorgonzola
Know that taking care of yourself is no longer “optional”
Deprive yourself of negativity, not cheeseburgers
Workout for the endorphins, not the scale
My purpose is to help you get to that point where you surprise yourself and say out loud with lungs of victory, I can’t believe I just did that!!!!! I can tell you from experience, it’s an incredible moment!
If you’re interested in feeling the straight-up, incomparable awesomeness of moments like that, check THIS out—not because I want you to, but because your life deserves to be full of all the good feels that come from you finally appreciating YOU!
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