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Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle

Strength With Michelle | Start Strength Training, Perimenopause, Women Over 40, Build Muscle

Written by: Michelle Hill - Strength & Wellness Coach for Women 40+
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You know you should be strength training. You've heard how important it is for women over 40, especially during perimenopause and menopause. You want to build muscle, feel stronger, and stay active and independent as you get older.

So why aren't you doing it?

Maybe you've never lifted weights and have absolutely no idea where to start. Or maybe you used to lift, but somewhere between work, kids, and everything else life threw at you, you stopped.

And now you're wondering how to actually make strength training part of your life.

And there's something else that's probably been on your mind lately.

You're starting to see what getting older can look like. Maybe you're watching your parents struggle with things that used to be easy. And while you know you can't control everything about your future, you're realizing you want to do what you can now to stay strong, capable, and independent for as long as possible.

Because you don't just want to live longer. You want to keep doing the things you love while you're living.

Welcome to Strength with Michelle, the podcast for women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond who are tired of thinking about lifting weights and ready to actually do it.

I'm Michelle, a board-certified health and wellness coach, personal trainer, and exercise science nerd with a master's degree to prove it. I'm also a mom of three who loves lifting heavy and helping women discover what they're capable of.

Around here, we're talking about what's really keeping you from strength training, how to feel more confident in the gym or working out at home, and how to build a strength-training routine that works with your actual life.

Because you don't need another lecture about why you should lift weights. You need help figuring out how to make it happen.

And you definitely don't need to squat 250 pounds. But we might need to have a conversation about those 10-pound dumbbells you've been using for the last five years. 😂

Previously known as Weight Loss with a Side of Grace, Strength With Michelle is the same podcast with a new focus: helping women over 40 stop thinking about strength training and start making it part of their lives.

So grab that emotional-support water bottle, and let's get stronger.

Next Steps:

💬Join my free community: www.facebook.com/groups/michelle.transformed/

💌 Get added to my Weekly Newsletter: https://transformedhealthcoaching.myflodesk.com/newsletter

And come hang out with me here on the podcast each week as we figure out how to make strength training happen in the middle of real life.

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Episodes
  • 64 | Why Strength Training Should Be Part of Your Weight Loss Plan

    64 | Why Strength Training Should Be Part of Your Weight Loss Plan
    Oct 15 2026

    What if the thing you've been focusing on for weight loss isn't actually what your body needs most right now?

    If you're a woman over 40 who's spent years exercising to burn calories, lose weight, and make your body smaller, it might be time to rethink your approach. Especially if you're navigating perimenopause and wondering why the things that used to work don't seem to work the same way anymore.

    In this episode of Strength with Michelle, we're talking about the connection between strength training and weight loss for women over 40. Does lifting weights actually help with weight loss? Should you be focusing on burning calories or building muscle? And what happens when you stop measuring the success of your workouts by how many calories you've burned?

    We'll explore why strength training during perimenopause matters and why getting stronger might be one of the best things you can do for yourself in your 40s, 50s, and beyond.

    If you've been stuck in the cycle of trying to lose weight through more cardio and fewer calories, this episode will give you a different way to think about exercise, your body, and what you're really working toward.

    Because maybe it's time to stop asking how exercise can make you smaller and start asking what getting stronger could make possible.

    Next Steps:

    🍎 Leave a review. Open Apple podcast, search for Strength With Michelle, scroll down to Ratings & Reviews, tap Write a Review, choose your stars, write a few words, and hit Send. Please and Thank You!!

    💬 Join my free community: www.facebook.com/groups/michelle.transformed/

    📰 Let's keep the conversation going! Sign up for my newsletter: https://transformedhealthcoaching.myflodesk.com/newsletter
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    20 mins
  • 63 | You Don't Have to Love Strength Training to Do It

    63 | You Don't Have to Love Strength Training to Do It
    Oct 12 2026

    Do you know you should be strength training, but you just don't like doing it?

    Maybe you've tried lifting weights before and couldn't stick with it. Or maybe you keep putting it off because, well, you'd rather do just about anything else. 😂

    In this episode, we're talking about:

    - why you don't have to love strength training to make it part of your life

    - what might actually be behind your resistance to lifting

    - how to stop waiting until you feel like it to get started

    Because you don't have to love every workout to love what being stronger allows you to do.

    Next Steps: 🍎 Leave a review. Open Apple podcast, search for Strength With Michelle, scroll down to Ratings & Reviews, tap Write a Review, choose your stars, write a few words, and hit Send. Please and Thank You!!

    💬 Join my free community: www.facebook.com/groups/michelle.transformed/

    📰 Let's keep the conversation going! Sign up for my newsletter: https://transformedhealthcoaching.myflodesk.com/newsletter

    Show More Show Less
    22 mins
  • 62 | The Four Feet Rule That Might Finally Get You Strength Training In Perimenopause

    62 | The Four Feet Rule That Might Finally Get You Strength Training In Perimenopause
    Oct 8 2026

    You know strength training is important, especially for women over 40.

    But knowing you should lift and actually getting started are two very different things.

    If strength training feels overwhelming, you’re unsure where to begin, or you keep thinking you need more time, confidence, or a better plan before you start, this episode is for you.

    I’m sharing one surprisingly simple piece of advice that had nothing to do with exercise, but completely changed the way I think about getting started.

    It might be exactly what you need to finally stop thinking about strength training and start doing it.

    Next Steps:

    💬 Come join my free community: www.facebook.com/groups/michelle.transformed/

    📰 Join my newsletter: https://transformedhealthcoaching.myflodesk.com/newsletter
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    14 mins
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