If you want to get stronger, look toned again, improve your metabolic health, and age well, you need to be building muscle. And to build muscle, you have to keep challenging your body as it gets stronger. And one way to increase the challenge is to increase weights.

But how fast should you be increasing your weights?

In this episode, I break down:

• Why form always comes first

• When you’re actually ready to go up in weight (hint: it’s not every session)

• Practical tips: fractional plates, slow eccentrics, and adding plates to weight stacks

P.S. In the last two episodes, I explained what progressive strength training is and the three ways you can apply progressive overload so check those out for more insights into getting the most out of the time you spend training.

Resources mentioned:

• Fractional plates

• FlipStik phone mount for form videos

• Episode #146: What Progressive Strength Training Is and Why It's So Effective After 40

• Episode #147: 3 Kinds of Progressive Overload and Practical Tips to Use Them

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If you're a woman in midlife and you are looking to get your body back to start feeling strong, looking toned, and recognizing the woman in the mirror again, then you need to be doing progressive strength training.

Progressive strength training is a very systematic way of lifting weights where you apply progressive overload - one of the keys to building strength and muscle effectively.

In this episode, I describe the 3 different ways that you can apply progressive overload and provide tips on how that looks in real life.

BTW - If you missed last week’s episode, listen to part 1 first, where I explain why this kind of systematic approach is the most effective way to get results from the time you're spending working out with weights.

Enjoy the show!

Resources mentioned:

• How to choose your starting weight:

• Fractional plates for small, manageable weight increases:

• FlipStik phone mount for easy form videos in the gym or at home:

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If you want to get stronger, build muscle to look toned, and feel like yourself again, progressive strength training is the most effective method for women in perimenopause and menopause.

In this episode, I explain what progressive strength training is and how it’s different from the "strength training" workouts you may be doing.

You'll understand how it enables you to actually trigger muscle growth in midlife, when shifting hormones can make building strength harder than it used to be.

I also share three of the most common mistakes I see women make that keep them from getting the results they deserve from the time they’re already spending lifting weights.

This is part one of my progressive strength training deep dive series. Subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode!

Resources mentioned:

• My monthly membership

• My strength training tracker

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