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Menopause Strength Training & Fitness | 40+ Fitness for Women

Menopause Strength Training & Fitness | 40+ Fitness for Women

By: Coach Lynn Sederlöf-Airisto
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If you’re a woman in perimenopause or menopause and are noticing that you’ve lost muscle tone and strength, are gaining belly fat, and the workouts that used to work suddenly don’t anymore — this is the podcast for you.


You’ll learn how to work with your changing body so you can build strength, look toned, feel amazing in your body again and prepare to age strong for the decades ahead.


Each week, host Lynn Sederlöf-Airisto shares science-backed and realistic ways to:

• Strength train effectively
• Build muscle, strength, and bone density
• Adapt your workouts and eating habits to your changing body
• Exercise to prepare your body for the decades ahead


Known for her efficient, effective, and no-nonsense coaching style, Lynn helps you cut through the noise and focus on what actually works so you get results without wasting time.


Lynn has helped thousands of women start strength training, get stronger, and transform their bodies into something they feel proud of.


Lynn is a Certified Menopause Fitness Coach and personal trainer. She graduated from Dartmouth College, where she majored in biochemistry and molecular biology and played Division I varsity lacrosse. Now 54 and postmenopausal, she knows firsthand what it’s like to struggle with these same changes — and how to turn things around.

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Episodes
  • #155: Fitness Beliefs Keeping Women Over 40 Stuck

    #155: Fitness Beliefs Keeping Women Over 40 Stuck
    Feb 17 2026

    If you’re working out but feeling softer and looking less toned than you used to, this might be why.

    In this episode, I unpack five widely held fitness beliefs that are keeping midlife women stuck. These are beliefs most women over 40 still live by. And it’s not your fault. It’s what the fitness industry has taught us. Up until a few years ago, I believed them too.

    The problem is this: When you believe these things,

    You choose workouts you think are effective but that don’t actually build strength and muscle.

    You judge progress by the wrong signals.

    You quit the right methods too early.

    As a result, you slowly get weaker and lose muscle even though you’re working out.

    If your body isn’t responding the way it used to, this episode will connect some dots.


    Enjoy the show.

    Send me your thoughts 😃

    If you’re enjoying the podcast, and would like to support my work please consider buying me a cup of coffee – link’s in the show notes!

    • Learn to Lift at home or gym in 2-4 days/week >>
    • Join my strength training program >>
    • Download my free guide to working with your menopausal body >>
    • Subscribe to my weekly newsletter>>
    • Support the show: Buy me a coffee >>





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    10 mins
  • #154: My Midlife Identity Crisis & Choosing to Age Powerfully, Not Fade Away

    #154: My Midlife Identity Crisis & Choosing to Age Powerfully, Not Fade Away
    Feb 10 2026

    Have you ever heard that menopause is like a second puberty? I think that idea goes beyond the hormonal changes and into something deeper: our identity.

    We’re no longer considered “young,” but identifying as “old” doesn’t sit right either. As women in midlife, many of us are coming into our power. After decades of raising kids, taking care of family, navigating marriage and career, we finally have time and energy to turn inward.

    And we’re not done living.

    In this episode, I share my own struggle with this identity shift and the conclusions I’ve come to for myself. My hope is that by sharing my story, it helps someone who’s wrestling with the same questions.


    Enjoy the show!

    Send me your thoughts 😃

    If you’re enjoying the podcast, and would like to support my work please consider buying me a cup of coffee – link’s in the show notes!

    • Learn to Lift at home or gym in 2-4 days/week >>
    • Join my strength training program >>
    • Download my free guide to working with your menopausal body >>
    • Subscribe to my weekly newsletter>>
    • Support the show: Buy me a coffee >>





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    11 mins
  • #153: Why follow-along programs don't work for building muscle & strength

    #153: Why follow-along programs don't work for building muscle & strength
    Feb 3 2026

    There are a lot of follow-along exercise programs out there that claim to be "strength training". And while they are better than doing nothing (ie, sitting on the couch or doing cardio-only), they will never be as efficient or effective at building strength and muscle as proper strength training.

    You'll build strength & muscle more slowly and no matter how many hours you put in, you'll never reach the results you could be getting.

    In this episode, I break down why.


    Enjoy the show! x Lynn

    Send me your thoughts 😃

    If you’re enjoying the podcast, and would like to support my work please consider buying me a cup of coffee – link’s in the show notes!

    • Learn to Lift at home or gym in 2-4 days/week >>
    • Join my strength training program >>
    • Download my free guide to working with your menopausal body >>
    • Subscribe to my weekly newsletter>>
    • Support the show: Buy me a coffee >>





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    13 mins
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