What if this New Year didn’t start with another list of resolutions you abandon by February?

In this holiday-season episode of the Fit After 40: Women’s Fitness & Health Revolution Podcast, Coach Kinsey Diment invites you to rethink New Year’s resolutions—especially if you’re a woman navigating perimenopause or menopause and feeling burned out by all-or-nothing approaches to health and fitness.

Instead of rigid goals, shame-based resolutions, or extreme resets, Kinsey shares 6 powerful, non-traditional ways to commit to yourself that actually work after 40. These approaches are rooted in consistency, self-compassion, and sustainable habit-building—because your body, brain, and life are different now.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

• Why New Year’s resolutions often fail women in midlife

• The power of choosing a Word of the Year as a guiding compass

• How to create gentle goals that support—not punish—you

• Monthly habit tracking using small, doable action steps

• Reflecting on what went right instead of obsessing over what needs fixing

• Setting boundaries and building support systems that protect your energy

• Why strength training during menopause requires a smarter, more intentional approach

This conversation is especially for women who feel like:

• What used to work for their body doesn’t anymore

• They’re tired of guessing, starting over, or doing it alone

• They want to feel strong, capable, and confident again—without burning out

This episode isn’t about extremes. It’s about small, consistent steps, strength that evolves with you, and committing to yourself with kindness.

Because strong isn’t gone—it’s just built differently now. And you don’t have to do it alone. 💪

🎧 Tune in, reflect, and start 2026 with a gentler, stronger plan—one habit at a time.

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Fit After 40 Podcasts on New Year's Resolutions:

• The Secret to Successful New Year's Resolutions...
• How to Crush January Fitness & Health Goals
• Using the ADDS System to Get Back on Track with Health Goals

Muscle loss accelerates during menopause, but strength training can protect your metabolism, bones, blood sugar, and long-term health.

In this episode, we’re unpacking why prioritizing muscle is one of the most powerful things you can do for your body, brain, and long-term health as estrogen shifts. Whether you’re deep in perimenopause, postmenopausal, or cruising along symptom-free, muscle is a universal need — not an aesthetic goal, not a punishment, and definitely not optional.

We’ll talk about:

• Why women can spend up to 20 years in the menopausal transition (yep, really)

• How estrogen loss impacts muscle quality, strength, joints, tendons, and recovery

• The truth about metabolism, muscle loss, and why your body composition changes aren’t “just aging”

• How muscle improves blood sugar control, even in insulin resistance

• The critical connection between muscle, bone health, and fall prevention

• Why muscle is actually an endocrine organ that supports immune function and reduces chronic disease risk

• How strength, balance, and nervous system training protect independence as we age

Drawing from current research, clinical insights, and menopause experts like Dr. Mary Claire Haver and Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, this episode makes the case for muscle as what it truly is:

Your body armor.

The best part? You don’t need to live in the gym or lift five days a week to reap the benefits. With as little as two intentional strength sessions per week, done progressively and intelligently, you can dramatically improve your health span — not just your lifespan.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by conflicting fitness advice, confused about what actually matters in menopause, or worried you’re “too late” to get strong — this episode is for you.

Let’s dive in.

In this episode of the Fit After 40 Women’s Fitness & Health Revolution, Kinsey dives into a question she gets constantly: How is training in our 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond actually different from training in our 20s?

Spoiler alert—her answer is part cheeky and VERY informative. While strength training and movement matter at every age, the shifts in hormones through perimenopause and postmenopause completely change the WHY behind how we should train (and recover). Kinsey breaks down how estrogen impacts muscle, bone, mobility, metabolism, and brain health—and why understanding what’s happening in your body isn’t about “fixing” anything, but empowering yourself to stay strong, capable, and confident for decades to come.

We also unpack muscle loss, mobility changes, metabolism myths, recovery needs, and the very real life stressors that make midlife fitness uniquely challenging. There’s also a little bonus chat about GLP-1s and a recommended expert interview if you’re curious about a deeper, clinical perspective.

Whether you’re already in perimenopause or preparing long before it arrives, this episode will help you reframe fitness, protect your future strength, and train in a way that supports your hormones, your energy, and your longevity.

If you have questions, episode ideas, or topics you want covered—feel free to DM Kinsey on Instagram at @kinsey.does.the.fitness or email Unpaused Episod on GLP-1

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