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Can Women’s Health Get Better With Age? | Stacy Sims PhD

The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

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The Importance of Physical Activity and Nutrition in Menopause

The burning question is, can an individual get better with age? Both athletically and even body composition wise? Yes. So if we look at like the existing guidelines of 150 minutes of modern activity per week, right, this is exactly the opposite of what women who are in perimenopause should do. We want to do super high intensity work for metabolic control and creating some longer-term epigenetic changes within the muscle. And then we have to look at the central nervous system effects and how that affects strength and power.

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