The Flipping 50 Show

What are the best HIIT workouts for women over 50? Lisa B. asked this question inside our Flipping 50 Insider’s Community – I’ll link to the group in the show notes. She asked for recommendations on intervals and so this quick answer is full of a few key things you want to remember if you’re wondering what are the best HIIT workouts for women over 50. Should You Be Doing HIIT Now? If you’re not su...

What Pilates benefits do you love most? New to Pilates? Or a veteran? You’ll enjoy this episode with a lawyer turned Pilates instructor turned podcaster. It’s not the typical career path but you’ll appreciate the journey. Especially if you’re at a crossroads in your own career or life. Tune in for this one. My Guest Colleen Rosenblum is happily married mom of two adult daughters and lives just out...

Still holding onto eat less, exercise more? I think, as a product of the 80’s fitness and diet teaching, we still need lots of debunking of what we learned! I still go back to “exercise more and eat less” as a mantra and I know it’s incorrect! How do I replace that thinking? What would that new mantra be?  Dixie Watch this first First… if you haven’t seen my TEDx talk, I suggest you watch it. Two...

Wonder about intermittent fasting and exercise ? This is for you. Today’s question about intermittent fasting from Elizabeth “I get the 16/8 thing, but can I drink coffee before my fast ends? What about matcha latte with coconut milk? I’d be fine to exercise fasted if I could do a pre-workout matcha latte. Can I/should I intermittent fast every day or how often? Should I try to fit 3 meals into th...

Is your after 50 exercise routine working for you? A new study in the Menopause Journal confirms it. The more physical activity you do, the better you feel during menopause. An earlier study published in April confirmed the relationship. This one confirmed there’s a threshold where you’re really supported. You probably didn’t need a study to tell you this. If you’re already active you know it. Did...

What if you build up your strengths instead of focusing on your weaknesses? It's not a new concept. Yet, limiting beliefs added to a focus on our weaknesses compound the negative feedback loop you have about them.  Today's podcast is about looking for opportunities. Right now if the moment of your life or the moment of history, things have been shaken up enough. You have opportunities all around y...

Hormone balancing exercise has consumed me for 8 years. The 29 before that I was laying a foundation and didn’t even realize it. One of my top values is learning and another teaching. It’s been a privilege and pleasure to learn and teach so much to help so many. Today I’m reading to you from You Still Got It, Girl! I look forward to years more with you! Preface from You Still Got It, Girl! If you’...

Would taking Cortisol Manager or Maca offset my coffee habit? That was the real question from a reader. Do you have a coffee habit? Love it and don’t really want to give it up? Out of control a coffee habit could elevate your cortisol. Cortisol and insulin can combine forces for belly fat deposit. You may not have to kick that habit entirely but here’s how to decide. Caffeine is an ergogenic aid....

How can you decrease cortisol? Does exercise help or hurt?  Are there studies showing exercise elevates cortisol? (Because someone else said exercise reduces cortisol). -Sandrama heynemana Two considerations The type and timing of the exercise The population studied.. was it you? The question to ask is whether or not your exercise has a positive or negative effect on stress for you. It’s whether o...

I’ll challenge that you don’t have or really know your ideal weight. What you may have is a number in your head based on a body composition you didn’t know when you were at that weight. What we have is an ideal body comp0sition. We have an ideal waist-to-hip ratio. We have a waist circumference that is healthy or on the side that lends itself to greater health issues. Weight, however? That’s not a...

The questions about metabolism, specifically menopause metabolism, pour in at Flippingfifty.com. The questions and the answers today come from a recent 6 session Menopause Metabolism Makeover that was once of the juicy bonuses for new course members and will be available inside our Café members area. Over 130 women took the live course. The questions kept us on those live sessions for over 90 minu...

Is it Carbs or Keto? The Confusion About What to Eat for Menopause Fitness It's a subscriber Q and A episode today.  Is the right kind of carbs – resistant carbs – and cycling them during the day, and during your week or keto? I've done Flipping 50 programs where you emphasized carbs. So why would you share a Keto program? It’s so different and seems opposite, I’m confused! This episode answers St...

If you’re stuck in this 10 (or more) pound weight gain, you exercise to the point of exhaustion, you’re awake with hot flashes, and baffled about what to put in your mouth right now, this is for you. If any one of those resonated with you or you’re experiencing belly fat and cellulite you’ve never had before… or it’s libido tanking… then keep listening. But if you are sailing smoothly through with...

How do you choose an athletic shoes?  One of the last things you might consider before you start an exercise program is what shoes you should wear. However, your feet are your foundation and if you don't get this right every joint upstairs could suffer.  In this episode learn how to choose athletic shoes so that you are the most comfortable and supported throughout your workouts and look forward t...

Are you doing the best workout for your body type? But before the episode, it's more than one thing. It's body type, it's hormones, it's your condition, your goals, and an integration of it all. If you're exhausted, it could be less about exercise and more about rest. https://www.flippingfifty.com/tedx to see my TEDx talk explaining more about hormones, exercise and menopause. This episode is in r...

 Natural Menopause Solutions Hot flashes, night sweats or kick-your-booty fatigue ? Those symptoms of menopause do not have to run your life. This episode is all about natural menopause solutions, that get you back on track, feeling 100% your sassy self again in no time. I’ve been sharing … well pretty much everything with you lately about what I’ve done to my hormones, for my hormones, and one of...

This is definitely a different Flipping 50 podcast. It's a whose behind the scenes backstage pass kind of podcast. We just surpasses one million listeners and in thanks I'm giving in to a request ... 20 of them that I get so very often. For all the what do you eat, how do you exercise, what time do you go to sleep questions... here are the answers.  We've grown our listenership and some of you wan...

In this episode I answer a reader question about Crossfit. But this could be any exercise you're thinking about twice right now. Got a gut feeling? My advice is definitely listen! "I have always loved working out. The last 8 years I have been doing crossfit. I started it at 50 and at 58 I'm questioning if I should keep doing it?? In the last year I haven't been able to keep my weight down and I al...

I’m answering this subscriber question about wearing shoes when you workout today. I’m going to cover several different workouts and when you may indeed be better off with or without shoes. Rebounding- A reader saw me demonstrating a rebounder workout on my JumpSport rebounder wearing shoes (I’ll link to that in the show notes) and wondered because she goes barefoot if she should wear shoes or not...

Why do you want weights while you walk? That’s the real question. Are you trying to increase intensity? Because the purpose, I want to make clear, should not be to turn your walk into a strength training session. That’s what I’m answering today. Should I add weights to my walk? I’ve been walking with ankle weights, one client told me. Here is my response to that. Should you hold hand weights while...

Walking Workout Starting to Bore You? Walking is the new running for many with knee, hip, or ankle concerns. It’s the new elliptical and step-mill for many who’ve ditched the gym by necessity or choice. (see my announcement on Instagram). It’s a good choice for several reasons. Done right walking can be as intense or as easy as you need it to be. You can reduce cortisol, increase feel-good seroton...

Walking tips?  You’ve been doing it since you were 2, right? Surely, you’ve got this, you might think. I’m all for walking during COVID19. You may have seen my post today (June 2020) about quitting the gym. For now, it’s the right decision for me. Maybe I’ll be back and maybe I’ll find other creative substitutes. My Walk One thing is for sure. I’ve fallen in love with walking again. It started whe...

Have you tried Keto? Have you tried more protein? Tried a plant-based diet? And still looking for the right way to feel good and look great again? I’ve got just the thing for you. Today’s Guest is here to talk about her new book… one I’m loving and using… more on that coming later! Dr. Anna Cabeca is an internationally acclaimed menopause and sexual health expert, global speaker and pioneering pro...

Of all the things we’re thinking of in 2020 during COVID19 our hormone balance, muscle and bone density concerns don’t disappear. My guest: Susan Brady brings a rich diversity of experience and knowledge to the healthcare profession.  She has been a licensed Physical Therapist for over 30 years, and is also a Doctor of Integrative Medicine and Nutrition Consultant. Susan’s specializes in helping w...

For the women in midlife who listen to this podcast and I’ve worked with for more than three and a half decades fitness is sometimes illusive. But success leaves signs. Four times in my life when I’ve made significant changes in my fitness level it was by doing LESS, not more. In My Late Teens Beginning exercise…. Back in 1982. From walking a half mile to a mile to a mile and an half… to jogging p...