During the menopause your cortisol levels increase. If your weren’t stressed enough already, the hormone responsible for your stress levels increases, in this vicious cycle.
Cortisol does have an important role to play in your body but it’s important to make sure it doesn’t take over.
I’m not sure about you, but this year has flown by and I can’t believe its September already and the kids have gone back to school.
Not only that, autumn feels like it has arrived with the darker mornings, rain and wind.
There are roughly 13 million people who are currently peri or menopausal in the UK. This roughly works out to be a third of the entire UK female population.
Running is a fantastic form of exercise, it helps to boost your cardiovascular fitness, improves your strength and maintain your weight.
There can be a worry that you’ll pick up injuries when you run, but if you plan your training carefully and have a balance between running and strength exercises you can progress well.
Times have changed recently and the idea of training to be skinny is no longer the ‘in’ look. Fortunately this mind-set has enabled training to focus on lifting weights and getting strong, without the worry of people thinking you’re too muscular.
If you don’t have a fitness watch you need to work out what your maximum heart rate is manually. This will give you a good guide as to which zones you need to be working in to get the most benefit from your training.
Do you want to get a Personal Best at Parkrun?
Yes the title comes from one of my all time favourite movies Top Gun, but speed is also important for runners too.
Once you’re able to run a set distance, most people’s next goal is to run it faster.
As you run longer or your body gets fatigued you’ll find your running form may start to falter which can lead to poor running mechanics and injuries.
The 5 areas to focus on are:
When do you choose to exercise?