struggling to understand perimenopause strength training

[Anonymous]

I work out almost everyday. Now i'm in perimenopause and best practice says intermittent fasting. How do you do IF and strength train at 6:30 am? Also, what is the best type of strength training? I use peloton. advice needed. Thank you

[Anonymous]

I don’t think intermittent fasting is best practice. Just a stupid trend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think intermittent fasting is best practice. Just a stupid trend.

+1

[Anonymous]

Who says intermittent fasting is best practice?

[Anonymous]

IF is definitely not best practice. I use peloton for strength and I always have to have some kind of food before lifting any weights. I started perimenopause early - around 39.

[Anonymous]

Quit IF and massively increase protein intake.

[Anonymous]

I thought intermittent fasting was debunked. It was fewer calories eaten. Good practice not to eat between meals, I think.

[Anonymous]

BTW I might be older, but my strength training isn't heavy lifting with arms. And I use body weight for legs... that is heavy lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work out almost everyday. Now i'm in perimenopause and best practice says intermittent fasting. [/b]How do you do IF and strength train at 6:30 am? [b] Also, what is the best type of strength training? I use peloton. advice needed. Thank you

Just wake up and work out. Eat after. I do this anytime I work out early although I don’t consider it IF. It’s just a morning workout.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think intermittent fasting is best practice. Just a stupid trend.

IF works better for men.
They If and burn fat.
Women IF and burn their own muscles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think intermittent fasting is best practice. Just a stupid trend.

IF works better for men.
They If and burn fat.
Women IF and burn their own muscles.

Don’t take advice from randos on the internet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think intermittent fasting is best practice. Just a stupid trend.

+1

+2

I think it is a stupid trend, but even if it isn't stupid one should prioritize strength training over IF if in peri.

[Anonymous]

The best strength training is the one you can be the most consistent with. For me, I do very heavy lifting at my office gym, which has all the equipment I don’t have at home (squat rack, bench press, etc). At home I do peloton strength classes with dumbbells. I do not work out two days back-to-back because my body needs more time to recover at this age.

I’ve never been able to work out first thing in the morning, so I do it in the afternoon or evening, but people should choose a time that they can stick with long term.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The best strength training is the one you can be the most consistent with. For me, I do very heavy lifting at my office gym, which has all the equipment I don’t have at home (squat rack, bench press, etc). At home I do peloton strength classes with dumbbells. I do not work out two days back-to-back because my body needs more time to recover at this age.

I’ve never been able to work out first thing in the morning, so I do it in the afternoon or evening, but people should choose a time that they can stick with long term.

Wow! Not heavy lifting but VERY heavy lifting. I'm impressed!

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t do IF but I do something similar. On the outside it looks like it (sort of).

I fully rely on hunger cues. And early hunger cues if I can.

This means I’m never hungry and suffering.

The benefit for me is… a lot of days I wake up and realize that I do not feel hungry. Especially if go ahead and have water and then maybe a piece of fruit.

So I don’t really eat until 11, and then out of good choices, I generally eat at 6:30 and brush my teeth, don’t snack or get seconds or get dessert. I would eat earlier, too, but I wait for DH to get home.

So it looks like I IF, eating only between 11-5 or 6. But I’m really listening to my hunger. Lack of hunger is surprisingly happening often. Before I started paying attention, I thought I was hungry all the time.