Weight-bearing and impact: loading bone the right way
Not all exercise loads bone. The load has to travel through your skeleton — here's what that means in practice.
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Strength, bones and hormones, in plain language
A selection from the Learn library in the Shatavi app. Everything here is free to read, and none of it is a substitute for advice from your own doctor.
Bone health Training Strength training: the master lever of midlife
If you could only change one thing, this would be it. Here's everything strength work quietly does for you at menopause.
Training Starting exercise from scratch at midlife
Never really exercised, or fallen out of the habit for years? This stage is a good time to begin — here's how.
Bone health Protecting your bones for the long term
After menopause, bone loss speeds up — but there's a lot you can do about it. Here's the full toolkit, played as a long game.
Training Sore isn't damage
Aching a day or two after a session is usually your muscles adapting, not damage. How to tell the difference, and when to stop.
Training Rest is training
You get stronger after a session, while you recover. Why rest days are part of your plan, not a break from it.
Bone health Bones are alive
Bone is living tissue that rebuilds in response to load. What that means for how you train in midlife.
Training Balance is a skill
Balance is a skill you can practise in the small gaps of your day, with no equipment.
Training Why lifting matters now
Why strength training is worth making room for in perimenopause and menopause, in two minutes.
Symptoms When to see a doctor — and what's worth flagging
Menopause is natural, but you don't have to just endure it. Here's when a conversation with a doctor is worth booking.
Symptoms The three stages: perimenopause, menopause, postmenopause
Menopause isn't a single moment — it's a transition over years. Knowing where you are helps everything else make sense.
Nutrition Protein at midlife: why you need more, and how to get it
Your protein needs go up in menopause — not down. Here's why, and how to eat more of it without overhauling your kitchen.
Hormones What oestrogen actually does
Why menopause seems to touch everything, from sleep to joints: oestrogen has receptors all through your body.
Training Two minutes counts
On a low-energy day, one good set still counts. Why a little, often, keeps the habit alive.
Symptoms Not broken, changing
Menopause can feel like loss. It isn't decline: it's a transition, and your body is recalibrating.
Symptoms Joint aches, explained
Joint aches are common as oestrogen falls, and often worst first thing. Why moving is usually on your side.
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