BECOME A STRONGER

MORE RESILIENT RUNNER

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MENOPAUSE DOESN’T HAVE TO SLOW YOU DOWN

With the right training and nutrition you can keep doing what you love most

I’m Gabrielle, a 54 year old personal trainer and runner. I learned the hard way that strength training isn’t enough for menopausal women who want to keep running and stay injury free.

Now I offer personalised training and nutrition programmes for mid-life runners. that works with our changing bodies, hormones, energy levels and recovery rates.

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COMMON MENOPAUSE

RUNNING ISSUES

  • Slower recovery time in between runs

  • Lower energy during training - runs feel harder and you’re not progressing

  • Tendon issues and more frequent niggles leading to inconsistent training

  • More aches and pains

  • Slower pace, loss of strength and power

  • Hills feel harder going up and feel more pounding on joints going down

  • Reduced balance and confidence on uneven terrain

  • Weight gain or unable to lose weight despite being active

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The good news is you can improve in all of these areas with the right training and nutrition.

And I will create the perfect programme to fit your lifestyle.

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CHANGE YOUR TRAINING

CHANGE YOUR RUN

Your new training plan will change the way you train completely, and will easily fit into your routine without hours of extra commitment. You’ll get personal support, regular face to face check ins, and a plan that progresses with you, so you continue to go from strength to strength.

ACTIVATION

If we don’t use muscles we lose them as we age.

Your new training programme will ensure you’re regularly training all major and minor muscles and that you understand how to recruit and activate them.

This reduces the load on overactive muscles and trains more muscles to work together for a stronger, easier run.

BALANCE & SYMMETRY

Over time our dominant side takes over and become overworked, while our less dominant side becomes weaker. This creates muscle imbalances, runs feel harder and injury chance increases.

Our sense of balance declines with age, leading to running with less confidence and worse posture.

Your training programme will improve balance, posture and symmetry, for stronger running and more confidence.

360 STRENGTH

Running involves moving the body in a single plane, e.g. front to back.

Most common strength training plans omit essential movement patterns for older runners, i.e. side to side and twisting exercises.

Neglecting these affects our control as we run and even contributes to common knee and hamstring issues.

Your training programme will build 360 muscle and tendon strength to improve form and injury resilience.

POWER

Power declines faster during menopause than strength, yet we barely think about this crucial role of our muscles.

Power saves you from a fall, gets you up hills and is essential if you want to maintain your speed and VO2 max as you age - and you should, because VO2 max is a key indicator of longevity.

Your training programme will restore your power to keep the spring in your step, and the feeling of confidence in your stride - when running is at its most enjoyable.

NUTRITION

What you eat now plays a vital role.

The right nutrition strategy will give you more energy on your runs and the better you perform, the more progress you’ll make.

Post run, what you eat affects your recovery so you’re energised for your next run.

It’s also the secret to improving body composition, so if you want to be a leaner, more toned runner, then its all about what happens in the kitchen.

ARE YOU READY TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU TRAIN?

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