The Missing Muscle: Building Stronger Foundations for Women's Fitness Across Every Life Stage

We’re Dropping Episode #26 -The Missing Muscle: Building Stronger Foundations for Women's Fitness Across Every Life Stage🤝 Meet Our Guest:Mish Wright- Writer, educator, speaker, and consultant. I support organisations large and small in improving/creating their education products. Head of Education at Women's Fitness Education. 🎧 Tune in now:🔗 Spotify: Connecting the Dots by The Collective 🔗 Apple Podcasts: Connecting the Dots by The Collective 🔗 Youtube: We Are The Collective_world 💼 Key Takeaways:💼 Key Takeaways:Women's health must be integrated into the foundation of fitness education, rather than being treated as an optional add-on.Pelvic floor training is critical across all life stages, not just postpartum.Perimenopause and menopause require strength training and pelvic floor consideration.Fitness professionals need practical, symptom-based approaches to training women.A change in fitness education is happening, albeit slowly, and industry bodies must act more quickly.Community, knowledge, and practical education are crucial for better women's health outcomes.📣 Quotes To Remember:"Exercise was keeping me alive, not just fit." "We are not smaller men. We are different. And training must reflect that.”"It’s not rocket science, the pelvic floor is a muscle like any other and needs to be trained and protected."Educational misogyny is keeping women unsafe in fitness spaces." "Change starts when we move women’s health from an add-on to the foundation." "Nothing ever stays the same, and menopause is just another change to adapt to, not fear." 📣 Episode Shoutouts:Jen Dugard, the founder of MumSafe™️, creator of the pre- and postnatal certification Safe Return to Exercise™️ for exercise professionals and author of the book How to Love Your Body as Much as Your Baby.Amy Dawes OAM the founder and CEO of the Australasian Birth Trauma Association (ABTA) Thea Baker Counsellor and Somatic Psychotherapist, with a special interest in women's mental health, trauma and couples work. Principal Clinician and Director at Thea Baker Wellbeing. If our content resonates with you, please follow our channels and rate us. Your support helps us continue delivering valuable insights.#ConnectingTheDots #TheCollectivePodcast #Leadership #WomenInBusiness #HealthcareLeadership #DiversityInLeadership

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