The Flipping 50 Show

Stress Isn’t All Bad? Use Stress to Thrive

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

No, stress isn’t all bad.  “Stress” is generally seen as negative and harmful.  How can you use stress to thrive and live longer? In this e...

Save Your Knees and Shoulders Without Surgery

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Save your knees and shoulders from the little discomfort doing usual activities or some swelling and inflammation. If you aren’t sure whether you n...

Clean Eating, Fasting and Eating Disorders in Menopause

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode may be for you even if you never identified with eating disorders in menopause or at any age. Eat clean? Read labels twice? Following “...

Cortisol and Exercise in Menopause

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I’m going to review the cortisol and exercise connection or confusion… and offer some solutions. Feeling exhausted, frustrated and fat? Got stubb...

Midlife Women's Makeover: Radiate Confidence. Reclaim Your Power.

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How would you like a midlife women’s makeover?  What do you need to look good in order to feel good? Discover how a midlife women’s makeover ca...

How to Bounce Back Boldly After You Blew Your Diet

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Where’s the next step after you blew your diet? If you've done that before you know, it’s a hard spot.  Are you feeling frustrated after blowing...

Exercise and Hot Flashes and Other Menopause Symptoms

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Even if you don’t have hot flashes, stay with me on this because this episode is on exercise and hot flashes. We’re going to dissect the science a...

How and Why to Consider Meditation in Menopause

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hearing about meditation every direction you turn? Meditation in menopause can be a simple, free, and almost effortless tool for supporting your nervo...

Protein for Menopause Hormone Support

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s unpack something most midlife women are totally missing – protein for Menopause Hormone Support. Are you feeling moody, low-energy, or cons...

Can We Just Stop the Self Sabotage to Feel Your Best Ever

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you want to lose weight, get in shape, or keep a relationship, you may know the desire to stop the self sabotage all too well.  My guest and I ta...

The 3 Tests You Should Do Before Considering BHRT

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you are considering BHRT, this is for you. Even if you’re currently on BHRT, you’ll learn or confirm something here. If you’ve got daughters...

Smart Movement for Aging Better with Lara Heimann

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If there is a way to enhance movement for aging better - whether we’re already exercising or we’re in need of getting started - we’re in!  If ...

How to Have and Still Thrive with Autoimmunity in Menopause

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we answer the questions you might have about common and lesser-known autoimmune diseases: whether you are more prone during menopause...

Is Your Liver Preventing Muscle Growth in Menopause?

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To support muscle growth in menopause, you need to understand the critical role of liver health.  If you’re struggling with muscle loss and fat ga...

Breast Implants and No-Cut Facelifts - the Surgeon with Answers

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you have breast implants? Have you thought about getting them or do you know others with them?  The conversation about breast implants' impact on...

Is This Perimenopause or Something Else?

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you wonder “Is this perimenopause?” Do you wonder what it looks and feels like? Get information on how to adjust and alter your exercise when ...

Energy Crashes & Stubborn Belly Fat After 40 (and what to do about it)

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dealing with stubborn belly fat after 40 is reality for many women. It may happen in your 40s, 50’s, 60s or even 70s. And no one… not even an 87 y...

Whole Body Vibration for Menopause

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Whole Body Vibration for menopause is revolutionizing fitness, boosting bone density, flexibility, and recovery — all essential for thriving through...

More Simple Strategies for Effective Short Workouts in Menopause

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here are more tips for effective short workouts in menopause. I know some of you listeners are addicted to your arm work. Yet, who has time? Well, wh...

What’s Better Running or Walking for Midlife Fat Loss (and why)

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is walking the new running for midlife fat loss? Learn the benefits and why walking for midlife fat loss works so well.  I’ve shared - and will li...

3 Short Strength Training Session Strategies for Women in Menopause

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Want to do a short strength training session but not compromise on your results? Coming right up!  These tips are not something I would do every ses...

Why It May Be Your Thoughts Keeping You Fat, Tired or Injured in Menopause

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Reduced estrogen impacts midlife injuries, but could your thoughts be keeping you fat, tired, or injured in menopause? Discover how 75% of recycled, n...

4 Exercise Mistakes Hijacking Your Menopause Fitness (and how to fix them)

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You’re doing it all but could there be hidden mistakes hijacking your menopause fitness. Increasing protein, lifting weights, doing high intensity…...

Is Red Light Therapy the Answer to Aches, Pains and More Movement?

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Red Light Therapy is not just for the rich and the pro-athlete any more! It’s a revolutionary tool for midlife women ready to take control of their ...

If I Wanted to Reduce My Risk of Heart Disease Post Menopause

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Women collectively “Catch Up” to men in their risk by age 60, largely because of the loss of estrogen. Based on studies from the American College ...

Better Strength and Metabolism in Midlife Through More Rest and Recovery

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Building strength and metabolism in midlife is not hard. It’s just not easy to follow data and not emotion. This episode goes beyond sets and reps ...

8 Ways to Make Walking in Menopause MORE Beneficial

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Walking in menopause isn’t just exercise — it’s your secret sauce for boosting body and mind! With a few fun tweaks, make every step turn into a...

Metabolic Health During Menopause and Beyond

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Of the many changes that occur midlife, metabolic health during menopause may be too low on your list. We think about the changes we experience: the b...

Where Protein Recommendations for Women Come From?

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we’re diving into all things protein recommendations for women, especially women over 40. The spoiler alert is this: RDAs are not in...

How to Find a Positive Body Mindset While Menopause Changed Everything

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Body positivity is a term by now you’re familiar with, but do you have a positive body mindset? Menopause changes your body, energy, or relationship...

Why HIIT May Be Failing You

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

HIIT may be failing you for two big reasons. Spoiler alert, here they are: You aren’t actually hormonally in a place you’ll benefit. You are do...

How to Slow Aging and Feel Younger Fast with Epigenetics

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Slow aging is no longer a mystery — it’s rooted in the science of epigenetics. This includes lifestyle, diet, and environment influence your biolo...

5 Exercises You May Be Getting Wrong After 40!

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the best of intentions but armed only with the knowledge we got from decades ago, from yesterday on YouTube or AI, we could be doing it wrong. Ex...

Workplace Menopause Rights: What Women (and Employers) Need to Know

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just what are your workplace menopause rights? As a woman in midlife, it’s important to know that menopause matters at work. It’s more than just ...

Everything You Didn’t Know About Your Menopause Gut Health (and Need to)

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Your menopause gut health is about to get a booster shot. This episode is ripe with information about probiotics, digestive enzymes, your immune syste...

Love Relationships and The Health & Hormone Connection

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After 50, love relationships take a turn. For women who become more educated and mature their relationship may no longer solve a problem they can’t ...

12 Strength Training Mistakes in Menopause Robbing Your Results

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most commonly the challenge is gaining lean muscle. Doing all the things but can’t seem to gain muscle? Then tune in and go through this like a chec...

What You Don't Know About Hormone Tests (Wish I'd Known Sooner!)

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, you get to join me in a doctor’s appointment and lm tell you… what you don’t know about hormone tests could be the diff...

Protect Your Vision in Midlife and Beyond

01 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can you improve your eyesight and protect your vision in midlife? Vision health goes far beyond eyesight and the ability to see the golf ball or the s...

How to Exercise with High or Low Cortisol in Menopause

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With either high or low cortisol in menopause, the way you exercise has to change. Yet, this is a  gap in fitness education for trainers, instructors...

Daily Rituals That Regulate Your Nervous System

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Know the daily rituals that regulate your nervous system to calm inflammation and slow the effects of aging! My Guest: Dr. Monisha Bhanote, MD, ABOI...

Midlife Strength Training Myths Busted with Jennifer Kirsch

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pay attention! If you’re hearing “lift heavy” shouted from the roof tops and feel the fear of injury or simply inability to comply…. THIS IS Y...

True Core Confidence: Revolutionizing Pelvic Floor Fitness After 40

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in to this episode as we redefine core strength. It's time to break the silence and take charge. Pelvic Floor Fitness After 40 is a game-changer....

It’s Not Too Late to Overcome Gut Issues in Midlife

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To overcome gut issues in midlife, start with understanding how your gut health impacts every part of your well-being. Conditions like SIBO, or Small ...

Is Coffee Good or Bad for Midlife Woman’s Gut and Metabolism?

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are you drinking coffee and wondering if coffee is good or bad for midlife? Coffee drinkers, pay attention. In this episode, America’s happy gut do...

Do You Have a Dominant Side? Joint Pain Solutions I’m Using Right Now

12 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you do a single search for your knee or hip pain, you’ll be served dozens of joint pain solutions in your social media and Google searches. Are t...

Circadian Rhythm Hacks for Muscle in Menopause

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if we could give you Circadian Rhythm hacks to improve your sleep ang energy throughout the day? Tune in to this episode to know what are these C...

Address the Root Cause for Metabolic Health and Optimal Aging

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Knowing the root cause for metabolic health is the key to thriving through midlife and beyond. In this episode we’ll help more clearly understand th...

Changing Habits for 2025 Health Optimization

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the New Year and many of us are interested in changing habits. Or we think we are… Changing habits can be hard. The question might be, should...

Why You Can’t Break Those Behavior Patterns that Keep You Stuck

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not your motivation or discipline, it’s behavior patterns that keep you stuck. Whether it’s sugar, binge eating, nightly glass of wine, pi...

Top 10 Flipping 50 Podcasts for 2024 | Menopause Fitness

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

  In one of my favorite episodes of the year, I share the top 10 Flipping 50 Podcasts for 2024. We had a virtual tie so we kick this off with a tie ...

Why I Meditate and My Recent Weeklong Meditation Experience

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this  special release episode over the holidays, still appropriate no matter when you might listen, I’m going a little personal about why I medi...

Exercise Timing Improves Exercise Benefits in Menopause

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The timing of your exercise hurts or improves exercise benefits in menopause. If this is new stay with me! If this is like a review or you’re a trai...

Turning Your Personal Drama and Trauma into Transformation

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Personal drama or personal trauma? One and the same? What is it, and how does it shape your health and happiness? Let’s explore the connection betw...

Increase Longevity and create a life you look forward to without Heavy Lifting

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Having a better menopause experience alone ensures you increase longevity and your health span. Usually we talk about preserving muscle, reversing bon...

Empower & Energize Yourself with The Colors You Wear

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered why you feel better based on the colors you wear? In this episode, you’ll understand just how your fashion is related to your...

Building Muscle During Menopause: A Protein and Exercise Review

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Building muscle during menopause takes a unique stimulus compared to PRE menopause and is also unique during peri and post menopause. Of course there...

Connection Between the Sex Hormones and Bone Density

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is a refresher course or your introduction if you’re new to Flipping 50 and not quite sure you can make the connection between sex...

Exercise for Menopause Brain Fog, Memory, Depression and Anxiety

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you deal with menopause brain fog, mild depression or anxiety any time of year, this is for you. It’s also for anyone who wants the latest scienc...

Fitness Then and Now: A Look at Fitness Routines as You Age

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s have a quick flashback on fitness then and now, a look at fitness routines as you age. We're going to talk about how we exercised through the ...

My Morning Routine and How It’s Changed Over Time

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In my 20s, I would go for a run within an hour of waking. But as the years went by, I would linger over coffee and my studies or work. Even though I s...

What You Do and Don’t Know About GLP-1

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What you don’t know about GPL-1 drugs may hurt you, or your opportunity to improve your health. Misconceptions could limit your ability to make an i...

Menopause Fasted Exercise Pros and Cons

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our stance: Flipping 50 believes each woman is unique. That said, we favor fed exercise over fasted exercise when it is intense. That is, high intens...

Intermittent Fasting: Solution or Sabotage Emotional Eating?

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Intermittent fasting can be very sexy. But does it help or sabotage emotional eating? Some emotional eating experts we’ve hosted have strong feeling...

My Post Menopause Workout Week Experiment | What I’m Doing

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

My post menopause workout has been working. Let me say that first. I’m lean, as lean as I comfortably want to be, and my muscle remains high, I’m ...

Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you or someone in your family deals with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s or you’re simply in midlife dealing with changing hormones, this episode an...

I Asked Chat Gpt for 3 Menopause Strength Workouts - Here’s What I Got

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Here are three strength training workouts designed specifically for women in menopause. These focus on maintaining muscle mass, boosting bone density,...

Better Sex In Menopause and Beyond

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How’s better sex in menopause sound? For many it sounds like a distant and foreign trip. Sex is one of the most popular topics on the show. Many wo...

Caregiver to Midlife Crisis to Over 50 Fitness Athlete

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Doctor is in the house and she’s an over 50 fitness athlete. She’s juggled all the balls you may have from a caregiver and midlife crisis like...

An Intermittent Fasting Update with Cynthia Thurlow

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode with returning guest and fan fave, Cynthia Thurlow we discuss updates on intermittent fasting. If you’re craving a behind the scenes...

Optimizing Hormones Early in Perimenopause

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

My Guest: Emily Sadri is a Board Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, and the founder of Aurelia Health, a modern ...

How I Choose Podcast Guests and Controversial Topics

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, it’s all about how I choose podcast guests. First before we get started, I appreciate your thoughts. I work hard on keeping an ope...

Why Am I Sore in Menopause and What to Do About It

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode you’ll hear me respond to one of our Flipping 50 members asking a question about being sore in menopause, for no reason. If you’re...

Six Powerful Ways To Keep Your Perimenopause Brain Sharp

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you or your daughter, or someone you know, the perimenopause brain can be a “thing. If you’ve been tuning in to Flipping 50 long enough, ...

Timetable for Strength Training Benefits in Menopause

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You’re just a workout, even a warm up set, away from strength training benefits in menopause. In this episode you will learn or get a refresher on j...

From Managing Menopause to Winning Menopause What’s Your Story?

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just to be clear, this podcast is less about managing menopause in the physical sense of the term and more about what you might be telling yourself ab...

2 Big Obstacles to Gaining Lean Muscle and Fat Loss After 40

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chances are if you tuned into this based on the title you’re not exactly where you want to be right now. Fat loss after 40 could be a challenge in s...

What is Glutathione and How Can it Support Menopause?

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is Glutathione and How Can it Support Menopause? What is glutathione? Not to be confused with glutamine, it may be something you are less aware o...

Training for Adventure Retreats Heat, Altitude, Oh My

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Training for adventure retreats, aka, bucket list experiences is so much more motivating and fun than routing strength training for bone density or lo...

The Real Reason for Migraines and Constipation in Menopause

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Real Reason for Migraines and Constipation in Menopause Do you experience migraines and constipation in menopause? Did they begin with more freque...

Things I Wish More Women Over 40 Knew About Exercise

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Things I Wish More Women Over 40 Knew About Exercise This is what I wish more women over 40 knew about exercise and that it starts when women are teen...

The Book Busting Menopause Myths That Women (and Their Doctors) Believe

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Busting Menopause Myths Estrogen causes breast cancer, gaining weight and belly fat which are inevitable… Today we are busting menopause myths just ...

Fit or Fat? Training and Measuring Fitness in Menopause

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Measuring fitness in menopause is complicated. I’m going to take a stab at this and let you know that if you’re not measuring beyond your weight, ...

Running Long in Midlife and Beyond One 50-mile Run for a 50th Birthday

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

50 miles for 50th bday? Running long in midlife isn’t the first thing (or second) I recommend to women. But what happens when your peak estrogen le...

5 Non-Exercise Ways to Boost Fat Burn

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This simple list of non-exercise ways to boost fat burn has turned my YouTube channel subscribers upside down! Meaning they’ve flipped over them! It...

Natural Solutions to Restorative Sleep in Menopause

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Natural Solutions to Restorative Sleep in Menopause Restorative sleep in menopause can be elusive, I think we can all agree on that! Whether perimenop...

Research About Menopause: What's Real and What’s Marketing?

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Research about menopause right now is finally beginning to really get its moment. Or is it? What’s something you can trust? And what’s stated as “...

How To Defy Aging Naturally without Needles or Knives

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you want to defy aging naturally and not with botox or fillers? This is a no-judgment zone. I am guessing that if you have opted for Botox or fille...

Can You Wear a Weighted Vest with Osteoporosis?

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The short answer is yes. The long answer here in this episode is how. Using a weighted vest with osteoporosis comes up frequently as a question. Whet...

TRAVELING ALONE AFTER 50 OR WITH FRIENDS? Safe vs Not Safe

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dreaming of traveling but your friends aren’t? How can we step up our game and really get the adventure and bucketlist life we want? I challenge you...

Truths and Myths: Lifting Heavy in Menopause for Bones & Body Comp

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to begin lifting heavy weights during midlife, perimenopause, or menopause? Let’s talk about how lifting c...

Detoxifying Your Body from the Damage of Diets in Menopause

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The damage of diets, and often in midlife, a lifetime of it can be the limiting factor in your weight loss, your fitness, and your longevity. Girls st...

23 Lab Tests in Menopause and What They Tell You

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I’m sharing my recent lab test, 23 lab tests in menopause, to be exact. I’ll share why so many, how often, what I’ll learn from ...

Why Insulin Resistance in Menopause is So Important

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you know you’re experiencing insulin resistance in menopause? How would you know that weight gain or belly fat may be a result of your insuli...

5 Ways to Improve Your Mitochondria

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Improve Your Mitochondria To improve your mitochondria requires you focus a little more than on just “exercise” or “anything is better than no...

78 Year Old Endurance Athlete Training for Triathlons

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rarely do we look at training for endurance or being an endurance athlete here. Today is different. This isn’t a suggestion nor a recommendation. Bu...

One Thing I Would Change After 40 Years Working with Women in Menopause

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One Thing I Would Change After 40 Years Working with Women in Menopause Working with women in menopause for 40 years, even before it dawned on me that...

Lose Weight in Menopause Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you have repressed metabolic syndrome your quest to lose weight in menopause faster and easier is sunk. But stay tuned to this episode. In this Fl...

Protein Consumption in Menopause

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to protein consumption in menopause, there are several things to consider. Even though there's no science or medical evidence to show h...

How to Eat Out Without Blowing It!

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Registered dietitian Bonni London joins me today to talk about how to eat out without blowing it and how to decide if fasting is something you want an...