The Menopause Method
The Menopause Method with Cam Allen is your go-to podcast for navigating midlife with energy, confidence, and vibrant health. Whether you're deep into menopause or just starting to notice the signs, this show is packed with practical, no-nonsense advice on balancing your mind, body, and spirit.
Hey, I'm Cam Allen, an integrated nutrition health and fitness coach, and I'm here to help you ditch the confusion around hormones, feel your best, and embrace a lifestyle that actually works for you.
Each episode breaks down the key areas of health in midlife—from personalized nutrition to stress management and strength training—so you can live with more energy, better sleep, and the vitality you deserve.
No fad diets or quick fixes, just real talk and actionable strategies to help you feel strong, empowered, and completely in control of your health.
Join me every week as we tackle the biggest health challenges in menopause and share success stories. If you're ready to take charge of your midlife health and finally feel comfortable in your body, this is the show for you.
The Menopause Method
Why Follow-Along Workouts Don’t Work for Women in Menopause
Follow-along workouts might feel motivating. Someone’s there, telling you what to do, keeping you motivated. But here’s the truth: they’re disconnecting you from your body and your strength.
In this episode of 50 Something with Cam Allen, we’ll talk about why chasing someone else’s pace actually keeps you from building strength, balance, and self-trust in midlife.
Learn how to tune in, listen to your energy, and move in a way that actually supports your body in menopause.
Menopause Minis: 10-Minute Strength Workouts
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Link to the latest episode about myths
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00:00 Strong women prioritize listening to their bodies, adapting workouts to their energy, sleep, stress, and needs, especially during midlife transformations like menopause.
Follow along workouts are keeping you disconnected from your body and from your strength. I received an email this week and it said I absolutely cannot do these workouts. I need to watch someone doing it with me to keep me motivated. And here's the thing, she's absolutely right. Did you know that your body follows what your mind says? And if you think you need to press play to keep up with someone else, to get a real workout in, to stay motivated, that's your truth. And I get it. Because follow along workouts can feel motivating in the moment you feel like you have company, like someone's holding you accountable. And when your energy's low, it's really nice just to be told what to do. But here's what actually happens when you spend the whole workout chasing someone else's rhythm. Instead of tuning in and listening to your own, you are outsourcing how you feel. You push. Maybe when your body needs rest, or maybe you're rushing through reps that should be really slow and controlled. And the biggest one, you actually miss the cues that your body has been whispering all along. The ones that tell you, hey, you should lift heavier or hey, you need an extra minute of rest. Maybe it's just like learning how to breathe and move your body. Really that's not progress, that's actually disconnection from your body. The strongest women I know don't do follow along workouts. They actually tune into their body. They adjust based on their energy, like how do they feel today? And their sleep. Did you sleep? How did you sleep? Do you have energy for your day? What's stress like? Are you using exercise as a stress relief or is the pace too fast and it'll be too much stress for your body? Those are real things in midlife. How you build strength that lasts is actually from the inside out. And if you keep outsourcing your pace to the person on the screen, you're never going to learn how to trust your own. And honestly, midlife and the midlife awakening and menopause is a return to yourself. So learning how to work out on your own, having guidelines and workouts, but they're not follow along workouts. That's the real strength you're after. So next time you do a workout, try doing it on your own. Listen to your breath instead and actually tune in to hear what your beautiful body has to say about you. Moving your body through time, space and gravity.
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