Description
The Female Body Course – Menopause Edition
This course is designed for those training and coaching menopausal women. We’ll guide you through major menopause changes in body and mind, motivation, confidence and ability. As coach, you need to know the many symptoms of menopause so you can encourage nourishing and sustainable exercise that’ll improve women’s health, happiness and resilience.
The Female Body Course – Menopause Edition
This course is designed for those training and coaching menopausal women. We’ll guide you through major menopause changes in body and mind, motivation, confidence and ability. As coach, you need to know the many symptoms of menopause so you can encourage nourishing and sustainable exercise that’ll improve women’s health, happiness and resilience.
This course will allow you to …
- Better understand the emotional, physical and practical challenges of the menopause and how it can impact women’s relationships with sport and exercise;
- Appreciate and acknowledge your scope of practice in supporting menopausal women;
- Be able to offer effective support (within your remit and skillset) for menopausal females;
- Recognise signs of stress, anxiety and other mental health red flags in menopausal women;
- Build a trusted network of qualified professionals;
- Know which professionals to refer women onto when further help is required;
- Increase your understanding around menopause and its stages;
- Appreciate exactly why an individualised approach to sport and exercise is required.
Course modules
1. Menopause 101
This module offers a tour through the menopause: its stages and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and solutions. It is a broad overview of menopause, and the numerous ways it can impact mind, body and soul, so you can coach and guide women, and know exactly where to go for help.
2. Midlife Non-Negotiables
Really, this is five modules in one covering the lifestyle factors menopausal women need to optimise, HRT or no HRT, to manage symptoms, feel happier and enjoy a greater quality of life. This is Sleep, Mental Health, Pelvic Health, Exercise and Nutrition as they relate to menopause.
3. Nutrition
Understand the fundamentals of nutritional requirements for midlife women and what the science says about nutrition and weight.
4. Sleep
Sleep can be very disrupted during this period. Understand what can be done to support her to have as good a nights sleep as possible.
5. Mental health
The mental health symptoms can be as (if not more) significant than the physical symptoms. Support during this time is critical to help her manage and thrive.
6. Pelvic Health
An under appreciated body nucleus, this module offers vital and liberating information about women’s bladders, bowels and pelvic floors. This is how to coach women to engage their pelvic floors and recognise risks. And how you can incorporate pelvic exercise effectively in your work.
7. Breasts and Posture in Midlife
Many midlife women start to notice niggles in their shoulders and backs, as well as changes in their posture. This module will help. It covers breasts changes in midlife and offers practical guides and videos on the stretches, strength exercises and sports bras that can make a major difference.
8. Injury Risk and Resilience
This module gives you the information you need to reduce the risk of injury in menopause. Midlife women need to keep moving but the injury risks put some women off, while others don’t know how to protect their bodies and wind up hurt. This module helps you know and reduce these risks.
9. Exercise
Most of us now know that strength and impact training are vital for bone and muscle health, but achieving results and adaptations during menopause can be a challenge. This module is full of practical videos, guides and techniques for optimal training gains for menopausal women.
10. Putting it all together
Practical training plans, frequent questions, and our resources and references to help you complete the course.
