Forget the bikini body, exercise for your 'old lady body' – with Elizabeth Davies

Forget the bikini body, exercise for your 'old lady body' – with Elizabeth Davies

Exercise is vital for maintaining strength, independence and vitality well into our later years, but it's easy to lose your fitness mojo in midlife. Personal trainer Elizabeth Davies joins Liz to talk about the power of movement – and easy ways to get started.


They discuss how fitness has been marketed as a way to lose weight or build a ‘summer body’, and why the focus should be on being strong, not skinny.


Elizabeth also explains the importance of midlife fitness for heart and bone health, tips for navigating pelvic floor weakness and how to save time by cutting your workout in half.

In this episode:

· The importance of training for our later years

· How much cardio we really need

· Protecting heart and bone health

· How to exercise with pelvic floor weakness

· Do we need to lift heavy weights?

· Ways to cut your training session in half


Links mentioned in the episode:

· WHO guidance on physical activity

More from Elizabeth:

· Follow Elizabeth on Instagram

· Order Training For Your Old Lady Body

Get in touch with a question for Liz:

· Email: podcast@lizearlewellbeing.com

· WhatsApp: 07518 471 846


More from Liz:

· Order Liz's new book – How to Age

· A Better Second Half

· Follow Liz on Instagram

· Follow Liz Earle Wellbeing on Instagram

Host: Liz Earle

Producer: Anouszka Tate (Fresh Air Production)

Social Media Manager: Naomi van Geelen

Content Writer: Lucy Parley

Head of Brand: Ellie Smith


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