02/11/2026
If you handed me your strength training programme and told me nothing’s working for you in midlife anymore, here’s where I’d start:
1. Check whether you’re actually lifting heavy enough. If you could do a few more reps at the end of every set, your body has no reason to adapt.
2. Add cardio to the end of your strength sessions.
Ten to fifteen minutes after you lift, so it isn’t competing with the strength work. Then walk briskly every day on top of that. Cardio isn’t the thing to cut in midlife, it’s the thing most women are doing instead of lifting rather than alongside it.
3. Count how long you’ve been on this programme.
Progress needs repetition, and most people change the plan before it’s had a chance to work.
Which one would you want me to look at first?
