The Menopausal Meathead
von Muscle building for women 40+ who want the truth and not the pep talk.
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Most fitness advice wasn't built for you. The Menopausal Meathead has your back. Weightlifting, muscle building and nutrition for women in midlife from ALL walks of life. Built for perimenopause, menopause, MHT (HRT), GLP-1s, and the realities of training over 40. Grounded in research, delivered without the pink dumbbells. Real science. Real talk. Short episodes you can finish before your coffee gets cold.
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- What Menopause Does to Your Pelvic Floor · 1 Std. 4 Min.Get ready to take notes today, frendos! Dr. Cait Van Damm and I are talking how pelvic health changes in menopause, including painful sex and bladder symptoms, and when to ask…
- Lift Heavy Enough. Not as Heavy as Possible. · 55 Min.“Lift heavy” gets prescribed to midlife women like that’s all we need to know. Sports scientist Patricia Siegel and I spend a good chunk of this episode putting some actual…
- Why I Stopped Intermittent Fasting After 40 · 10 Min.I used to teach intermittent fasting. I wrote a book around it. A lot of women lost a lot of fat with it. I don’t recommend it anymore as my default for women over 40 who want to…
- Testosterone Prescriptions Are Up 146%. Why? · 6 Min.Testosterone is suddenly everywhere in menopause care. It’s being pitched for libido, energy, brain fog, muscle, bone, mood, and that general feeling that your body has stopped…
- Before You Buy Creatine... · 18 Min.Creatine has survived decades of supplement shenanigans for one very good reason: it works. But women still get warned it’ll make them bloated, wreck their kidneys, make their…
- Red Light Masks: B.S. or Yes? · 9 Min.Red-light masks are everywhere, and some cost enough to require selling a vital organ. So do they actually work for wrinkles? I dug through the better trials, including a 2025…
- When Do I Add Weight? · 13 Min.How do you know when it’s actually time to add weight? I hit a 65-pound weighted pull-up for my 53rd birthday, but I didn’t get there by making every workout heavier. Sometimes I…
- Can You Get Off the Toilet When You’re 80? · 5 Min.Women hear plenty about walking. I’m more interested in whether your legs will still get you off the toilet at 80. This week: one five-rep chair test you can do at home, what to…
- Why the Same Weight Feels Heavier When You're Crying in Your Creatine · 10 Min.Some days the dumbbells haven’t changed, but your access to strength has. Sleep loss and mental fatigue slow the lifts, raise perceived effort, and make an ordinary session cost…
- Stop Doing Math Mid-Lift · 13 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 11Stop Doing Math Mid-Lift Two new programs are live in the Deep Kimchi Training Lab. The Complete Physique for your regular workout weeks, Anywhere Strong for everywhere else…
- Stuck at 20 lbs for a Year. Twelve Weeks Later She Squats 45. · 9 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 10Michelle details how one of her private clients overcame a body recomposition plateau, achieving significant improvements in strength and biomarker numbers despite nothing else…
- Why Workouts Stop Working (Two Tips to Reboot Now) · 9 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 10Michelle Burleson shares practical strategies for women to build muscle at any age, emphasizing progressive overload, proper technique, and consistency. This episode debunks…
- Your Gin-Soaked Heart Already Knows (Q&A Pt. 2) · 11 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 9Your gin-soaked heart already knows the answer, but here it is anyway. In part two of the Q&A, Michelle gets into the stuff you actually live with day to day: booze, carb timing…
- 🎧 Will Lifting Make Me Bulky? (Burning Questions, Answered) · 16 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 8This one kicks off a Q&A two-parter on the pod and Part One is the foundation every woman who weightlifts should understand. I opened with the actual Deep Kimchi deal: * I’m not…
- Up at 3am in your own sweat again? · 9 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 7Sleep Is Where the Muscle Happens True confession for my closest internet friends (that’s you): at 48 my body quit sleeping and started wringing me out in sweaty sheets at 3am…
- You're Not a Smaller Man — So Quit Training Like One · 9 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 6You're Not a Smaller Man — So Quit Training Like One You've been running some dude's program. The stronger option is live in the Training Lab — today. I need you to hear this…
- You're Losing Muscle on GLP1s. Here's the No Fail Strategy to Stop the Bleeding · 13 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 5You're Losing Muscle on GLP1s. Here's the No Fail Fix On Ozempic or Wegovy? A quarter to half of what you lose is muscle. Keep yours. -- Sunday I told you what a GLP-1 does to…
- Inside the Program: Why You're Doing Everything Right and Getting Nothing Back · 16 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 4Inside the Program: Why You're Doing Everything Right and Getting Nothing Back Four reasons your body won't budge. One is probably yours. Doing everything right and getting…
- The Protein Memo Nobody Sent You · 9 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 3The Protein Memo Nobody Sent You You had Greek yogurt for breakfast. Chicken for dinner. Maybe a protein bar in between. You're probably at 60 grams of protein. You need double…
- Inside the Program: Why Your Back Day Matters More Than You Think · 8 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 2Inside the Program: Why Your Back Day Matters More Than You Think A 5-week back, glutes, and hamstring training cycle for women in perimenopause and menopause. - Why posterior…
