Podcast · 66 episodes
Becoming Her: Fitter, Better and Stronger Over 40
by Shauna Theresa - Fitness coach for women over 40 · English
Welcome to Becoming Her: The Fittest and Healthiest 40+ You, where we explore the mindset shifts, nutrition strategies, and fitness tactics that will help you build lean muscle, lose fat, and feel strong, confident, and empowered over 40. Hosted by Shauna, the founder of Becoming Her Fitness and a women’s fitness coach dedicated to helping women over 40 transform their bodies and their lives. Her mission is to empower women over 40 to feel incredible from the inside out, because it’s never too late to become the healthiest, strongest version of YOU!
Latest episodes
EP 97: Fitness After 40: Your Most-Asked Questions AnsweredFitness after 40—answers to common questions on loose skin, cellulite, “back fat,” starting and managing a calorie deficit (including how long to cut, how to return to maintenance), supplements worth…28 Sep 2026 · 28 min
EP 96: The BEST Way to Lose Fat After 40How to lose fat after 40 without getting stuck in extreme dieting—use a moderate calorie deficit, high protein, strength training, strategic movement, and maintenance phases.21 Sep 2026 · 18 min
EP 95: How to Lift for Real Muscle Definition After 40Progressive overload for women over 40 to build muscle for definition.14 Sep 2026 · 11 min
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EP 97: Fitness After 40: Your Most-Asked Questions AnsweredFitness after 40—answers to common questions on loose skin, cellulite, “back fat,” starting and managing a calorie deficit (including how long to cut, how to return to maintenance), supplements worth…28 Sep 2026 · 28 min · 11 chapters
EP 96: The BEST Way to Lose Fat After 40How to lose fat after 40 without getting stuck in extreme dieting—use a moderate calorie deficit, high protein, strength training, strategic movement, and maintenance phases.21 Sep 2026 · 18 min · 8 chapters
EP 95: How to Lift for Real Muscle Definition After 40Progressive overload for women over 40 to build muscle for definition.14 Sep 2026 · 11 min · 8 chapters
EP 94: Why Changing Your Workouts Is Slowing Your Results After 40Why constantly changing workouts after 40 slows physique results; muscles need progressive overload, not “confusion.” Key claims: fat loss is driven by nutrition; gym work should build muscle via…7 Sep 2026 · 11 min · 4 chapters
EP: 93 Why Eating Less STOPS Working After 40Why dieting “eating less” stops working after 40, and how to shift from weight loss to body composition using a phased approach: build, reveal, maintain.31 Aug 2026 · 7 min · 4 chapters
EP: 92 Build Your Best Body After 40 (The 4 Foundations)Building a “best body after 40” using four foundations: Eat, Lift, Move, Sleep—shifting from dieting/HIIT and calorie-chasing to muscle, body composition, and long-term habits.24 Aug 2026 · 10 min · 6 chapters
EP 91: 7 Reasons You Don't Look Like You Lift Over 40Episode 91 of Becoming Her, Fitter, Better, and Stronger over 40 explains seven reasons women over 40 may not look “lean, defined, toned” despite working out, and what to change: train vs just…17 Aug 2026 · 11 min · 7 chapters
Episode 90: 7 Boring Habits That Keep Me Lean & Strong at 47Shauna (47, wife, boy mom; fitness/nutrition coach for women 40+) shares “7 boring habits” for staying lean and strong, emphasizing consistency over flashy changes.10 Aug 2026 · 15 min · 6 chapters
EP 89: How I Finally Toned My Legs After 40Shauna (47, fitness/nutrition coach) explains how she finally “toned” her legs after 40 by shifting from weight loss to improving body composition (more muscle, less fat).3 Aug 2026 · 11 min · 4 chapters
EP 88: She Ate 700 More Calories... and Lost Fat After 40For women over 40 stuck in fat loss, the episode argues that chronic under-eating causes metabolic adaptation (slower metabolism, hormone disruption, reduced daily movement, and muscle loss).27 Jul 2026 · 8 min · 5 chapters
EP 87: 5 Mindset Shifts That Helped Me Change My Body After 40Mindset shifts for women over 40 to change their bodies, focusing on mental drivers beyond nutrition/training basics.20 Jul 2026 · 10 min · 5 chapters
EP 86: 7 Fitness Myths I Had to Unlearn to Transform My Body After 40Shauna (47, fitness/nutrition coach) explains seven fitness myths she had to unlearn to transform her body after 40, focusing on sustainable fat loss and body composition (not just scale weight).13 Jul 2026 · 16 min · 6 chapters
EP 85: Are You Measuring Fitness Progress Over 40 All Wrong?After 40, measuring fitness progress by scale weight alone is misleading; focus on body composition changes and strength across multiple phases (including maintenance), not just fat loss in a calorie…6 Jul 2026 · 10 min · 6 chapters
EP 84: My Top 10 Tips That Transformed My Body at 47Shauna (47, fitness/nutrition coach) shares her “top 10 tips” for transforming her body after 40 by rejecting 90s “eat less/move more” dieting and focusing on strength, muscle, and sustainable habits.29 Jun 2026 · 22 min · 10 chapters
EP 83: What Took Me 20 Years To Learn About Fitness After 40 (In 12 Minutes)Shauna (47, fitness/nutrition coach) explains what she learned after 20 years about fitness over 40, arguing results come from mastering three foundations: movement, nutrition, and recovery—then…22 Jun 2026 · 13 min · 6 chapters
EP 82: What It Actually Takes to Get Toned After 40 (It's Not What You Think)How to get “toned” after 40 by building lean muscle and lowering body fat—“muscles don’t tone,” they grow or shrink.15 Jun 2026 · 12 min · 5 chapters
EP 81: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner To Transform Over 40Shauna (47, fitness/nutrition coach) shares “5 things I wish I knew sooner” for transforming after 40: train smarter than sweating, build muscle not just lose weight, diet in phases not forever, do…8 Jun 2026 · 15 min · 12 chapters
EP 80: Building My Best Body After 40 Meant Breaking All The Fitness RulesHow the host rebuilt her body after 40 by breaking “calorie burn + restriction” rules and focusing on metabolism, muscle preservation, and sustainable body composition.1 Jun 2026 · 10 min · 1 chapter
EP 79: The 3 Phases of Real Body Transformation Over 40Shauna explains a 3-phase body transformation for women over 40—priming/metabolic restoration, fat loss, then reverse dieting into maintenance—arguing that dieting and “cutting harder” after years of…25 May 2026 · 14 min · 7 chapters
EP 78: Why Fat Loss Feels Harder After 40 (And The Truth About Metabolism Nobody Told Us)Why fat loss feels harder after 40, what metabolism actually is, and how chronic dieting, muscle loss, reduced NEAT, and perimenopause make “eat less, move more” backfire.18 May 2026 · 13 min · 5 chapters
EP 77: Eating MORE Changed My Body After 40 (Here’s What Happened)Shauna argues that for women over 40, eating more (rather than chronic restriction) can improve body composition, make fat loss easier, and reduce bloating.11 May 2026 · 10 min · 3 chapters
EP 76: 5 Shifts That Helped My 53-Year-Old Client Lose 40+ Lbs & Transform Her BodyShauna’s Becoming Her episode shares five “shifts” that helped her 53-year-old client, Shantae, lose 40+ lbs and reverse pre-diabetes without extreme dieting or more workouts.4 May 2026 · 12 min · 6 chapters
EP 75: 5 Things I Stopped Doing to Lose Fat & Build Muscle After 40How to lose fat and build muscle after 40 by stopping five sabotaging habits: dieting mindset, fasted training, chasing “skinny,” quitting on hard days, and working out from self-hatred.27 Apr 2026 · 9 min · 4 chapters
EP 74: Fat Loss Over 40: Why It Feels Harder and What Actually WorksFat loss over 40 feels harder because of age-related muscle loss, reduced daily movement, and hormone changes; the episode argues that “old school” dieting (very low calories, lots of cardio, cutting…20 Apr 2026 · 13 min · 8 chapters