Podcast · 66 episodes
Becoming Her: Fitter, Better and Stronger Over 40, page 3
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!
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EP 49: The Smart Holiday Strategy for Women Over 40: Build Strength Now, Burn More Fat in the New YearHoliday “smart strategy” for women over 40—shift from dieting to an 8-week maintenance/priming phase to build muscle, improve hormones/metabolic health, and set up easier fat loss in January.3 Nov 2025 · 17 min · 7 chapters
EP 48: Cravings, Emotional Eating & Finding Balance Over 40: How to Decode What Your Body’s Really Asking ForHow to decode food cravings and emotional eating in women over 40, replacing perfectionist “all-or-nothing” control with mindful balance and better fueling.27 Oct 2025 · 25 min · 9 chapters
EP 47: Letting Go of Perfection and Building Resilience: The Real Secret to Success Over 40Building resilience over 40 by letting go of perfectionism and the all-or-nothing mindset so you can keep progressing after missed workouts, overeating, or setbacks.20 Oct 2025 · 15 min · 6 chapters
EP 46: Think Like a Bodybuilder After 40 to Build Muscle and Boost Your MetabolismReframe fitness after 40 from “dieter” fat-loss tactics to “athlete/bodybuilder” strategies to improve body composition (muscle-to-fat ratio), metabolism, and function.13 Oct 2025 · 18 min · 9 chapters
EP 45: Age with Strength: Science-Backed Supplements for Women Over 40Science-backed supplements for women over 40 to support leaning out, strength, recovery, blood sugar, digestion, and sleep—while emphasizing supplements don’t replace strength training, adequate…6 Oct 2025 · 16 min · 10 chapters
EP 44: Why the Diets and Workouts From Your 20s Don’t Work After 40 (and What Actually Does)Why “eat less, train more” and calorie-burning workouts from the 20s/30s fail after 40, and what to do instead: strength training for muscle, adequate fueling (especially carbs/protein), intentional…29 Sep 2025 · 22 min · 7 chapters
EP 43: 7 Fitness Facts To Know On Your Fit Over 40 JourneyEpisode 43 of Becoming Her, Fitter, Better, and Stronger over 40 debunks seven fitness myths for women over 40: (1) don’t use the same dumbbells for upper/lower; separate moves for proper progressive…22 Sep 2025 · 16 min · 9 chapters
Ep 42: Stepping Into Your Power Over 40: Mindset, Healing & Transformation with Samantha PetersOver-40 mindset, healing, and transformation—how to step into “your power” by letting go of limiting beliefs, rewiring subconscious patterns from generational trauma, and building consistency through…14 Sep 2025 · 35 min · 13 chapters
EP 41: My Top 10 Tips That Transformed My Body at Age 46Shauna (age 46) shares her “top 10 tips” for transforming body composition in her 40s—moving from “skinny fat” and frustration to building muscle, dropping body fat, and feeling strong—plus the…8 Sep 2025 · 18 min · 9 chapters
EP 40: Your Questions Answered: Training, Nutrition & Supplements for Women Over 40Q&A episode on fat loss, training, nutrition, supplements, and motivation for women over 40 (host Shauna, 46).1 Sep 2025 · 25 min · 11 chapters
EP 39: Beyond Weight Loss: The 40+ Women's Blueprint to Body TransformationBody transformation for women 40+ focused on body composition (less fat, more muscle) using energy balance, flexible calorie tracking, and phased nutrition paired with strength training and daily…25 Aug 2025 · 27 min · 7 chapters
EP: 38 Why My Fat Loss Phase Worked After 40 (And Yours Can Too)Shauna (46, fitness/nutrition coach) explains her 16-week fat-loss phase after 40, arguing it worked because she first built strength at maintenance, then used a moderate deficit plus phased activity…18 Aug 2025 · 22 min · 10 chapters
Ep 37: Are You Really Ready to Lose Fat After 40?How to tell if you’re truly ready for a fat-loss calorie deficit after 40, how to run a successful 6–12 week deficit without rebound, and what to do afterward (reverse diet).11 Aug 2025 · 15 min · 7 chapters
EP: 36 Life-Changing Tips Priya Used to Transform Her 44-Year-Old Perimenopausal BodyPriya’s perimenopause fitness and nutrition turnaround, centered on reverse dieting (gradually raising calories from ~1200 to ~1850, then ~1550), consistent resistance training with progressive…4 Aug 2025 · 40 min · 17 chapters
EP 35: 5 Things I Gave Up to Get My Fittest Over 40Shauna (46, fitness/nutrition coach) shares five mindset/habit shifts she made to get “fittest over 40”: athlete vs dieter mindset; train fueled not fasted; chase strong not skinny; learn from hard…28 Jul 2025 · 14 min · 7 chapters
EP 34: 5 Gym Mistakes That Kept Me Skinny Fat (and What I Changed to Get Strong + Sculpted at 46)Shauna (46) explains how 10+ years of HIIT/circuit training, high reps, frequent program changes, and little recovery kept her “skinny fat,” and outlines the five gym mistakes she corrected to build…21 Jul 2025 · 18 min · 9 chapters
EP 33: How Vicki Ate More, Weighed Less, and Got Stronger Over 40Vicki’s reverse-diet and strength journey after being stuck in a long calorie deficit; how eating more (up to 2300/day) helped her maintain or even average lower weight while improving energy, sleep,…14 Jul 2025 · 34 min · 13 chapters
EP 32: 7 Reasons You Work Out Over 40 But Still Don’t Look "Toned"Explains why women over 40 may work out but not look “toned,” arguing they need smarter training and nutrition rather than more effort.7 Jul 2025 · 12 min · 8 chapters