Best Of The Body Pod - Mastering Menopause & Strength Training: Expert Insights with Selene Yeager

2 Jul 2026 · 59 min · 31 chapters

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In short

Best-of episode featuring Selene Yeager (Celine Yeager) on menopause and strength training for active women—body composition changes, hormone therapy (HRT, testosterone), cycle syncing, cortisol/adaptogens, nutrition/protein, and avoiding “menopause marketing” and magic-supplement claims.

Guest background

Fitness journalist and endurance athlete; co-author of Roar and Next Level with Dr. Stacey Sims; voice behind the Hit Play Not Pause podcast; 30+ years writing about women’s health/fitness; long-time USA Cycling coach and contributor at Bicycling Magazine.

Key claims

Menopause doesn’t have to be a “full-time job.” Main issue is body composition (muscle loss/fat gain), not just scale weight. Women may need a different approach because hormones affect thermoregulation, recovery, and how training feels. High-level guidance from experts overlaps; differences are mostly execution—find what fits you (N=1). Hormone therapy can be an underused tool; testosterone may become part of broader hormone care. Avoid predatory “slim clothes”/diet-culture-style marketing.

Notable examples

Overheating/power changes tied to her cycle; hydration/preload strategies improved performance. Joint Health Plus (eggshell membrane, boswellia, collagen) reportedly reduced night pain and helped her run an ultra. Continuous glucose monitors may be oversold but highlight that stress affects blood sugar.

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Selene's Journey into Writing

0:43 to 1:17

Selene discusses her path to becoming a writer in the health and fitness space.

“You work hard to stay healthy and want the freedom to make the best decisions for yourself and your family.”

Selene's Journey into Writing

2:47 to 3:16

Selene discusses her path to becoming a writer in the health and fitness space.

“So it's your turn to be in the hot seat.”

Transition to Fitness Writing

3:16 to 4:32

Selene explains her shift from traditional journalism to fitness writing and coaching.

“I mean, some of them might be similar to what you were asking me, but I want to know, like, before we even start and get into all of the questions, how did you get into book, publishing, author, writing, all of that?”

The Importance of Editors

4:32 to 5:30

Celine highlights the essential role of editors in the writing process.

“So I was writing for very sexy publications like Infectious Diseases in Children, literally.”

Connection with Dr. Stacey Sims

5:30 to 8:04

Selene shares how she partnered with Dr. Stacey Sims to write influential books.

“The editor takes that and finds, essentially finds what's missing, what's wrong, what it needs, you know, how to work it.”

Updating Roar: New Findings

8:04 to 10:28

Selene discusses the updates made to the book 'Roar' based on new scientific research.

“And a friend of mine that I was staying with said, I think you should go and see my friend, Dr.”

Role with Feisty and Hit Play Not Pause

10:28 to 12:25

Selene explains her role with Feisty and her podcast that addresses women's health.

“So what were the biggest differences in the science world that you felt like you had to update this?”

Common Questions from the Podcast

12:25 to 13:18

Selene shares the most frequently asked questions she receives about menopause.

“So the Hit Play Not Pause podcast, I mean, of course, any female can listen to that.”

Training Differences for Women

13:18 to 14:03

Selene discusses the need for different training approaches for women during menopause.

“So it's really just helping people who are active and like being active continue to feel good in their bodies as their bodies are going through this really big transition.”

Training Women Differently: Insights on Hormonal Impact

14:03 to 18:02

Learn how hormonal changes affect women's training and the need for a tailored approach.

“and large you know the largest topic that comes up in this and i think that it it hits everybody i believe it lands differently if not harder for this population because they're so accustomed to work in, outcome out.”
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Expert Collaboration: Finding Common Ground

18:02 to 22:20

Explore the similarities and differences among experts in women's fitness.

“I have, it's very hard to replicate a lot of this in a laboratory exercise study.”

Navigating Body Composition Concerns

23:22 to 28:00

Discuss the challenges women face with body composition during menopause and the importance of tailored fitness advice.

“I mean, I would always tell them, look high level.”

The Challenge of Menopause and Weight Loss

28:00 to 29:30

Discussing the emotional and physical challenges women face during menopause, especially regarding weight loss.

“And it's, you know, it, I I've never, I always say that there there's outliers and those are the outliers you're speaking to.”

Joint Health Solutions for Menopausal Women

29:30 to 31:20

Exploring effective products for joint health, including recommendations based on personal experiences.

“I mean, it really, that's a very, very individual conversation.”

Understanding Hormone Therapy Options

31:20 to 32:40

Discussing the importance of hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms and addressing common fears and misconceptions.

“Please do not be afraid or hesitant or think that it's some sort of like failure or there's some trophy at the end of the line And if you get through without it, there's not like it is a tool that is there for you.”

The Role of Testosterone in Women's Health

32:40 to 34:20

Examining the emerging role of testosterone in women's hormone therapy and its implications for health.

“I'm curious your thoughts about, is this like the, you know, the, the, the one that is kind of the shining star of, of all of the different hormones that we would take?”

Cognitive Changes During Menopause

34:20 to 36:30

Discussing the cognitive effects of menopause, including brain fog and strategies for coping.

“I've had my hormones checked and they are low, but I don't have any hot flashes.”

The Mental Shift in Menopause

36:30 to 38:00

Highlighting the emotional benefits of menopause and shifts in personal self-perception.

“And there's no one thing that flicks that lever for everybody.”

Adaptogens and Hormone Therapy Compatibility

38:00 to 39:30

Exploring the use of adaptogens alongside hormone therapy and their effects on women’s health.

“So I thought it was like it did give me a little bit of a mental lift, but I didn't need that at that point anymore.”

Breaking Down Confusion Around Fitness and Nutrition

39:30 to 41:20

Addressing the confusion women face regarding fitness and nutrition during menopause and how to integrate resistance training.

“Because they understand that there is this increased need to maintain that resistance training.”

Personal Fitness Routines and Adaptations

41:20 to 42:02

Sharing personal fitness routines, including balancing endurance and resistance training as one ages.

“just moving my body, you know, maybe twice a week doing something heavy.”

The Benefits of Strength Training for Endurance Athletes

42:02 to 44:04

Explore how strength training impacts running and cycling performance as one ages.

“So I mean, I feel like she was maybe 49, 50.”

Understanding Rep Ranges in Women's Strength Training

44:04 to 46:32

Discusses the evolution of strength training advice for women and the importance of rep variety.

“But my times are not really different now.”

Navigating Menopause: A Comprehensive Course

46:32 to 47:38

Learn about a structured course that provides information on menopause, nutrition, and fitness.

“So do you run any groups where you talk about nutrition and fitness for women?”

The Marketing Pitfalls in Menopause Products

47:38 to 50:27

Examines the predatory marketing trends targeting women during menopause and their implications.

“Okay, so we know that everyone is jumping on the Meno train, for good or for bad.”

Simplifying Menopause Management

50:27 to 53:16

Addresses how managing menopause doesn't need to be overwhelming and provides actionable advice.

“Well, I've had people like literally come up to me.”

Insights on Continuous Glucose Monitors

53:16 to 56:00

Shares experiences with glucose monitors and their impact on understanding blood sugar and stress.

“And these people who are, the cortisol conversation just has me cross-eyed.”

Understanding Blood Sugar Responses

56:00 to 57:02

Learn how your state of mind and environment can affect glucose levels.

“But if I was chilling, watching a movie with my family on a Friday night, it would be nothing.”

The Benefits of Walking After Meals

57:02 to 57:42

Discover why taking a stroll after dinner can significantly improve your health.

“You know, I mean, you could sit there and just eat lard all day if you want.”

Future Projects and Collaborations

57:42 to 59:10

Hear about exciting upcoming projects, including a cycling camp and a new book.

“The magic really happens when women get together in person.”

How to Stay Connected with Selene Yeager

59:10 to 1:00:08

Find out where to follow Selene Yeager for more information and insights.

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1:30We sat down with Celine Yeager, fitness journalist, endurance athlete, co-author of Roar and Next Level with Dr. Stacey Sims, and the voice behind the Hit Play Not Pause podcast. Here's why we wanted you to hear this one again. Celine has spent 30 years writing about women's health and fitness alongside some of the most respected experts in the field. What she shares about what all of those experts actually agree on underneath all the noise is something every one of us needs to hear right now. We dive into body composition changes in midlife. We discuss HRT, testosterone, adaptogen, cyclosyncing, cortisol all fear and why menopause does not have to be a full-time job.

2:20Celine drops one of my favorite lines of any episode we've ever recorded. There are many ways up the mountain. If you have ever felt overwhelmed trying to do everything perfectly, this conversation will be a breath of fresh air. Celine is brilliant. She is real and she has been in this space long before it was trendy. So settle in. This one is worthy of every minute. Let's go. This is the best of the Body Pod.

2:56Welcome, Celine. Hi. Now to the Body Pod. So it's your turn to be in the hot seat. I know.

3:05Selene Yeager:It's great. I feel like we see a lot of each other these days. So welcome. Welcome, and I'm super excited to get your take on all of these questions. I mean, some of them might be similar to what you were asking me, but I want to know, like, before we even start and get into all of the questions, how did you get into book, publishing, author, writing, all of that? Yeah, I honestly always wanted to be a writer. I didn't even really know what that meant. Like when I was in high school, even my health teacher, when I would hand in things, she would say, you should consider being a writer. You have a really good way with words and you put things together well.

3:50Selene Yeager:So I thought, and it was just always something that I wanted to pursue. But I didn't necessarily want to be a newspaper journalist. And that's all I really knew at that time. So I went to college and I thought, I'll go pre-med. I don't know exactly what I was thinking, but I started pre-med. And then I thought, I don't want to go to school for eight years. And I pursued English, anatomy, and also advertising, copywriting of all things. Like I just started cobbling together this degree. And it's funny, Haley, because I use all of it. Like I now sort of sell health and fitness and write. And, you know, so it's what it's what I ended up doing.

4:31Selene Yeager:So I got out of school with this sort of communications degree with this scientific background, and I became a science writer. So I was writing for very sexy publications like Infectious Diseases in Children, literally. And I thought, I don't want to do this for the rest of my life. And then I discovered Rodale Press, and they did prevention, men's health, women's health, bicycling. And I thought, that's it. Like, that's what I want to be doing. and I just kept sending them resumes and they kept rejecting me. And then one day a headhunter that they had hired found, I guess, all my resumes and called me and I got a job there.

5:10Selene Yeager:And that's how it all started. Wow. Okay. So you can be a ghost writer. And I mean, like, do you, do you do the editing as well? I'm not familiar. I'm not as much of an editor. Well, writers and editors are very different jobs. I prefer being the writer. So the writer is the person who takes all the information, gets, synthesizes it into a construct or an idea and puts it together in whatever language they are looking for to communicate to the audience that they're looking to communicate. The editor takes that and finds, essentially finds what's missing, what's wrong, what it needs, you know, how to work it.

5:50Selene Yeager:They work that piece of material. So a good editor always makes a writer better. and I have I filled in for a couple of my editors when they were on maternity leave and stuff and I thought this is such a unsung profession because they don't get bylines they don't get any credit they don't get any of the glory my name is on the piece my other people's names are on books but the editors like a good editor is worth their weight in gold they make everything so much better well I would be fired day one on on either of us please don't make me ever write a book I would for starting to hire you. Well, I became familiar with you from, as a lot of women have through Dr.

6:34Stacey Sims and the book Roar and Next Level. So how did you connect with Stacey? Was it through the cycling world or did that just, how did that happen?

6:48Selene Yeager:Indirectly, yes. I hadn't actually put it together that way, but indirectly it was through the cycling world. So I went out on my own after about three years of being inside a publishing house because I always wanted to be self-employed. So I went out on my own and I freelanced and I was always looking for people to partner with and to do books with because when you're a freelancer, a book is a great gig because you know you have a check, you know, like a large, you're going to get paid. Yeah, for a while. So I was always trying to get some book work on top of my magazine work and all of that kind of stuff.

7:19Selene Yeager:So I was with my eyes open. But I was also a USA Cycling coach. And I had a column in Bicycling Magazine, and I wrote for them as a contributing editor for 27 years. So I was very involved because I was also a bike racer, very involved in that world. And I would always have to go every two years to this USA Cycling Summit, which I would dread with the strength of Seven Sons, because the same people would get up there. It was all men. And they would literally stand up there and say things like, and they would be in charge of the women's group. And they'd be like, well, I don't really work with women, but this is what I think you should do.

7:57Selene Yeager:And I'm like, you don't work with women and you don't care. And it would just be so frustrating to me. So I had to go. It was like 2014, I think, or 2012 was around that time. And I had to go and get my CECs. And a friend of mine that I was staying with said, I think you should go and see my friend, Dr. Stacey Sims present. I think you're going to really enjoy it this time, the conference. It's like, okay. So I went and saw her speak at the summit and she got up on the stage in front of like largely a male audience as it was and talked about menstrual cycles and the luteal phase and all of these things that I never had heard anybody ever talk about anywhere and sex differences.

8:40Selene Yeager:And she got off that stage and people, it was like the Messiah, like people followed her. She went out the door and there's a line, like super deep line. And I thought this is, I immediately thought she needs a book. Like we need, I need to get this out. So I stood in the line and I said, hi, I'm Celine Yeager, blah, blah, blah. You need a book and I can help you get it done. And she literally said, cool, let's do it. and two weeks later I was on a plane. I'm not kidding. And I'm flying out to Fairfax and, you know, at the time she was developing her drink mixes and all that. And so I'm doing hill repeats up Mount Tam and I'm ducking behind dumpsters and peeing on sticks to like show her if I'm losing protein, you know, the whole, the whole thing.

9:24Selene Yeager:It was so funny. But yeah, that was the start of it. Okay. This is so funny about Stacey because I feel like that's how I I got my hand with her too. I was like, hey, you want to do that? Cool. Sure. All right. Yeah, neat. Let's do it.

9:41Wow. That's amazing. Okay. So when you were writing these, well, let's start with Roar. So when you were kind of around that time, because you just had, you guys just relaunched a new updated version, like a year and a half ago?

9:59Selene Yeager:Yeah, it came out in 2016. so you know that's a long time in science so after we did next level or actually while we were doing it i was talking to the publisher saying you know we really should be because people once next level came out a lot of people started buying roar again and i thought we we need to update this book so we updated it is that last year well time is a funny thing i was gonna say in the last year year and a half. Okay. So what were the biggest differences in the science world that you felt like you had to update this? That's a good question. And I feel like I did that so long ago, but the real thing was that there were just more, more recent studies that were done on women specifically to include in, in that project.

10:49Selene Yeager:Right. And really talking about, there weren't even, And when we wrote that, people weren't wearing aura rings or whoop straps or any of that kind of stuff. There was no tech. So we were talking more about, you know, there's a whole section on tech, sort of a whole section about how to track, little more in-depth, nuanced knowledge about how women can respond or not respond to the luteal phase and ovulation and all that. So it was really just going back in and inserting the most recent science, adding stuff that literally didn't exist when we wrote it the first time, and just making it a more current book.

11:26Yeah, I love that. Do you? Okay, so outside of that, you help. What is your role with Feisty? Okay.

11:35Selene Yeager:I have the Hit Play Not Pause podcast, and that has been going on since 2020. And it's just the place where I talk about how to adjust your training and your nutrition and your mindset with your changing physiology during this time of life so you can still perform. Because mainstream menopause advice really does not work well for active athletic women. Because they just say, you should exercise and eat well. And we're like, yeah, okay, great. Doing that. Check, check. Yeah, so it goes beyond that. And then I am also the content manager for Feisty Menopause, which is the umbrella brand. So I have a Feisty 40 plus newsletter that goes, it's pretty much, it's not just menopause, but it's sort of anything master's level women.

12:19Selene Yeager:And I create anything under that brand that has to do with women in this demographic. Okay. So the Hit Play Not Pause podcast, I mean, of course, any female can listen to that. Is it geared more towards the endurance athletic female? Or strength. It is geared towards women who are purposely active in care. It's kind of how I put it. Because sometimes people get turned off by the word athlete. They don't self-adopt. Even people, I talk to people all the time, they're like, well, yeah, I do triathlons and I do this, but I'm not really an athlete. I'm like, yeah, you kind of are. But they just don't identify that way and I 100 % understand that.

13:02Selene Yeager:But it's anybody who, even if they're on their Peloton five days a week or whatever, they still feel the same effects, right? They're still going through it and they're still maybe not enjoying their Peloton rides anymore. Or maybe they're at CrossFit and they don't know what body is going to show up and it's a drag. So it's really just helping people who are active and like being active continue to feel good in their bodies as their bodies are going through this really big transition. Okay. So what are the most common questions that you get as you are doing your podcast? What, what, what are the most popular topics or the common questions?

13:40Selene Yeager:I mean, the weight issue is by and large, the biggest thing that comes up is body composition changes, not just weight. I shouldn't just say weight. It's, it is body composition changes. It is the, where did my muscles go? where did this fat gang come from where is my power you know that kind of thing is it is by and large you know the largest topic that comes up in this and i think that it it hits everybody i believe it lands differently if not harder for this population because they're so accustomed to work in, outcome out. You know, like I do this work and this is what happens. And when all of a sudden you're doing this work and following the same training peaks plan, the same nutrition, all the things that have been working, one plus one equals two, and all of a sudden it's minus five, it's very disorienting.

14:40So along with these hormonal changes, do you think that then there is a need to train women differently i mean it than men

14:52Selene Yeager:or women in the oh i think there's a need yes i let me preface this by saying i of course came up not training any differently than men right i was in a very male dominated sport i was quite successful. However, once I met Stacy and started learning more, a lot of dots got connected. There were things that I would experience. I would be on my bike and I would not be able to, I would just overheat right away. I would be racing and there would be certain times that I would just like, I would not be able to thermoregulate. I'd be overheating or my power didn't feel right. And I never, until she had me track and I was like, oh, it's always sort of at the same time of my cycle.

15:39Selene Yeager:And then I learned, and sometimes it's just simple things. Like I would learn to just really get on top of my hydration. I would use like preload products just to make sure I was super hydrated going into these little things, but it makes a huge difference when you're racing your bike for four hours. You know, when you're doing these kinds of things, that kind of stuff makes a huge difference. So I don't know that I necessarily would have cycle synced or done things like that, but I would have been more in tune to my cycle. and I would have been more in tune to how it impacted me and how to work with that.

16:10Selene Yeager:So I could just keep performing and not be flummoxed every 25 days, you know, cause I never tracked. I was like, what is happening? So I don't think people need to, I think that you can take this idea of training differently for a woman, like over the top. And I think you see some of that, you know, on online. And, but I do think that women, because we are so hormonally driven, and our hormones are so different, we do need a different approach. We do need somebody who at least understands that. You know, there are times of the month that your joints might be different and women at postpartum, I remember like after I had my daughter, I felt like Gumby.

16:47Selene Yeager:I'm like, I don't know what's happening. I might pop a shoulder out. I'm not sure what's going on. You need someone to really understand those things. It's important. And women are, we take a journey with our hormones each month and over a course of our life. And so I think it's just important. And I will say one other thing for people who do like cycle syncing, because I don't want to just trash on that, because I do think that the people who do it are very successful with it. One of the things that makes it successful for a lot of people is they're following structure and a sense of periodization where otherwise they were not doing anything structured.

17:23Selene Yeager:So if you purposely train at a certain intensity at certain times, and then give yourself rest and then work on technique, like that's going to be successful for you. Right. And if it happens to sink in with your physiology, all the better. Yeah. And I think there's always in every field, we see this pendulum swing where there's, there's no one paying attention to this. And now everyone's paying attention to it. And the magic is usually in the middle of, you know, cause you have the pushback right now is a lot of experts that are like, but there's no difference in the literature or there's no of difference for, you know, this specific thing in the literature.

18:02Selene Yeager:I have thoughts on that. I have, it's very hard to replicate a lot of this in a laboratory exercise study. And also women, you, you, just because you can hit certain numbers doesn't mean you feel great while doing it. And it doesn't mean that you're going to recover well, you know, there's a lot of nuance to this. Like I was saying about hydrating or like overheating, there's a lot of stuff that's just not captured there. So you can say, well, you hit the same power numbers. Okay. That's one piece of the puzzle. What was my RPE? How did I feel? Did I, did it feel harder? Did it feel easier? How did it feel after?

18:44Selene Yeager:You know, there's a lot of stuff that just isn't captured when you have 20 women doing a six week study. Okay. That was, that was it right there because I've never really thought of it that way. I've seen it as the pros and the cons that come from these studies. And, uh, I haven't really put it into that light. So thank you for, thank you for sharing that. So you coach women, do you, you do the podcast, but do you coach women individually as well? Not anymore. I, I, I used to be a trainer and coach individually. And I do not have the bandwidth to do that. And honestly, the one-on-one was not ever my, like the programming one-on-one was never my favorite part of the thing.

19:31Selene Yeager:So I have put that aside and I work just with my broad brushes and I let people like yourself go into the individual work. Okay. So let's talk then about you have from all of these collaborating leading experts that you have written books with or that you're writing a book with right now, where do you see like, what are the similarities and what are the differences between, because this is a huge issue where I know we have talked about this maybe in your podcast, or maybe when we did our pre-podcast that maybe should have been the podcast. Happens all the time. Where we talk about this, you know, people will come in and just be like, But this person said this.

20:16This is it because they said it. And we're like, well, there's always a realm of everything. So what are the similarities and differences that you have seen with working with, you know, different experts writing a book or even in the podcast world?

20:31Selene Yeager:I think broad strokes, at least a lot of the people that I work with, I follow, collaborate with, have the same wide guardrails, let's say it that way, or hit the same broad boxes. They do, women should be resistance training, some of that should be heavy. You need some form of cardio, what does that look like? people don't necessarily agree on that. That's definitely a point right now where people are like, I'll zone two or no, you know, I mean, there's all those arguments. How much protein should you eat? But I think they all sort of believe in the overarching ideas of those, you know, that you need these things.

21:16Selene Yeager:It's the nuance where they have different ideas. And as somebody who has written books for 30 years now for all different people, you can find literature to support almost any of those nuances that that's just true so people get real real lost in the weeds but i i always encourage them like just pull back and look high level what people are saying and you will see more similarities than differences and then what works for you and you and i talked about that when we did our show it's like you do need to be an N of 1 then at some point and try a couple hats on. Which one looks best? Which one fits best?

22:00Selene Yeager:And that hat might change. You know, it might change over time with you as you change. And that's okay. There are many ways up the mountain. I always say that there are many ways up the mountain. But on a very broad level, a lot of the experts are kind of saying the same high-level things. They just have different ideas about the execution within. Perfection. So I love there's more than one way up a hill. I always say there's more than one way to skin a cat. Yours sound way better.

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23:28Selene Yeager:Yes. I mean, I would always tell them, look high level. Like what are the main points that you're saying, you know, that these people are saying that you need? And then what do you need to fit in your life? I've seen people who upend everything they're doing, even though what they're doing is working. And that makes no sense. So if what you're doing is working, yeah, wait, yay, keep doing it. Do do not need to change it. This advice is really there for you. When your physiology starts to change. And I see this a lot. And what you have always done is like we just talked about, isn't yielding those same results, then you do have to pull back and think, okay, what is happening?

24:16Selene Yeager:I need more stimulation for my muscles, I need to lift heavier, maybe I'm drowning in volume, I don't want to do all that volume, I need to bring that back. And then experiment with that, as you need to for what fits your goals and be open to trial and error for a while. People do and I understand that I understand they want someone just to lay out, tell me what to do every day. Just tell me. And you could start there. And if it's not working for you, then you, then you need to adjust. Okay. That's why working with people like yourselves is useful because you have somebody to bounce that off of.

24:52Yeah. And I mean, again, if we pull back because the nuances and the controversy and debate online between 30 grams and 40 grams, just freaking eat protein at every meal. It depends on the age. It depends on the, the, you know, the goal. Are you in a weight fat loss phase? Are you building muscle? What's your age? Like what's your height? What's your weight? All of those, like everything comes in context. But what I think is it's like what we always say, and nobody wants to majoring in the minors, like these little minute details that I'm like, I think it comes. And I would love your opinion as well.

25:35For me, I see it as women are desperate because all of a sudden they don't recognize their body. So they're just like hanging and clinging on to everything to try to do. And I'm like, if you are just consistent and you try, try this. And if it doesn't work, and I know everyone's impatient because they don't like necessarily what they see. And while I don't always like the body composition conversation because everyone's like, well, we should be worried about being strong and independent and all this. That's true. But behind that, it's still a hell of a lot of women that are like, but I want help and I don't need to look 19, but I want help because I just want to feel good right now.

26:21So body composition has to be part of the conversation because it's what, at least you just said it was the number one thing you get asked. It's by far the number one thing that I get asked as well. What's your opinion on that?

26:32Selene Yeager:It's a hundred percent true. And I, I struggle with this mightily because there are a lot of women in my group. I am among them who have struggled with eating disordered and disordered eating over their lives. And athletes get a lot of, you know, we've come up with race weight and you can't be thin enough. It's very, very treacherous territory for a lot of women. And I see more under eating than I see overeating in our population, quite frankly. And I had Dr. Bill Campbell on last week because I really, I wanted everyone to hear. He is a fat loss researcher who said, when my wife gained weight, I could not help her.

27:14Selene Yeager:And this is why I'm on this menopause because a lot of women are resistant. And if you look around the planet, women gain weight all over the world at this time of life. And some of it is your body protecting you. It is what it is. Now, that said, I do think that there is a conversation to be had and that you can change what you're doing to optimize your body composition as best you can, while there are still people who will be resistant to fat loss. And we know that's true. And I am very hesitant to make them feel like failures because they feel like failures. So it's a really hard – I mean, you know it.

28:01Selene Yeager:it's a really hard place to be. It is. And it's, you know, it, I I've never, I always say that there there's outliers and those are the outliers you're speaking to. I've never had a course that's been a hundred percent. Everyone has lost weight. I've never had all one-on-one clients where every single person, there have been a couple where I'm scratching my head and I'm like, I don't, I'm out of tools, like I'm out of tools here. And that is where this part of, I mean, bless Bill Campbell, bless, um, that someone that at his level that is a fat loss researcher is, is taking into account this menopause space because there are some that, um, you know, and it's really, it's such an emotional topic that a woman doesn't even want to come into a course.

28:50Cause they're like, well, what's the point? It just, it doesn't like, I'm going to fail.

28:53Selene Yeager:Yeah. So much needed research and more education on this. And I'm super excited to see where the next decade lies with what we learn because holy cow i mean over the last decade we weren't even talking about menopause no one was yeah maybe stacy on that first stage yeah but it is definitely in the conversation now and and we'll we'll see research on it and we it's much needed what products do you think are helpful and what do you specifically use and recommend for your clients during this time? I mean, it really, that's a very, very individual conversation. I will say that a lot of people in my audience, and maybe you see it too, struggle with joint issues and that kind of like joint pain, joint health issues.

29:47And they are, I will

29:49Selene Yeager:say it, they are a sponsor of my podcast and they're a sponsor of our show, but they are a sponsor because their products work so great for me that I couldn't stop talking about them. There's Joint Health Plus is something that I recommend a lot in my audience. It's got eggshell membrane and boswellia and collagen. And I was having such pain in my big toes. They were getting rigid after I did Ironman. I had like bone spurs and stuff. And I went to the doctors and like, well, we can't do anything with surgery. I don't really want that. So I tried a bunch of stuff and some things worked okay. And then I found this product and they stopped.

30:24Selene Yeager:I was waking up in the middle of the night with pain. And within two weeks, I wasn't waking up anymore. And now I'm running an ultra in two weeks. So it is made a huge joint health plus from Prevanex. It has made a huge difference in my life. So that kind of thing, I'll shout from the mountain top. Like I find it extremely, extremely useful. I will say that women are still, they'll be on the show or I'll be talking to them. And I hear over and over, they'll say, oh, I don't want to go on hormone therapy. or I gave in and I've decided to try it. And I'm like, don't, this language is not right. If you are not feeling like yourself and you have these hormonally driven signs and symptoms like hot flashes or sleep disturbances or all the things, brain fog, even the joint pain for some people, go and talk to a menopause-informed practitioner and see about using some hormone therapy.

31:20Please do not be afraid or hesitant

31:23Selene Yeager:or think that it's some sort of like failure or there's some trophy at the end of the line And if you get through without it, there's not like it is a tool that is there for you. And it's very underutilized still. Yeah, it's I feel like the conversation around hormones, it's spicy as well. Oh, boy. So controversial, which I wish it wasn't. It shouldn't be. There's no need for it to be. But I think what has happened to your point is that it's this pendulum thing. So women went from being afraid to use it. And there's still some people in that camp. And then I hear all these people who are afraid not to use it because there's people who make them feel like they're going to end up in an old age home and turn to dust if they don't.

32:04Selene Yeager:And I'm like, that's not really it either. I'm like, again, there's many ways we can help you. But the reality is lying in the middle. And it is a very personalized thing. But the benefits for most women 100 % outweigh the risks. How do you feel about testosterone? Now that's the one that I feel like is kind of the darling of the hour where it's getting a lot of press. It's getting a lot of, but, but it's also the one that's like, but we don't have a lot of research in this and it's really hard to get. I'm curious your thoughts about, is this like the, you know, the, the, the one that is kind of the shining star of, of all of the different hormones that we would take?

32:53Yeah, I don't actually think so. From the experience, and as a competitive athlete, I have seen illicit testosterone use in my day and I've seen other things. you need pretty high levels um to get real performance gains and i'm talking from from

33:20Selene Yeager:my end of the thing like i i know athletes who have permanent voice changes their voices are deep forever because they went high on the testosterone i do think that we are going to see it become more of the accepted cocktail of hormone therapy options for women i'll put it that way. Susan Davis, who I had on the show, is doing quite a bit of research on bone health and muscle health and testosterone to see where it fits in that. And I think we do need to include it in the broader conversation of what women need as opposed to just estradiol and progesterone. But it's never just one thing, right?

34:00Selene Yeager:There's so many different hormones. It's never, in my opinion, I think what we're going to see, it's not just estradiol either. Estradiol is just one form of estrogen, right? There's a number of them and we make about three or whatever. I believe as this research evolves, we are going to see far more nuanced care and precision medicine around hormones. Because everyone's different. We all have different receptors. I've had my hormones checked and they are low, but I don't have any hot flashes. My bones are great. My arteries are great. And when I tried to take something a little higher, I felt nauseous and woozy and not good.

34:44Selene Yeager:So everyone is very different here. Well, I'm feeling super, uh, space cadet every time I've done a podcast or, or have my group calls because the brain, like out of nowhere, I'll be talking and I'm like, sorry, guys, it's gone. Now, luckily to this group of women, everyone gets it. But I mean, I'm just like, what? What is happening? That's the biggest symptom that I see that out of nowhere, I'm just like, I can't think of the word. I can't think of the word. I forgot what I was saying. Have you seen Dr. Lisa Moscone's work on this? Not as much as I need to, because I love her from the little things I have seen.

35:25But now I'm gonna, did she just have a book

35:28Selene Yeager:or she has she has she has a couple books but she has the men i think it's called the menopause brain yeah i have it behind me it's because she did research you're like your brain during perimenopause physically changes like oh my gosh it physically changes it well our brains actually change every menstrual cycle which we did like who knew that like there's a little adaptions that goes every menstrual cycle but during perimenopause particularly it has a change in the volume and a change in the glucose metabolism. And then it adjusts and reconfigures and finds other pathways of other energy systems.

36:06Selene Yeager:It's fascinating. But yeah, we definitely experience it. Some women more than others, but probably about a quarter of women go through some of that. I have seen in my group, a lot of women, even if they're on hormone therapy, they find it doesn't always help. You must be on creatine, right? Kaylee, are you? Like some women find creatine helps, branch chain amino acids. Somebody just told me they find that that is helping, but it is, it's real. And there's no one thing that flicks that lever for everybody. I wish I could tell you there was. The more information that we find and hear, it really is validating.

36:44You're like, okay, so I'm not crazy. I'm not losing my mind. It's helpful. Totally.

36:52Selene Yeager:Totally. Because if you didn't know what was happening, you would think you were just coming undone. At least like when you know what it is, it takes the anxiety about it down a little bit because you're like, okay, this is a hormonal thing. I'm just going to do what I can and cope as best I can. It does get better. That's what I was going to ask, but please feel any better. So that's part of the mental shift in menopause. I feel like there's mental, physical, emotional shifts. There's a few mental shifts. I mean, the positive one is that you lose all those nurturing hormones, you know, and you just step into yourself more, for lack of a better way to say it.

37:42Selene Yeager:That's one of the big benefits across the board. Women I talk to on the other side are just like, this is kind of great. I don't care what anyone thinks anymore. like a amen this is like two years ago had you asked me if somebody were to write something mean on my social media I would just be like it would ruin my day and now I'm just like I can't be bothered whatever this is a positive for sure yeah that's great so how do you feel about adaptogens and did you use them yourself or did you or do you um i don't right now because i don't feel like i need them um well i shouldn't say that like sometimes in training like ashwagandha is also good for uh training stress so sometimes i will bring that in if i'm doing a lot of heavy training i used that one and i used sashandra early on like i used the ashwagandha for like the anxiety and the stress that i was experiencing and i felt like it helped quite a bit for that And then I used the Sassandra just because Stacy had recommended it as something when you were talking about the brain fog.

38:52Selene Yeager:I didn't have a ton of it. So I thought it was like it did give me a little bit of a mental lift, but I didn't need that at that point anymore. I used that for just a short while. Wow. Okay. And do you think that in your opinion, have you heard from your community that women, can they take adaptogens and hormone therapy? Yes. That's a question that I get a lot. Yeah. Yeah, that's fine. The thing that you run into with adaptogens is thyroid. And a lot of women do have thyroid medication or thyroid issues. That is something that is usually a contraindication for using. Yeah. Okay. So in your, in your groups, we talked about the, the, the number one question or, or issue being the body composition that you get asked, but what, where is the confusion where are most people confused is it about the nutrition is it about the fitness um it's about everything i don't know if there's any i don't know if there's anyone i don't know if there's anyone um you know yeah because they are already most of them are already doing something right so then the confusion becomes often the confusion is how how do i How do I put all these pieces together?

40:11Because they understand that there is this increased need to maintain that resistance training.

40:19Selene Yeager:And if they've never done that, how do you work it into endurance training? Because those two things can feel like they're competing with each other sometimes. And then there's mobility. Where does that, you know, how do I fit this all into a schedule? So I think their biggest, the biggest confusion that I see is honestly on the programming side. side of like what does this really look like in real life so what do you do yourself personally yeah oh yeah um so it kind of it varies a little bit around around the seasonality of it because come summertime you'll find me on my bike an awful lot you know i i ride almost every day very long on the weekends right now like let's take right now i'm training for this 30k ultra trail run, which is coming up on March 1st.

41:06Selene Yeager:And I did that intentionally to get through the winter without having to be on my bike outside. Like I've always had to, when I was practicing professionally, I trained outside in the freezing cold on my bike and I was like, done. So I, right now I lift five mornings, four or five mornings a week, not always heavy, just something, just moving my body, you know, maybe twice a week doing something heavy. I do a long run on Saturday and then during the week I'll do like one day where I'm doing hills. I'll do another day while I'm doing some form work, like some cadence drills, that kind of thing.

41:42Selene Yeager:So I'm doing pretty much something every day, except Monday is always a rejuvenation day for me. I love that. So I need to work on mobility because I always scrap that one. If I don't include it in my strength training, I don't do it either I will not like I will never carve out a special time mobility but I have a do you guys know what a tonal is I love it I love it I love it so I have been following Christina Centenari's program she does the strength training for runners and she does all those controlled articular rotations she does mobility like three minutes of mobility before and after and it is amazing it is it's the only way i'll do it if somebody is like we're gonna do this yeah okay yes we are and then but we're not gonna do it too long or i'll stop and then we do our strength and because i really do feel the difference but i'm like you it's so hard to make myself actually do it separately i won't do it have you become have you become a better runner or cyclist the older you get uh no the reason why i asked when i was you were saying something and it reminded me of a a woman that i worked with years ago and she was a huge runner and she loved to cycle and i remember her saying the older i get the faster runner i am and i'm actually a better runner and cyclist now that I'm older.

43:16Selene Yeager:How old is older? Well, I was like 21 at the time. So I mean, I feel like she was maybe 49, 50. So she's wasn't old, but yeah. So let me, let me preface that. Like I started, I, I got, I started racing semi-professionally on my mountain bike when I was 40. And I raced pretty much from 40 to 48 or so at that level. And I felt bionic. I mean, I felt like, yes, I was way stronger than I was when I was in my 20s or 30s, 100%. And could race for days. I was a stage racer. So I do think women do become, we peak later, definitely. Yeah, I wondered if you saw that. Okay. Yeah, I definitely see that. And I just in a post about this, I've been very pleasantly surprised because I'm an on again and off again runner for sure.

44:10Selene Yeager:But my times are not really different now. I am going to be 56 on Friday and they're not really different from when I was 36, honestly. I probably need more recovery, but they're actually just not that different. I love that. And the strength training helps a ton. There's no question that that has been a really essential piece for me to be doing that at this point. No question. Do you think that there's room for different rep ranges for lifting? Yes, yes, I do. Yes, yes, I do. I do. I do think here's what I think happened. If I if I if I can say this. So I think that when we were putting out the message to lift heavy shit and to lift heavier and to get in those lower rep ranges, we were saying things that had never hit women's ears before in a large way, in a mainstream way.

45:14Selene Yeager:Most women had never heard that. I had written for those shape, self, Marie Claire, glamour, all of them. We never told anyone to lift less than six reps ever. like it was always eight to 12 or you know like like it was always eight pound dumbbells for a hundred whatever so telling women to get into especially to build strength and even like endurance athletes never lifted heavy to build strength this is all pretty new in all of these spaces and it's just an evolution of our understanding of how strength training works and how it was, you know, all of that in with resistance training and with women, but it's not like that's all you need to do.

45:58Selene Yeager:You know, like you can do your, your heavier lifting and also do your, especially for accessory lifts. Like I'll do a heavier lift for say a deadlift and do five reps or six reps, but then eight to 10 of goblet lunges or something. Right. You know, So, I mean, there's, these things can work together and there's, you still want to like give your muscles variety and they're different stimulation and they're still foundational work. So that's a long way of saying yes. Yes. I love it. Okay. So do you run any groups where you talk about nutrition and fitness for women? We have a course called Navigate Menopause, and we talk about all of that.

46:49Selene Yeager:I actually have a dietician who is part of that, a strength training coach who is part of that, a hormone endocrinology doctor who is part of that. And we have eight modules where we talk specifically about all of these things for active women and how they can approach it. yeah that's great and then is that that's something that you run on your own that's through feisty that's through feisty media okay natural natural navigate menopause navigate menopause and is that year-round or do you have like open closed cart or is it it's open closed we do it a couple times two or three times a year and we actually have um March coming up, we'll do another session.

47:37Awesome. Okay, so we know that everyone is jumping on the Meno train, for good or for bad. But I think we're both in agreeance that the majority of the experts that are getting a lot of the, having a lot of the noise that are the ones that everyone's following have all like good intentions and kind of the same. There's differences, but there's similarities. But do you see this space targeting these women, you know, all of us that are insecure already about this transition and that products are coming in and, you know, magic supplements or magic workouts or whatever that that are we in danger of getting?

48:26I mean, we're always sold to already there.

48:29Selene Yeager:Like diet culture has followed us, right? A lot of the menopause marketing is just diet culture wrapped up in another bow. I mean, we've been here before. And it's the same insidious, we're going to prey on the things that you're insecure about. I hate the term menopelly. I hate all of that. And that is what they're going for. Skin, fat, this and that. You know, and it's, yeah, there is a lot of predatory marketing towards women because there's billions of dollars to be made. And I'll tell you, like, one of the, I won't name them by name, but there is a major company out there that, you know, for hormone therapy specifically, that in their marketing has, like, do you want to fit in your slim clothes again?

49:23Selene Yeager:You know, and they're talking about hormone therapy, like it's going to help you get into your slim clothes. And it makes me so angry. It makes me really, really angry. That is so bad. Yeah. I actually saw something that there was like a creatine product that was also going to make you lose weight or something. Like, come on. Yeah. I mean. But I mean, it's sad. I mean, every time I run groups, people will send in and be like, what do you think of this? Was it an infomercial? I see it all the time. Probably not. Well, and this is what I tell people. And I say this all the time in the course, in the Navigate Menopause course.

50:01Selene Yeager:I say it in the Hit Play Not Pause group. We got 34 ,000 women in there. I say it all the time. I say, if there was one thing that worked that well, 100 % of us would know about it. Like everybody would know. Such a good point. You know, there's no secrets. Everybody would know. Yeah. Yeah. Good point. Right. So I love the statement that you made on your Instagram that said menopause does not have to be a full time job. Can you dive into that? Yes. Well, I've had people like literally come up to me. Sometimes we have menopause retreats in Lake Nona where we teach heavy lifting and we do all this stuff.

50:41Selene Yeager:And like this woman, almost in tears, it's like this feels like it's going to be a full time job. And I'm like, it doesn't have to be, I promise you. And it's kind of what we just talked about. Like they hear all of these components that will help them. And they feel like there is no way I can do all this in one day, you know, let alone whatever, do a day after day. And that's when I talk about like what I just told you with that mobility. I do need mobility at this point. Like there's no question I do, but I don't need to do 45 minutes of it. I'm not exaggerating when I probably say I do three and a half, maybe four, you know, and it's bookending my strength training.

51:21Selene Yeager:So that's not a full-time job. That's not like, that's not that really, really that much time. So you can, you can, you can work this stuff into your life in a way that is attainable and doable and does not feel overwhelming. It does not have to be this full-time job. And I tell people like hit the big dominoes, you know, So like if you're not sleeping, address your sleep, like get on top of that. If you're having mood issues or you're having have like, get it, get on top of the stuff that's really disruptive. Get on top of the things that are going to make a big difference in your life and take like one little piece at a time.

51:56Selene Yeager:You don't need it. Nobody needs to do everything. Yeah. Well, I mean, and I'm, I'm sure, cause again, I feel like we're the same person in different groups. Totally. You guys are like, but I really want, you know, I really love my life. yoga class or I really love my, you know, my whatever bootcamp. I really love it. Why are you asking me permission to do it? Do it. As long as you have a strength, like some strength training in there and some cardio in there. I mean, there's just, there's like, there's maybe what might be slightly better. And then there's what you're going to do. And that's just like good, good enough.

52:44Selene Yeager:And if you love it, do it. I mean, that that's, if you love it, there's a reason you love it. It's doing something for you that is enhancing your life, and you're probably good at it. Yeah. So that's what people are attracted to. You wouldn't love something that made you feel bad, or that you weren't good at, like, that's not human nature. So yeah, don't you don't need to give up that kind of stuff. I say I hear that too. And it makes me sad. Like that's not, that's not the point here. You'll be more consistent if you love it. A hundred percent, a hundred percent. And these people who are, the cortisol conversation just has me cross-eyed.

53:25There are people who are just afraid, they're afraid to exercise.

53:29Selene Yeager:Like what is happening? Like you need cortisol, you'll be dead. You want to be dead? You need cortisol. I mean, And you just you need your recovery, too. And you probably need to focus on that more than you did when you had more hormonal support and you were younger and you didn't need to concentrate on that recovery piece as much. But that's really the message, not the we need to demonize cortisol. Oh, my gosh. I mean, it's like when we are creating barriers for women to know what to do to even exercise that they don't want to exercise, this is a problem. It's a problem. I agree 100%. How do you feel about continuous glucose monitors?

54:11Do you have an opinion? Have you ever used one yourself? I do have an opinion. I do think, as with many things, I think they can be oversold.

54:20Selene Yeager:And I think that I had a very interesting experience with glucose monitors. I tried one of the very early ones. It was called Super Sapiens. they were trying to get into the sports market but having a lot of trouble because of the FDA and everything but I tried it and they had not and this is still part of the problem this is still pretty new to you using this technology in a metabolically healthy population so we we don't really know what all the data means yet even the experts don't know what all the data means yet so I would I would put this thing on I would do a race I would try all these things they had them on world tour pro guys and i was talking to their scientists and they were like we can't believe the numbers were same we don't know what this means we didn't expect them to be having these 200 like the numbers were out of this world and they were just flummox they were like i don't know what this means and and that's like that's just true like nobody had ever put one on a tour de france rider and been like go see what that looks like it it we just don't know so but But what I did, what I think is useful about them and what I did learn, I did some experiments.

55:32Selene Yeager:And what I took home more than anything is that stress is real. And stress really does impact your blood sugar. You think about that. You write about that. But I would be just chilling out. And then I would get like some email that would rile me up. And you could see it spike. You could see it spike. You could see my blood sugar go up. It was really interesting. and I did experiments where I would have pad thai, right? I would have pad thai on like a Tuesday night after whatever and it would be up, it would spike. But if I was chilling, watching a movie with my family on a Friday night, it would be nothing.

56:09Selene Yeager:Like the glucose response to the same meal can be so different depending on your set and setting and state of mind. No question. And last thing I can say about that, the power of a walk is unbelievable. I was just going to ask you that. That whole idea that, you know, like traditionally people would like take stroll after dinner, whatever, do it. Everybody should stroll after dinner. Yeah. It is so good for you. It's crazy what it does to your blood sugar levels. It's amazing. Yeah. So it was, it was very, like I wore one for about six months and I watched things and I did experiments and I, I learned, you know, from it, but I don't think we all need to be walking around with them all the time.

56:50Yeah.

56:51Selene Yeager:Like, I don't, I don't think that's true. And I think that in some people, they're more harmful than they are good because they end up eating in a very unhealthy way because they don't want to move their blood sugar. And that's not wise. You know, I mean, you could sit there and just eat lard all day if you want. You could eat a stick of butter. You could eat a stick of butter with pork rinds and not – like, what are we doing? I actually saw someone on Instagram that was eating, like, butter. Just eating it. And I was like, I'm confused. I'm confused. What are you doing? Okay. And they followed that with a coffee enema, I'm sure, because that's back too.

57:32Selene Yeager:I'm like, what's happening? You know, it works well when you put it in the other hole up here. It works really great. You should just try that. Sorry. This has gone off the rails.

57:47Selene Yeager:Oh, my gosh. Okay. before we wrap up can you it just got exciting can you talk about any projects that you're working on or that you know you're excited about yeah anything you're excited about oh let's see what am I excited about we have a gravel cycling camp is partnering with Thompson Tours and we're going to Girona Spain to have a week-long gravel riding, which will be amazing at the end of April. Because you know what? The magic really happens when women get together in person. Like I find that at the retreats, I find that it's just, man, people really open up and they get clarity and it's just so wonderful.

58:37Selene Yeager:So I'm really looking forward to that. And I'm working on a book with Dr. Vonda Wright. I think I had shared that with you before called Unbreakable. She talks a lot about – I learned a ton about bones and how bones communicate with your brain and the rest of like – we think of them as inert, like just rods, you know, but they're not. They're living organs within our bodies that women really do need to pay more attention to. It's very, very important. So I'm excited for that one too. So those are the two things. Navigate menopause is ongoing and all the stuff with feisty is always exciting. So yeah, life is good.

59:12Selene Yeager:Good. Where can people find you? feistymenopause.com is the best place because then you can find the course the podcast all the stuff i write the blogs it's all there and what's your instagram it's at feisty menopause yep you are amazing celine so thank you thank you thank you for joining us and for your expertise and man one day i want to i want you to write a book for me but i don't know what about so

59:41Selene Yeager:maybe workshop that a little bit thank you so much chalene yeah thank you we will keep catching up with you and uh listening to the hit play not pause podcast thanks so much thanks for listening if you enjoyed this episode please consider giving us a five-star review and sharing the body pod with your friends. Until next time.

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We're bringing back one of our most impactful and information-packed episodes as part of our Best of the Body Pod series. The insights shared in this conversation are just as relevant today as when it first aired, and we believe every woman navigating midlife, menopause, and healthy aging can benefit from hearing it.

In this episode of The Body Pod, we sit down with fitness journalist and endurance athlete Selene Yeager to explore how to thrive during menopause, improve strength training, and navigate the evolving landscape of women’s health. From her collaboration with Dr. Stacy Sims to her insights on hormonal changes, nutrition for women, and the science behind menopause fitness, Selene breaks down the biggest myths and shares practical, science-backed strategies for feeling stronger, more energized, and empowered through every stage of life. Whether you're an athlete, looking to boost your energy levels, or simply want to understand menopause training, this episode is packed with expert advice and actionable tips to help you master menopause and optimize your health.

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