#170 – Intro to Strength Training with Suzanne Fowler
Suzanne Fowler is a regular listener to the Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast and a member of the Becoming Elli Community. She watched her parents’ health decline and decided to prepare for the aging process. Chris and Jill spoke with Suzanne about how she recently re-invented herself and now lives in an active and engaging environment.
In this episode we talk about getting started with strength training and progressing to the next level.
Suzanne Fowler is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of healthcare and fitness industry expertise. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Ball State University and a Master of Science in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University, she combines a strong academic foundation with practical experience to promote health and wellness.
As a former fitness center owner and certified Personal Training, Corrective Exercise, Nutrition, and Wellness Coaching through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, Suzanne is dedicated to helping individuals lead active, healthy lives, particularly as they age. Her holistic approach focuses on personalized solutions that empower clients to achieve lasting vitality and well-being.
We discussed:
- Moving into a 55 + community and starting a program for other residents
- Listening to our podcast and successfully adapting what she learned from episode with Gin Stephens and the intermittent fasting lifestyle
- Starting weight training with balance, moving to resistance bands, and into circuits
- How to progress as things become easy: at first you couldn’t do 10, now you can do 15. Time to progress.
- The value of the 3 basics: planks, wall sits and modified push ups
- The benefits of strength training: boosts metabolic rate at rest, improves bone density, helps keep your mobility, improve heart and cognitive health, helps with balance and promotes protein synthesis and muscle development.
- Monitoring body composition of lean mass, fat mass and working for a higher amount of muscle.
- Why monitoring body composition is better than monitoring BMI.
- Making a lifestyle change works so much better than making a new years resolution.
- Set realistic improvement expectations for 5-8 weeks.
- The NAS Med progressive plan to strength training. Improving endurance over time.
Links:
- Suzanne’s website: EverybodyFitWestfield.com
- Instagram https://instagram.com/everybodyfitwestfield
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