I really enjoyed this conversation. The only thing I felt an internal push back toward was the lumping of strength training with not eating carbs. I’m a personal trainer and have worked a gym that serves mostly clients who are in their 50s-90s for over 13 years. I know strength training is often marked as a great way to lose weight, but …
I really enjoyed this conversation. The only thing I felt an internal push back toward was the lumping of strength training with not eating carbs. I’m a personal trainer and have worked a gym that serves mostly clients who are in their 50s-90s for over 13 years. I know strength training is often marked as a great way to lose weight, but it’s also very important in helping people maintain and regain independence as they age (if they want to and have the means to). I’ve just seen how it positively impacts elders and their quality of life, ability to live independently, etc. so I hope it’s not written off a just a diet culture fad.
As I’m sure you saw in Corinne’s ode to weight lifting last week, we are not anti-strength training! I think Deb was speaking to how it gets marketed for weight loss in problematic ways. Earlier in my career, I wrote a lot for the now-defunct MORE Magazine, which was for women over 40 and we ran some version of “strength train to lose weight/fight menopause” almost every month. Sigh! It deserves better!
Totally! I also had never made the connection between weight loss and anti-aging and found that to be such a light bulb moment. I’ve had so many clients in their 70s and 80s who are still so focused on weight loss and dieting, so it’s helpful to view it from not only an anti-fat lens but also anti-aging.
I really enjoyed this conversation. The only thing I felt an internal push back toward was the lumping of strength training with not eating carbs. I’m a personal trainer and have worked a gym that serves mostly clients who are in their 50s-90s for over 13 years. I know strength training is often marked as a great way to lose weight, but it’s also very important in helping people maintain and regain independence as they age (if they want to and have the means to). I’ve just seen how it positively impacts elders and their quality of life, ability to live independently, etc. so I hope it’s not written off a just a diet culture fad.
As I’m sure you saw in Corinne’s ode to weight lifting last week, we are not anti-strength training! I think Deb was speaking to how it gets marketed for weight loss in problematic ways. Earlier in my career, I wrote a lot for the now-defunct MORE Magazine, which was for women over 40 and we ran some version of “strength train to lose weight/fight menopause” almost every month. Sigh! It deserves better!
Totally! I also had never made the connection between weight loss and anti-aging and found that to be such a light bulb moment. I’ve had so many clients in their 70s and 80s who are still so focused on weight loss and dieting, so it’s helpful to view it from not only an anti-fat lens but also anti-aging.