Episode 86: Build Muscle, Burn Fat: The Midlife Fitness Formula

If you’re a woman in perimenopause adding more cardio to lose weight before summer — and it’s not working — there’s a reason. In this episode of The Family Fork podcast, perimenopause weight loss coach Ashley Malik explains why cardio is actually counterproductive for weight loss in midlife and what to do instead.

Learn how excessive cardio increases cortisol and inflammation, why you’re naturally losing muscle mass after 30 (and why that’s slowing your metabolism), and how lifting heavy weights is the real secret to getting toned arms, defined legs, and a body that burns calories even at rest.

Ashley shares her personal story of being forced to stop cardio after breast cancer surgery — and how that unexpected shift finally gave her the results she’d been chasing for years. Plus, get a simple homework assignment to start building muscle this week.

Part three of the Spring Into Summer series.

Listen to part one here.
Listen to part two here.

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