More effort. More aches. Less to show for it.

It is not your fault. After 40, four things start working against you that did not exist a decade earlier. Muscle loss. Bone density. Hormonal symptoms. And the training itself. This is the protocol that overcomes all four.

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Stronger Through The Shift, the Catalyst guide cover
What the research says

Each one, backed by the research.

The science is settled. Most training plans ignore all four. Until you address them in the right order, the routine that used to work will keep failing you.

01

Muscle loss

Sarcopenia
From age 30 a woman loses muscle steadily, and the rate accelerates after 50. Less muscle means a slower metabolism, weaker bones, and a higher fall risk in the next thirty years.
3 to 5%
per decade after 30
02

Bone density decline

Osteopenia, osteoporosis
Estrogen withdrawal removes the brake on bone breakdown. Without resistance training in the right rep range, the loss compounds quickly through perimenopause and the years after.
1 to 2%
per year around menopause
03

Hormonal symptoms

Perimenopause, menopause
Sleep loss, joint pain, brain fog, hot flushes, mood changes. The body is recalibrating. Without a protocol that respects what is changing, the training itself starts to make the symptoms worse.
~80%
of women report symptoms
04

The training mismatch

Wrong stimulus, wrong volume
Light weights and high reps. Daily cardio. Routines built for a 25 year old body. It is the inverse of what midlife actually responds to, which is heavier resistance in a tight rep range.
5 to 8
the rep range to use instead

The numbers are not a verdict. They are a brief. Sources cited in the guide.

The fix

One protocol overcomes all four. We have written it down.

Stronger Through The Shift is the protocol Catalyst runs with women in their 40s, 50s and 60s every week. Strength in the right rep range. Cardio with intent. Mobility, recovery, fuel. Read it tonight. Start tomorrow.

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A real Catalyst member

I came in convinced I was just tired. Eight weeks later I rowed two thousand metres and laughed the whole way.

Catalyst member · age 53

Who it is from

Built by the coaches who run the protocol every week.

20+
Years between them coaching women over 40 and getting them strong for life.

JJ Coutts and Siobhan Peterson-Coutts founded Catalyst Training Co. in Randwick after watching too many women in their 40s and 50s be told their symptoms were just stress, or just part of getting older.

Take the next step

Stop guessing. Get the protocol.

The four things working against you are settled science. So is the protocol that overcomes them.

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