7 free habits that help you live longer (ranked)
Hey friend, Welcome to 5 Minute Friday, where I share simple, science-backed tips to help you get stronger, leaner, and more energized after 50. What’s in store for today: 7 free habits that help you live longer (ranked) The best way to recover isn’t what you think The Christmas gift I already bought (and why […]
💁The scale didn’t move
Nancy stepped on the scale. Same number as last week. And the week before. She’d done everything. Protein at every meal. Three workouts a week. Logged every bite. And the scale didn’t budge. She was ready to quit. Then she put on her jeans. They were loose. Same weight. Smaller body. She’d lost fat and built muscle at the same time. The scale just added it all into one number and told her nothing happened. That’s why so many women over 50 quit too soon. Not because it isn’t working. Because…
The one move I’d keep if I could only keep one
Five Minute Friday Welcome to 5 Minute Fridays, my weekly newsletter, where I reveal my latest tips to help you get lean, boost energy and live a long active healthy life in Midlife. You can also read this at RuthSheridan.me What’s in store for today: The one move that works your whole body in under 10 minutes Why power, not strength, is what we lose first after 50 Hey friend! Some days the workout you planned just isn’t happening. The call runs long. The dog needs a walk. (Mr Chance always…
No video this week (here’s why)
Five Minute Friday Welcome to 5 Minute Fridays, my weekly newsletter, where I reveal my latest tips to help you get lean, boost energy and live a long active healthy life in Midlife. What’s in store for today: Why there’s no new video this week 3 fun facts about how habits really stick One small thing to do before Monday Hey friend, Confession: there’s no new YouTube video this week. I spent the week behind the scenes, rebuilding the systems that run FitWiseWoman. Emails. Sign-up pages….
Hard Trail or Easy Trail? Here’s how I decide.
Good Morning! Reader For most of my life, my “recovery plan” was: push hard, hope for the best, and find out two days later whether I overdid it. I’d be stiff and sore and really fatigued. And sometimes the thought of working out made me cringe. Sound familiar? I used to think that was just what training looked like. Grab your gear, go hard, do it again tomorrow — and if you’re wrecked for a few days, that’s just the price of staying in shape. No pain no gain. Right? That worked in my 40’s…
What’s “Aging Gracefully” About Anyway?
Five Minute Friday Welcome to 5 Minute Fridays, my weekly newsletter, where I reveal my latest tips to help you get lean, boost energy and live a long active healthy life in Midlife. You can also read this at RuthSheridan.me What’s in store for today: Dinner with a friend What aging gracefully means to me Some fun facts about how your attitude affects aging Hey friend, A couple of years ago, Reg and I went to dinner at a friend’s house. I was finally going to meet his wife, and I was looking…
The Mountain Bike Trip We Shelved and an important Harvard Study
Five Minute Friday Welcome to 5 Minute Fridays, my weekly newsletter, where I reveal my latest tips to help you get lean, boost energy and live a long active healthy life in Midlife. You can also read this at RuthSheridan.me What’s in store for today: The trip we shelved Harvard study on aging A book that’s aligned with how I coach women today Hey friend, I turned 64 this week. Reg took me out for dinner just has he has every year for the last 15 years we have been together. A new restaurant…
She thought she’d AGED OUT of the life she loved. She hadn’t.
Hi Reader, You plan for the career. The retirement. The bucket list. What you don’t plan for is your body deciding it has other ideas. That’s exactly where my client Pansy was 3 months ago. For 13 years, she couldn’t shake the weight menopause left behind. At 62, her strength slipped away a little at a time — until a fall on a hiking trail in South Africa made it real. She hit her head, sat back in the truck, and thought: I think I just aged out of that. She’s an avid scuba diver. The idea of…
We are 5 years older
Five Minute Friday Welcome to 5 Minute Fridays, my weekly newsletter, where I reveal my latest tips to help you get lean, boost energy and live a long active healthy life in Midlife. You can also read this at RuthSheridan.me What’s in store for today: A theory I have that has big impact A free 7 Day Reset to start the fall strong A supplement I never go to bed without Hey friend, I ran into a childhood friend this week in my little town. I hadn’t seen her in years. My town is a tourist…
If I only had 30 days to remove visceral fat, here are the 5 steps I’d follow
Hi Reader, Quick question: if you had exactly 30 days to make real progress on stubborn visceral fat, would you know where to actually start? Most women I talk to would say “eat less and move more” — and then wonder why nothing changes. I just put out a new video walking through the exact 5-step order I use with coaching clients — built from 18 years of coaching and over 5,000 women I’ve helped lose a combined 200,000+ pounds of fat. A few things it covers: Why visceral fat isn’t actually…