What happens during menopause ?

How a woman ages depends on the ratios of oestrogen and progesterone. These shift during the menopause. External stress such as exercise helps to re-establish the ratios of these hormones. But its complicated......

Exercises need to be on the one hand hard enough to evoke a change at cellular level and easy enough to tap tap into the Parasympathetic nervous system. So how does exercise help? Well lifting heavy weights (resistance training) evokes a central nervous system response telling the nerves to recruit more muscle fibres to lift heavy loads. In essence the nervous system builds the muscle instead of relying on the oestrogen. Different types of exercise stimulate this. HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). Sprint interval training. HIRT (High Intensity Resistance Training).