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Let’s personalize your workout plan

A few questions about how your body moves today. What comes back is built from your answers.

3 minutesThat is all the quiz takes.
Your 12-week planStrength, balance and mobility — fifteen minutes, three days a week, at home.
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A year from now, what would you most want to be true?

Lose weight, especially around my middle
Feel steadier on my feet
Be stronger for everyday things
Move without stiffness in the morning
Have energy that lasts the whole day

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How old are you?

45–49
50–54
55–59
60–64
65 or over

This sets the benchmarks we score you against.

You're not unfit

Most women arriving here have been doing workouts built for a 30-year-old's body. Those stopped working for a reason — and the reason isn't effort.

Strength and balance training is the most effective thing available for what menopause does to muscle, bone and steadiness.
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Which is closest to your shape now?

Illustrations, not photos. Pick the nearest.

Rounder through the middle

Fuller all over

Fuller hips and thighs

Straighter, with a softer middle

And which is closest to where you want to be?

Visualising it is half of sticking to it.

Thin

Toned

Curvy

Just a few sizes smaller

When did your shape start to change?

In the last year or two
Gradually, over five years or more
After something specific: surgery, stopping HRT, an illness
Honestly, it’s always been like this

What have you already tried for it?

Choose all that apply

Eating less
Cutting carbs, or a named diet
Walking more
Classes, a gym or an app
Pilates or yoga
HRT
Nothing yet
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It’s not that you stopped trying. The rules changed.

A tired woman in her fifties raising a thin arm in a flex, with a soft belly
Sleep cortisol stores at the waist
Muscle about ½% a year
Deep belly fat moved to around the organs

Eating less on its own takes muscle with it, the thing that burns. That’s why it stalled.

Strength work cuts deep belly fat by about 6% even when the scale barely moves.
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What's changed in the last few years?

Choose all that apply

I'm stiffer, especially in the morning
My energy dips through the day
I don't sleep the way I used to
I feel less steady on my feet
Things feel heavier than they used to
My shape has changed, mostly around the middle
Hot flushes or night sweats
Honestly, not much
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It's physiology. Not willpower.

Oestrogen doesn't only affect your cycle. There are receptors for it in all four of these — which is why so much changed at once.

Bone
Muscle
Tendon
Cartilage

You said you want to be stronger for everyday things. Lean muscle falls about half a percent a year through the transition — it's the most reversible thing on your list.

Stiffness and strength are the two that respond fastest.
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How tall are you?

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What do you weigh at the moment?

BMI is a blunt tool after 50: it can’t see where the weight sits, or how much of you is muscle. That’s why we asked about your shape.

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Where would you like to get to?

Your goal weight.

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Your profile

Here’s where you’re starting from

Body mass indexHealthy range 18.5–24.9
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    In a typical week, how much do you move?

    Everyday movement counts — walking, gardening, housework.

    Not much beyond getting round the house
    A walk most days, nothing planned beyond that
    A walk most days, plus a class, a swim or gardening
    I exercise on purpose, three times a week or more

    Can you get up from the floor without using your hands?

    Yes, easily
    Yes, but it takes effort
    I need a hand, or something to push off
    I avoid getting down there

    No wrong answers — this just sets your starting point.

    Can you carry shopping up a flight of stairs without stopping?

    Yes, no problem
    Yes, but I'm puffed at the top
    I need to stop partway
    I avoid stairs with anything heavy

    Can you stand on one leg for 10 seconds?

    Yes, either leg
    A few seconds
    Not really
    I've never tried

    Hold a chair back if you need to — that's an answer too.

    By mid-afternoon, how do you usually feel?

    Still going
    Flagging, but fine
    I need to sit down
    I'm done by then

    Where do you feel stiff or achy in the mornings?

    Choose all that apply

    Knees
    Hips
    Lower back
    Shoulders or neck
    Hands
    Feet or ankles
    Nowhere much
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    How are you sleeping?

    Well, most nights
    I fall asleep fine, but wake in the night
    Night sweats wake me
    I’m tired most of the time

    Sleep does more for the middle than most people think.

    These aren't separate problems

    Stiff hips, a shoulder that won't free up, hands that ache in the morning — most women collect them one at a time and assume they're just wearing out.

    Stiff hipsAchy kneesFrozen shoulderSore handsTendon nigglesWeaker grip
    One cause: falling oestrogenNamed as a syndrome in 2024. Over 70% of women get it.

    Oestrogen receptors sit in cartilage, tendon and the lining of your joints. In 4 of 10 women who are scanned, the imaging comes back completely normal.

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    Do you ever leak when you cough, sneeze, laugh or jump?

    Never
    Once in a while
    Fairly often
    I've stopped doing things that set it off

    We ask because it changes what we'd put in your plan.

    Then we won't ask you to jump

    Around half of women your age would give the same answer, and almost no exercise program thinks to ask.

    Jumping raises the pressure inside your abdomen faster than your pelvic floor can meet it. So we'll load your bones a different way — and add pelvic floor work, which has good evidence behind it.

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    Anything we should work around?

    So we can choose movements that are safe for you.

    Osteoporosis or osteopenia
    A joint replacement
    Back or neck problems
    A heart condition or high blood pressure
    Recent surgery or an injury
    Dizziness or balance problems
    None of these
    This helps us pick the right movements. It isn't medical advice — please check with your doctor before starting anything new.
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    Your energy profile

    Here’s how your days are running

    Body mass indexHealthy range 18.5–24.9
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      Your starting point

      Mobility first, then strength

      You said you want to be stronger for everyday things. Your answers say strength is holding up better than you'd think — it's stiffness making everything feel harder. Mobility first gets you to strong faster.

      MobilityStart hereNeeds attentionHips and lower back, most mornings
      BalanceRoom to buildA few seconds on one leg
      EnergyHolding upFlagging by mid-afternoon, but fine
      StrengthHolding upYou got off the floor, and managed the stairs
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      How are you sleeping?

      Well, most nights
      I fall asleep fine, but wake in the night
      Night sweats wake me
      I'm tired most of the time

      This sets how long your sessions are.

      Are hot flushes or night sweats part of your day?

      Not really
      A few times a week
      Several times a day
      They run my day

      We can't stop these — but we can make sure your sessions don't set them off.

      Who else are you looking after at the moment?

      Choose all that apply

      Just me
      My partner
      Children or grandchildren, regularly
      A parent, or someone else who needs me
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      What have you got at home?

      Choose all that apply

      A sturdy chair
      Light dumbbells
      A resistance band
      A mat
      Nothing yet
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      Three days. Fifteen minutes. A chair.

      That's enough to work on what your answers pointed to.

      Fifteen weeks of resistance training was enough to change body composition in postmenopausal women — at home, without losing a single pound.

      Shown here for a mobility-first profile. Balance-first sees the falls figure; energy-first sees walking speed and endurance.

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      Do you relate to the statement below?

      I worry I won’t have time to do this alongside everything else.

      Yes
      No

      Do you relate to the statement below?

      I start well, then lose motivation when life gets stressful.

      Yes
      No

      When you've tried to get moving before, what got in the way?

      Choose all that apply

      Everyone else comes first
      I was worried I'd hurt myself
      I didn't know what was safe for me now
      I've started before and it didn't stick
      Classes and gyms aren't for me
      Nothing's really stopped me
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      Starting at 15 minutes a day. We’ll keep you on track.

      Fifteen minutes a day to start, and it fits in the gaps. No clear morning, no gym bag, nobody else’s cooperation.

      For illustration. Typical, not promised.

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      Fifteen minutes is not selfish

      When women in midlife are asked what stops them exercising, the answer isn't time — it's that everyone else comes first.

      Which is why this fits in the gaps. No clear morning, no gym bag, nobody else's cooperation.
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      What matters most about staying strong?

      Choose all that apply

      Staying independent as long as I can
      Being there for my family
      Keeping my heart and bones healthy
      Feeling better in myself
      Not becoming someone who needs looking after
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      How fast do you want to go?

      Steady About ¼ kg a week. The plan alone.
      Moderate About ½ kg a week. The plan, plus walking and eating to it.
      As fast as is safe ½ kg a week, capped. We’ll say so if your goal wants more.

      And what else would make a difference?

      Choose all that apply

      Fit my clothes again
      Feel like myself
      Keep up with the grandchildren
      Sleep through the night
      Protect my bones
      Stop getting puffed on the stairs
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      Is there something you’d like to feel your best for?

      A holiday
      A wedding
      A reunion or a big birthday
      Something else
      Nothing in particular

      When is it?

      Roughly is fine.

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      Your plan for the middle

      Based on your answers, you’ll reach your goal of

      *Based on the pace you chose and your numbers. Individual results vary.

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      What should we call you?

      Only used to make your plan feel like yours.

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      Where should we send your plan?

      Your plan and your sign-in link land here. Nothing else — no newsletter.

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      Putting your plan together

      About youDone
      How you move todayDone
      Your week68%
      What mattersWaiting

      This only takes a few seconds.

      Todayscored from your movement answers

      Your profile based on answers

      Balance is where you have the most to gain. Your plan leads with it, and builds strength alongside.

      Primary goalBe stronger for everyday things
      Fitness levelRoom to build
      Energy levelHolding up

      Scored from your movement answers.

      See my 12-week plan

      TodayWeek 12

      The target is what home strength-and-balance programmes typically reach from your starting point — typical, not promised.

      Your personalized 12-week plan

      Weeks 1–2

      Loosen what's tight, build the base

      MobilityStrength base

      Hips and lower back first — opening the range everything else will use. Three short sessions a week, every movement filmed, chair right there.

      Same moves in week 2, more of you in them.

      Weeks 3–4

      Your path begins

      Your focus

      Week 3 is where the plan bends to your answers. Week 4 ends with your first check.

      Your week-4 numbers decide the mix of the next four weeks.

      Weeks 5–8

      Own the range you have opened

      Mobility+ Strength

      Strength through the new range — deeper sit-to-stands, reaches under light load.

      Your week-8 check sets the final block.

      Weeks 9–12

      Down to the floor and back up

      MobilityStrength

      Measured against your own first week, not a chart.

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      If at any point in your 12 weeks you decide this isn’t for you, tell us and we’ll refund every cent you’ve paid — whatever the reason, however far in you are. No forms, no phone call, and nobody asking you to prove you did the workouts. Just reply to any email we’ve sent you and say “refund”.

      What you get to get there

      A 12-week plan built from your answersbuilt around what you can do today

      Video-guided sessions for women 50+ — every movement filmed, a gentler version one tap away

      No equipment, no experience needed — a sturdy chair to start, at home

      A schedule that adjusts to you — rebuilt every 4 weeks from your checks, 15 minutes, three days a week

      A day in the app: two sessions, the first one open and ready to start
      Follow-along session player
      Women who started where you are
      ★★★★★

      I stopped holding the banister

      “Three months in I realized I'd carried the laundry downstairs without thinking about it. That used to be a two-trip job.”

      Angela, 61 · Columbus, OH
      ★★★★★

      I can sneeze again

      “Nobody warns you about this bit. Eight weeks of the pelvic floor work and I've stopped planning my day around where the bathrooms are.”

      Dawn, 54 · Raleigh, NC
      ★★★★★

      Up off the floor without hands

      “I couldn't get up from playing with my grandson without grabbing the sofa. Now I can. That's the whole thing for me.”

      Marie, 58 · Tucson, AZ
      ★★★★★

      The afternoon slump went

      “I expected to feel stronger. I didn't expect to stop crashing at three o'clock every day.”

      Susan, 56 · Grand Rapids, MI
      ★★★★★

      It didn't hurt the next day

      “Every other program left me too sore to do the next one. Fifteen minutes and a chair — I've actually kept it up for four months.”

      Pauline, 63 · Sacramento, CA
      People often ask
      I haven't exercised in years. Is this too advanced?No. Week 1 is mobility only, and every movement has a gentler version. Your answers put you at the gentler end already.
      Do I need equipment?A sturdy chair to start. A band later, about $8 — we don't sell it.
      Do I need to download anything?No. It all runs in your browser, on whatever you already use.
      What exactly am I paying, and can I stop?The programme is 12 weeks and there is exactly one payment either way — nothing renews, ever. Pay today and it is $49. Start with the free week and you are charged nothing for 7 days, then one payment of $59; the extra $10 is what the week to decide costs. Cancel during the free week with one tap in your account, no phone call, and you are never charged at all — we email you before the payment either way. The money-back guarantee applies once you have paid.
      What happens after 12 weeks?The plan rebuilds around what changed every four weeks along the way. At twelve you retake the movement checks and see exactly what moved. That's the part a PDF can't do.
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