Welcome to Your Back Nine Era: Menopause, Muscle, and Making Every Year Count with Jenn Sherman (Episode 289)

You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active, performance-minded women.

I am your host, Celine Yeager.

Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform your best, no matter what your hormones are doing.

This show is a production of Feisty Media.

Hello, strong, feisty women.

I hope you all are well.

So, anyone who has played a full 18 holes of golf knows that you do not play the back nine the same way you play the front nine.

For one, you're not as fresh.

You've been playing for a good while at that point, so you need to rest, reset, refuel, assess where you are here midway through the game, and then go into the back nine with intention.

And if that sounds like it could be a metaphor for life, well, this week's guest, Jen Sherman, would definitely agree.

Jen is one of Peloton's very first hires.

She's an OG instructor, and she joined the company at age 45 after years as a stay-at-home mom.

Now, at 57, she is still going strong in the studio cycling scene, and she has built out what she calls her back nine era playbook, where she's all about focusing on what serves her for the time she has left.

And it was just a really great conversation with Jen.

She is a bit of a firecracker.

So this was just really open and fun and honest.

And, you know, we talk about...

The challenges, the opportunities, the adjustments that we all go through as we enter our back nine here.

And I just really, I really do actually love that metaphor for this season of our existence.

I'm just going to let the conversation speak for itself.

You can follow Jen on Instagram at Peloton Jen and check out her collaboration, which we talk about in the episode with her best friend, Sunny, at Sunny and Jen, also on Instagram.

And I will link those in the show notes to make it easy for you to check them out.

Speaking of checking out, we are closing in on Feisty Fest, our first big women's sports festival being held right here in my home in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.

If you have not gotten your tickets yet, head into the show notes, get one now.

It's going to be a really great weekend filled with clinics and sessions and fun rides and runs and live podcasting and pickleball.

Really fun expo area.

I can't wait to see everyone there.

It's going to be a super, super fun time.

All right, before we get into it, give us a follow at Feisty Menopause on Instagram and Facebook and head on over and join our private Hit Play Not Pause Facebook group with 37,000 women just like you.

Thank you as always for the kind ratings and reviews that are coming in.

If you like this show, please share it with a friend.

It really is one of the best ways to help continue to grow.

And finally, very quick thanks to Prevonex for their ongoing support.

If you have sleep issues, brain fog, joint pain, GI issues, Prevonex has you covered.

So head into the show notes for our discount code and check them out as well.

And with that, let's have a few words about our awesome sponsors and get on with the show.

You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active, performance-minded women.

I am your host, Celine Yeager.

Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform your best, no matter what your hormones are doing.

This show is a production of Feisty Media.

Hello, strong, feisty women.

I hope you all are well.

So, anyone who has played a full 18 holes of golf knows that you do not play the back nine the same way you play the front nine.

For one, you're not as fresh.

You've been playing for a good while at that point, so you need to rest, reset, refuel, assess where you are here midway through the game, and then go into the back nine with intention.

And if that sounds like it could be a metaphor for life, well, this week's guest, Jen Sherman, would definitely agree.

Jen is one of Peloton's very first hires.

She's an OG instructor, and she joined the company at age 45 after years as a stay-at-home mom.

Now, at 57, she is still going strong in the studio cycling scene, and she has built out what she calls her back nine era playbook, where she's all about focusing on what serves her for the time she has left.

And it was just a really great conversation with Jen.

She is a bit of a firecracker.

So this was just really open and fun and honest.

And, you know, we talk about...

The challenges, the opportunities, the adjustments that we all go through as we enter our back nine here.

And I just really, I really do actually love that metaphor for this season of our existence.

I'm just going to let the conversation speak for itself.

You can follow Jen on Instagram at Peloton Jen and check out her collaboration, which we talk about in the episode with her best friend, Sunny, at Sunny and Jen, also on Instagram.

And I will link those in the show notes to make it easy for you to check them out.

Speaking of checking out, we are closing in on Feisty Fest, our first big women's sports festival being held right here in my home in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.

If you have not gotten your tickets yet, head into the show notes, get one now.

It's going to be a really great weekend filled with clinics and sessions and fun rides and runs and live podcasting and pickleball.

Really fun expo area.

I can't wait to see everyone there.

It's going to be a super, super fun time.

All right, before we get into it, give us a follow at Feisty Menopause on Instagram and Facebook and head on over and join our private Hit Play Not Pause Facebook group with 37,000 women just like you.

Thank you as always for the kind ratings and reviews that are coming in.

If you like this show, please share it with a friend.

It really is one of the best ways to help continue to grow.

And finally, very quick thanks to Prevonex for their ongoing support.

If you have sleep issues, brain fog, joint pain, GI issues, Prevonex has you covered.

So head into the show notes for our discount code and check them out as well.

And with that, let's have a few words about our awesome sponsors and get on with the show.