Getting strong – or stronger

Your weekly roundup of hopefully helpful things

Image courtesy of Pvolve.

The biggest menopause fitness story this week came from Pvolve, the resistance-based fitness plan Jennifer Aniston partnered with (endorsed? invested in?) in 2023. Pvolve then worked with the University of Exeter on a study that examined the plan’s impact on hip strength, dynamic balance, flexibility, and lean body mass in women aged 40–60.

Published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the group was small – just 72 already healthy and active women. We don’t really know what “partnered with” means, either: is it funded? Advised? Influenced? Or none or all of these? Either way, I imagine in these situations researchers aren’t really able to say “Sorry brand we are working with… we didn’t find anything!” But also, of course they are going to find something. This is a well-thought-out strength-training system.

The reported gains over three months, with 150 minutes of whole-body, low-impact Pvolve workouts per week, were a 19 percent increase in hip function…