The Runner’s Guide to Menopause
Your essential toolkit for strong, happy and healthy training
The Runner’s Guide to Menopause
Your essential toolkit for strong, happy and healthy training
Description
Struggling to run in menopause? You're not alone. If symptoms are making running harder, or stopping you from starting, don't give up.
Let running coach and medical expert Dr Juliet McGrattan help you make sense of all the benefits and challenges of running through menopause. This supportive and practical guide answers all your burning questions, including:
- What actually is menopause?
- Where has all my energy gone?
- Will HRT help my running?
- Why am I sweating so much?
- How can I get back to running like I used to?
This book is packed with helpful tips and advice, week-by-week training plans and illustrated step-by-step strength exercises to help you access all the health benefits that running has to offer, one step at a time.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. What is Menopause?
2. Benefits and Challenges
3. Flushes and Sweats
4. Sleep
5. Energy Levels
6. Periods
7. Breasts
8. Bladders and Bits
9. Bowels
10. Bones and Joints
11. Muscles and Tendons
12. Body Composition
13. Skin
14. Mental Health
15. Menopause Treatments
16. Nutrition
17. Training
18. Training Plans
19. Strength
20. Mindset
Closing Words
Acknowledgements
References
Product details
| Published | 09 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781399423854 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Sport |
| Illustrations | 53 black and white illustrations and exercises |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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