FR Ep 025: Abs Are Made in the Kitchen with JoJo Livolsi

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On today’s episode of Feminine Roadmap, Donna introduces us to her friend and personal trainer Jojo. Joanne (Jojo) Livolsi has been in the health and fitness industry for over 20 years, and is currently employed as a personal trainer at The Claremont Club, Claremont California. Joanne works with all populations and specializes in working with women entering perimenopause or menopause. Abs are Made in the Kitchen has been born from JoJo’s own experiences from her personal physical journey as a woman in midlife. You aren’t going crazy, you really are experiencing changes in your body shape, mind frame and get up and go but JoJo encourages us that it doesn’t have to be our fate. She shares simple fitness tips that women in their middle years can easily apply and see real results in our bodies, moods, and energy levels. In midlife our bodies begin to change in ways we can see and in ways we can’t see, changes externally in skin texture, muscle tone, strength, and stamina; internally our bodies are changing in hormone levels, bone density, and mental clarity. The good news is that we do have resources to help us to partner with the aging process and live a more full, healthy life. If you want to learn how abs are made in the kitchen and other great fitness truths, grab a cuppa something wonderful and tune in to get back in the driver seat of your health and fitness.

SHOW NOTES:
5:42 What started JoJo on her path in women’s fitness training
7:33 The importance of the exercise and nutrition link
8:54 Tell tale signs of the change
12:27 Symptoms JoJo is experiencing and how that affects how she educates others
13:16 The effects of menopause
14:26 What is functional strength
15:44 How much strength training will yield great benefit?
21:56 Where do you start?
23:44 The effects of hormonal changes
25:18 A different perspective on retirement
27:49 What will happen if we don’t make the time to exercise?
29:08 What are the benefits of just a few minutes a day of walking?
30:04 Midlife dilemma
31:39 JoJo shares a great resource
35:20 Taking a new perspective
37:08 Why exercise is an essential tool for coping with menopause
39:53 Motivating factors and ideas
41:27 Great medical tip
44:21 What about men and their hormones?
48:47 JoJo and her upcoming resource
51:36 The vision of Feminine Roadmap 😊