JoAnn's story
At 61 I became a deputy sheriff. At 64 I hired a trainer.
At 61 I became a deputy sheriff, and I was on a mission. Following a workplace injury, I recognized that the heavy physical demands of the role were no longer sustainable.
To compensate for my body slowing down, I did what most women do about weight and energy, and I was operating without essential knowledge.
The turn
I'd done all I knew to do, and I wasn't seeing results.
So I hired a personal trainer, one who coached me from a distance, and I committed to the process.
I'm a woman of faith. I've always believed the body I have is the one God gave me. At 64 I finally started treating it that way.
The first week he didn't change a thing. He had me track what I was eating so we'd know where I was starting from. The goal wasn't perfection. The goal was information. Then we went to work. Two things did it: resistance training, and tracking my macros so I knew I was getting enough protein, which most of us don't. Five months later I was 35 pounds lighter.
This is my own experience. Your progress will depend on your starting point, health, training, and other individual factors.
What actually changed
I didn't know how muscular and strong I could be in my sixties.
Nobody had told me that. Nobody had shown me. I had never seen a woman my age do it, so I assumed it wasn't there to be done. The weight coming off was what other people noticed. Finding out what my body could build was what changed me.
Why I coach
I kept thinking about other women my age who struggle.
I retired from the sheriff's office, and I couldn't stop thinking about the women I knew who are where I'd been. Working a stressful job, sometimes overtime, sure they didn't have time to work out, and feeling it. They were doing what I'd done, and getting what I'd gotten.
I'm certified three times over now: NASM Certified Personal Trainer, NASM Certified Nutrition Coach, and NASM Physique and Bodybuilding Coach. I love what I do, and I love what I learned as a client myself.
The name is about those women, and about me. We rebel against what society has told us: that extra weight and getting weaker are just part of getting older, and there's nothing we can do about it.
My credentials
The learning behind my coaching.
Where you come in
You don't have to figure this out on your own.
If you've done all you know to do and you're not seeing results, you're where I was. I coach women after menopause, online, the way I was coached, and I pay attention to detail.
Getting that knowledge gave me back my strength, and more life to say yes to what I enjoy. You show up and trust the process. I'll bring the road map.
See what working together looks like— JoAnn