future projection
I love to talk about how centering movement will transform you. How a consistent physical practice allows you to listen in to your inner guidance and ground you in the body. How it awakens us and cultivates awareness. How it creates a space of coherence within, allowing us to align with our most integrated self.
While all of that is true, a large part of my why is this: resistance training is the only evidence-based intervention against sarcopenia, the gradual loss of muscle mass that begins around age thirty. This is a natural part of aging, but for women, it accelerates with time as hormones naturally decline. Those same hormones support collagen production, bone density, and metabolic resilience. When they wane, we feel it holistically.
Resistance training is the rare practice that works with that biology. It signals the body to preserve and rebuild. It supports the hormonal environment that keeps us strong, supple, and structurally sound from the inside out.
Here is what I want you to consider: if you are getting botox, taking collagen peptides, reaching for retinols, investing in laser therapies, you already care deeply about aging well. You are already putting real time and money toward the long game. Resistance training belongs in that same category. It is foundational medicine.
The most sophisticated anti-aging protocol in the world is still incomplete without it, and the most radical thing you can do for your future self is to start now.