Dec 28 2021 21 mins
- Can you begin improving your fitness at any age? Tina tells her story…hint, you don’t need to move into a gym or have any fitness experience.
- Why get fit? Fitness is all about lifting bags of potting soil if you’re a gardener or opening a jar of jam or chasing children around the park. Fitness can include lifting heavy weights (Tina does), but it doesn’t have to be all about bench pressing. It's about feeling stronger and more confident every day.
- Does age influence how you approach fitness? Yes and No. Tina and Dr. Hughes discuss what works in fitness exercises and plans and what to watch out for.
- Do we dare talk about taboo subjects? Yah, we go there. Dr. Hughes and Tina talk about menopause and how it impacts women’s lives, health, and fitness and what we can do about it including starting now to treat our future self with love.
- Physical fitness is fantastic, but for optimal fitness, we need to be mentally fit and happy with our lives. Tina exercises her creative side by designing jewelry. Her latest designs celebrate strength. Tina shares how as an entrepreneur she built a jewelry business, initially bricks and mortar, and now online, which brings holistic balance to her life.
About: Tina Tang, of Iron Strong Fitness, is a latecomer to fitness, starting at age 42! Before starting as a strength coach in 2012, Tina was an equities trader at Goldman Sachs and later transitioned to a jewelry designer who owned stores in New York City. Over the past 9 years, Tina coached over 3,700 sessions, trained her female clients to their first push-ups, pulls ups and compound barbell lifts. Strength is her specialty. Tina is a fit-at-50 coach and the creator of the 4S Formula to help mid-life women get stronger and leaner, through one-on-one coaching and online group fitness classes. Find Tina at https://www.instagram.com/ironstrongfit