How Do You Gain Weight Before Menopause?
As a woman ages and approaches the age where she experiences menopause, her body has problems producing the androgen hormones: testosterone, progesterone and estrogen. These hormones affect how much muscle your body can gain. It is a good idea for a woman to gain muscle weight before going through menopause to keep her metabolism high because it will be much more difficult to build the muscle after menopause. Perform some resistance training. Doing regular resistance training does a number of things. It breaks down the muscle, which can then be rebuilt bigger. It also can stimulate production of testosterone/progesterone. On top of that, if you keep your rest periods low, then you can increase your growth hormone levels as well, furthering your increase in muscle mass. Kettlebell training is a great method of training that can be done at home. Training 30 to 45 minutes, three times per week is sufficient. Eat more protein and fat. Protein is the building block of muscle and essential t