Do Women Runners Need HIIT Strength Workouts? A Science-Based Answer to Consider

As recreational women runners, we face a wild west of recommendations when our hormones start to change age 35 & beyond. Here I break down where I see common mistakes & well-meaning yet poorly applied exercise advice. 

One thing I forgot to mention: You can build HIIT into any running training plan. Having one speed work session per week is usually my recommended approach. It can be as simple as 30 second bursts at the end of a shorter run or doing a track workout with 400m repeats. Remember less is more to mitigate running from draining our hormones too fast & making perimenopause symptoms worse! We discuss all such nuances in depth in our biweekly group Q&As, which you can now join in our Membership here.

If your body is being hit hard with peri/menopause symptoms, a best first step is to restore your energy, hormones & metabolism first, which we coach you through in our 1:1 Academy here. Then, you can easily get back to short yet strategic HIIT training. Specific to active women age 35 & beyond, we recommend limiting HIIT workouts to no more than twice per week.

My fellow recreational women runners, you got this! Stay tuned to Breaking Through Wellness as we empower you to rewrite your age 35+ story to strong, energized & injury-free running while you look & feel your absolute best!

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