Are you a woman who is experiencing a decline in your energy, strength, health, and comfort levels as you age?
Throughout a woman’s life, her body will experience numerous changes. After a woman turns 50, she will need to approach physical fitness differently than when she was under the age of 50.
At Basics and Beyond fitness & nutrition, we believe that as a woman ages, she should continue to feel confident and strong. Our programs are individualised for women over age 50 and provide realistic programs, safe ways to exercise, and long-term solutions for continuing to grow and thrive on a daily basis.
If you are relatively new to working out, coming off an extended absence from working out, or simply would like the support of a personal trainer who can help you do more exercise, get stronger, and feel more confident about yourself, we can help!
Be brand new to fitness, or who is just getting back into working out after taking some time away
Prefer personalized coaching and accountability over crowded group classes.
Would like to have support and guidance throughout menopause
Want to get stronger, healthier, and feel more energetic
One of the primary reasons women from all over Nashville choose to work with Basics & Beyond is because they trust and believe in Libby to give them the right guidance and support. Libby is a certified personal trainer with the NASM and also a certified nutrition coach.
Libby has also studied Psychology extensively at both Vanderbilt University and the University of Washington, which has given her not only the skills to train you and work with you physically, but she has also developed an understanding of the psychology behind what it takes to create motivation, mindset, and create long-term change in your life.
Libby’s philosophy emphasises teaching women how to become more confident, move better, and establish long-term healthy habits, rather than trying to achieve rapid results or unattainable body images.
Libby has the following areas of specialty:
Women often believe they need to do cardio to remain healthy, but the reality is that strength training becomes increasingly important as they grow older.
When women reach the age of 50, they typically begin to lose muscle and bone density. Therefore, they may experience weakness, a slowdown in their metabolism, poor balance, limited movement, and increased risk of injury. Strength training can address these age-related issues, making a positive impact on overall health and well-being.
Basics and Beyond fitness & nutrition has developed safe and progressive strength-training regimens for women over 50.
Here are some advantages for engaging in strength training:
“The purpose of participating in strength training is not only to exercise; rather it is also to motivate women to be confident, strong, and able in every area of their lives.”
The focus of our program is primarily on functional fitness — building the strength and endurance to better prepare women for their normal everyday movements and activities.
We help women to improve their daily living through the way they use their body. For example, the ability to:
Functional training offers tremendous benefits for all women aged 50 and over as it continues to provide support for maintaining independence, confidence, and continuing mobility on an ongoing or long-term basis.
Improving movement by small degrees (an improvement of just 1%) can have a huge positive effect on your comfort and quality of life on a continuous basis.
To attain long-term health through good nutrition, we recognize that both nutrition and exercise impact a person’s overall health and contribute considerably to how a woman will age.
We focus our guidance on establishing a realistic and sustainable nutritional foundation that will promote long-term health, support healthy aging, provide sufficient energy, improve recovery time after exercise, and facilitate successful long-term weight management. Through working with many women, we have noticed that women are becoming increasingly frustrated with restrictive “diets” and the ever-changing fad diet trends that frequently have no scientific basis.
Instead of developing short-term, one-size-fits-all “diet plans,” we want to support women by helping them develop a healthy habits that last for a long run.
We provide with individualised, one-to-one support.
Our workout routines are custom build as per your body needs.
We provide both supportive coaching as well as a judgment free zone
We focus on slow strength training and joint-friendly movements that build muscle without leaving you in pain for days.
We teach you how to eat to support your metabolism, protect your bones, and maintain steady energy throughout the day.
We don't force you to "push through." We adapt your workout on the fly so you still get a safe, effective session.
Yes, absolutely. Exercise has no age limit, but it absolutely requires a strategy as you get older. Our certified personal trainers at Basics and Beyond fitness & nutrition can help you with this to plan according to your body’s capacity.
It will depend upon each individual's goals, their current fitness level, and their schedule. The majority of women over 50 see benefits from doing a well-rounded physical activity program that consists of strength training, flexibility training, and daily movement to improve their overall functional performance.
You should focus on building stable, mobile, and functionally strong bodies. Aim for each week to include some type of strength work, balance training to reduce the risk of falling, as maybe some additional moderate aerobic exercise. We also use whole-body vibration training to increase bone density.