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Apr 2024
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28: It’s Never Too Late to Start: Streng...

Tara Laferrara
About this episode

Welcome to The Tara Talk, your go-to podcast for all things mindset + movement! Today Tara connects with Mimi Ison on why it's never too late to start with strength training + how to get/stay strong no matter your age. 

Mimi Ison is a pro-age movement motivator, blogger, and anti-ageism advocate. At 60, she’s a health and fitness enthusiast who crushes age stereotypes on Instagram @heymiddleage, and writes about midlife on her blog heymiddleage.com. Her happy place is the boxing gym where she started training at age 50.

 

Episode Highlights: 

  • Paving her own path with work and career
  • Navigating sudden health struggles in her 50s
  • Leaving her career for healing
  • Starting a blog to share her journey
  • What is ageism?
  • The benefits of muscle when aging
  • How to decrease body aches + pains
  • It’s never too late to start!
  • Self-agism is holding you back
  • The power of leaning into discomfort

 

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