Michelle Smith Fitness | Fit After 35 — Workouts & Nutrition for Perimenopause
For Women in Perimenopause & Menopause

Your body
hasn't
given up.
It just needs
new rules.

The workouts that worked at 25 don't work now. The food that kept you lean doesn't either. That's not failure — that's biology. And it's completely fixable.

Somewhere between "eat less, move more" and your third pair of elasticated waistbands, something clearly went wrong.

500+ Women coached
12+ Years experience
4.9★ Member rating

Read this and tell me it's not you

  • 01 You're training just as hard as you always have — and your body is changing anyway.
  • 02 The belly appeared out of nowhere. You haven't changed what you eat. It doesn't care.
  • 03 You're exhausted all day and then wide awake at 3am, drenched in sweat.
  • 04 You've been told to "just eat less and move more" and you are absolutely done with that advice.
  • 05 The woman you used to be — strong, energetic, in control — feels like she just left the building.

None of this is laziness. None of it is age. Your hormones changed the rules and nobody gave you the new playbook. Until now.

Your hormones have changed the rules
Your workouts need to change too
And so does your plate
That's exactly what we do here

This isn't about willpower.
It's about hormones.

You haven't lost your discipline. You haven't suddenly become lazy. What's happened is that oestrogen, progesterone, and cortisol have all shifted — and every programme you've ever followed was designed for a body that no longer exists.

High-intensity cardio that once kept you lean now spikes cortisol and drives belly fat storage. Eating 1,200 calories now tanks your muscle and slows your metabolism. Your body isn't broken — it's running on the wrong instruction manual.

"I was doing everything right. The gym, the food, the steps. And I was getting bigger. I thought I was going mad."

— Sarah, 44, member since 2024

The good news? When you train and eat for the body you have now, everything changes. The weight shifts. The energy comes back. You feel strong again. We've seen it hundreds of times.

🔥

Hot flashes & night sweats

The right training frequency and timing significantly reduces frequency and intensity.

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Unexplained weight gain

Not calories — cortisol, insulin resistance, and muscle loss are the real culprits.

😴

Exhaustion & poor sleep

Over-training amplifies this. Smarter training at the right intensity actually restores energy.

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Brain fog & mood swings

Protein timing and blood sugar stability — not willpower — are what actually helps.

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Losing muscle & tone

Declining oestrogen accelerates muscle loss. Strength training 2–3x/week reverses it.

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Cravings & blood sugar chaos

Hormone-smart meals stabilise blood sugar without deprivation or complicated diets.

The three shifts that
change everything

Everything inside Effortless Eats and Stronger Every Month is built around these three principles. Simple. Science-backed. Specifically for your hormones, not some 28-year-old's.

Workouts
01

Train smarter,
not harder

Swap long cardio sessions for shorter, targeted strength and interval workouts. Less cortisol, more muscle, better metabolic response — in 30–45 minutes, 3x a week. Done for you, every single month.

Nutrition
02

Eat for your
hormones

Not 1,200 calories. Not a detox. Hormone-smart meal plans with enough protein to protect muscle, balanced to stabilise blood sugar, and simple enough that you'll actually stick to them. Family-tested. Done for you monthly.

Coaching
03

Stop guessing.
Start knowing.

Weekly live Q&A, monthly workshops, and a coach who's been through this herself. Not a 25-year-old with a PT certificate. Someone who knows what it feels like when your body starts playing by completely different rules.

One goal.
One community.
Built for this.

Start with workouts, start with nutrition, or go all-in with both. Everything is done-for-you, hormone-smart, and built for this stage of life.

Monthly Workouts

Stronger Every
Month

Done-for-you monthly workouts built for the perimenopausal body. No guesswork, no burnout.

  • New full workout programme every month
  • Strength + cardio + mobility — balanced for hormones
  • At-home & gym versions included
  • Weekly LIVE coaching sessions
  • Monthly LIVE workout workshop
  • 24/7 member portal access
$99/month
Founding rate → goes up to $149 after 100 members
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Monthly Nutrition

Effortless
Eats

Hormone-smart meal plans, done for you every month. Real food. No deprivation. One dinner the whole family eats.

  • 4 weekly hormone-smart meal plans
  • Perimenopause swap guide every month
  • Weekly shopping list — organised & ready
  • Batch-cook & meal prep guides
  • Weekly LIVE nutrition Q&A
  • Full recipe library access
$99/month
Founding rate → goes up to $149 after 100 members
Join Effortless Eats →
Best Value — Save $29/month

Fit After 35 Club
+ Effortless Eats

The complete system — workouts and nutrition working together, the way they're supposed to. This is where the real results happen.

  • Everything in both programs, included
  • Workouts and meal plans that work in sync
  • Weekly LIVE sessions — training AND nutrition
  • Priority coaching access
Join the Bundle — $169/month →
Founding rate — goes up to $249 after 100 members.
You save
$29/month

The workouts signal your body to build muscle. The nutrition gives it what it needs to do it. Together, they're not additive. They're multiplicative.

✓ No contracts ✓ Cancel anytime ✓ No sneaky billing

This works because it's
built for you.

Not for a 28-year-old fitness model. For women whose bodies have changed — and who are done being told to just "try harder."

Member result Member result Member result Member result
500+
Women coached through perimenopause & menopause
12+
Years specialising in hormonal fitness & nutrition
92%
Report improved energy within the first 30 days
4.9
Average member rating across all programs
Michelle
Smith
Michelle Smith
Certified PT Nutrition Coach Perimenopause Specialist 12+ Years Coaching Hot Flash Fitness

A trainer who's
actually been there.

I'm not a 25-year-old with a PT certificate telling you to "listen to your body." I'm a woman who has been through the weight gain, the exhaustion, the workouts that suddenly stopped working — and personally studied the research to figure out exactly why.

I've spent 12+ years coaching women, and the last several years specialising in perimenopause and menopause fitness and nutrition — because I got sick of watching women be failed by programmes that were never designed for them.

"Any trainer who tells you food alone will balance your hormones — run. Any trainer who hasn't struggled with weight gain themselves and is telling you it's a willpower issue — also run. You deserve better than that."

My job is to give you the programme, the knowledge, and the coaching support so that perimenopause becomes the start of your strongest chapter — not the end of your best body.

Take the free
Perimenopause Audits

Find out exactly what's working against your hormones — in your workouts and your nutrition. Free, immediate, and actually useful.

We'll email it to you. No fluff. Just the truth about what's happening in your body.

Founding member rate ends soon. Lock in $99/month before it goes up to $149.

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