Alex Robinson Wellness

23/03/2025

I’m excited to be asked to present wellness retreat this coming weekend at Stroud. A time to reconnect with others looking to downshift, understand how they can look after themselves in our “second spring” and find space with some restorative yoga practices. Ahhh. I believe this retreat is booked out but you a check out Fran’s other retreat offerings at her page. The Hunter has some wonderful practitioners that offer fantastic health and wellbeing events so take advantage of the knowledge and local wisdom. X

25/04/2024

Being a little dramatic but I feel knackered after my gym sesh today. In a good way. So many tweaks to form, adding weight, overcoming fear and changing how I think about my capabilities. These are good things to go through but it takes time to change and that’s ok. Meno had taught me a whole lot more patience.
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I also love training with such a mixed age group, there’s no competition or comparison (maybe a little when my body is sore and I can’t make very as quickly) and lots of genuine encouragement and comraderie. Weight and strength training doesn’t come naturally to me - I do feel like a giraffe on skates at times but I know how important it is for me, my bones, my metabolic health and my brain. Plus I’ve got a lot of travelling and hiking to do and I want to feel fancy free for a long time.
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It’s been life changing committing to regular training and meeting other women at all stages of life. Inspiring, brave, funny, sincere, loving. I even feel like I have some wise words to share with the young spring chickens - being there for others feels so good. When we share and care this place of fitness becomes so much more. I love it. BTW this beautiful place is if you’re wondering and I can’t speak highly enough about it. X

08/04/2024

Couldn’t recommend Margot Porter Yoga highly enough for learning how to support women in hormonal transition. I got so much out of this training thanks Margot. X

03/02/2024

My beautiful babies turn 19 today. We couldn’t be more proud and gooey in love with you. Wishing you a year of adventures, love and fun. Make time for fun especially!
Big hugs
The oldies ###🥰💕🙌

31/10/2023

A good all rounder here…Edamame, sprouts and flaked trout salad.

2 cups cooked brown rice/quinoa (sunrice), cooled
1 bunch asparagus, lightly steamed and cooled
1 cup edamame, cooked to packet instructions and cooled
2 big handfuls of green beans, blanched in boiling water for 30 secs then plunged into iced cold water, drained
5 small red radishes, halved then finely sliced
3 handfuls of mixed sprouts or watercress
1/2 red capsicum, finely sliced
1/3 cup parsley chopped
1/3 cup dill chopped
1 whole smoked trout, carefully flaked and bones removed

Dressing
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
Juice from 1 lemon
2 tbs tahini
1 clove garlic finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

Throw all salad ingredients in a bowl then add the dressing. Let it sit for 30 minutes for the flavour to develop. Eat as it is and enjoy every mouthful. You can eat this at any meal of the day! It’s got your protein, healthy fats and carbs covered baby! Along with lots of plant nutrients. Boom!

PS. I’m a big fan of eating leftovers and salad for breakfast because it’s ready to go, a savoury way to start the day and we want that to keep our blood sugar levels on an even keel. Protein helps with that. Simple carbs do the opposite! In peri to post menopause, these small details count so maybe rethink your cereals, muesli bars and energy drinks like up and go! (side note this is good advice for kids having their first meal of the day too!)

17/10/2023

What does this stage of life mean for you? Maybe nothing yet or maybe it’s all encompassing. Every woman’s experience of menopause is different but if there’s one thing I’d like to say, it’s that you don’t have to put up with feeling like crap!
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Hot flushes, night sweats, achey joints, sleeplessness, irritability, headaches - whatever you’re noticing, there is a way to improve your quality of life from changes to your lifestyle to medications. There are lots of options so don’t give up on yourself because Menopause can be a very uplifting time of life ! Yes it can!
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Take care of yourself wonderful lady and share a smile with a woman in the street you don’t know. We are all doing the best and sharing a smile can change someone’s day! How are you taking care of yourself? Check out resources
Ax

28/09/2023

Please come join Shelley Lentfer from Pineapple Fitness and I for an open, meaningful, inclusive discussion about peri to post menopause. A safe space to listen, engage and ask questions about something not often encouraged in conversation!

We'll be holding in Maitland at the delicious Organic Feast on Saturday 21 October. We'd love to see you there for a chat, a bite to eat and some juicy yin to finish up.

Tickets can be bought at the link below.
Alex and Shell xx

https://menochatatmaitland.floktu.com

18/09/2023

On Sunday 15 October I’ll be participating in as part of the Got Your Back Sista campaign. If you’d like to sponsor me please go to the link below and find my name in Pineapple Fitness group.

https://www.mycause.com.au/p/321154/pineapple-fitness?fbclid=IwAR2yWzw902xwX01FH1hO9-LsWvNRSUOXKMWtC5Knwb44MO_TLJAAkdc135w&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Thanks so much
Ax.

14/09/2023

It’s a little nugget this one I think. Our cultural conditioning makes us immediately worry about our outer appearance rather than what’s going on inside…when hormonal changes start having an impact on our physicality.
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That new band of fat around the mid section is attacked with extra hard and more gym sessions, food restriction, shame, anger, sadness, negativity and obsession. I remember feeling all those things.
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But the fact of that matter is, that band of fat has appeared for a reason. It’s a heads up that however you’re living your life needs a shake up. The Perimenopause and menopaual stage of every woman’s life is a shake up. Isolating your attention on just weight change is not a long term answer to what is going on. This is a time for deep diving, forgetting what you used to do to drop a few kilos, not focussing on how you only look but how your body feels and operates.
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On average, women are living into their early 80s. Maybe a 1/3 of our life in post menopause. That’s a long time to be fighting against your body changing. Midlife changes offer a chance to reset everything and start again. That is a gift. When you choose to work with your body, not on it, the mental and emotional heaviness starts to shift. You are so worth investing the time in understanding your body and what it needs to thrive.

Become the specialist of yourself. Ax

14/09/2023

If you needed some further proof of just how important simple nutrition and lifestyle practices are in managing your perimenopause/menopause symptoms, take a read of this honest, factual write up from Hotflashinc.

The average woman, according to a report from the Female Founders Fund, spends US$2,000 a year on trying to manage symptoms. Here are a few evidence, expert and experience-based suggestions on how to tackle how you feel without forking over any more cash.

29/08/2023

Talking about the value of protein with my unfancy pic of breakfast - getting ready for a weight training session!
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So as women we need to have 3 serves of protein a day - 6 if you’re plant based! Do you think you’re getting your basic metabolic requirements for protein let alone if your active? Most women just don’t get enough.
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Never has protein been more important than in midlife (but we actually need to start paying attention from our late 20s) when muscle mass rapidly declines alone with bone mass.
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Sausages, burger meat and processed meats don’t really qualify as quality protein. We need a palm sized piece of protein whether that’s meat, tofu, beans, seafood or whatever your preference. My tasty breakfast is tahini, cold roasted sweet potato, flaked salmon with seeds on toast. I love it and it fuels me for lifting weight and putting a little stress on the muscles and bones. So many new things to learn in Meno! 😁

24/08/2023

If you’re in your 40s and starting to notice some changes to your monthly cycle, your mood, your weight and how you feel about life, you may be in Perimenopause.

Please join me and other women to chat intimately about what’s going on, signs and symptoms, lifestyle practices, nutrition tip and more!

We are all going to go through Menopause yet we’ve never been given any education around this. It’s time to change that. I want every woman to feel prepared and have an understanding of what they can do to support themselves…there’s lots we can do!

Ax

Tickets can be purchased at the link below:

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1101257?fbclid=IwAR14ZkvbVOSTAzdpoUvYoPS23_6EKyfeGiSwpwqRXEnTp2N9uKuD7jB46zA