Training, recovery & performance for women in midlife
If you’ve always trained, stayed active, and taken responsibility for your health - but you’re noticing that stress, recovery, sleep, or energy don’t respond as predictably as they once did - this is a common midlife shift.
I help women in midlife adapt how they train, recover, and fuel so they can stay strong, capable, and mentally sharp through menopause and beyond, using a plant-based, performance-led approach.
Is this you?
You’re still showing up - in work, in training, in life. But something’s shifted:
Mental fog instead of focus.
Recovery that takes longer than it used to.
Training that used to work no longer lands…even when your nutrition is on point.
That quiet thought: “Why does this feel harder now?”
You don’t need to start over or abandon what works.
You just need a smarter plan that reflects the woman you are now - and the physiology you’re working with.
The real disconnect
Most midlife programmes assume you’re starting from scratch.
You’re not.
You’re disciplined. You’re driven. You’re still pursuing progress - in training, in work, and in how you live.
What’s missing isn’t effort or commitment.
It’s an approach that reflects the physiological and cognitive demands of this phase of life - so your body, brain, and energy can keep pace with the standards you already hold elsewhere.
What many women notice is that:
Approaches that worked in their 30s - and sometimes even their 40s - no longer deliver the same return
Pushing through brain fog and fatigue carries a higher cost than it used to
Simply “slowing down” isn’t a realistic or desirable option - at work or in training
This isn’t about lifting heavier or running faster for its own sake.
It’s about staying clear-headed in the meeting room, steady in your decisions, strong in your body, and comfortable in how you inhabit it.
It’s not about doing less.
It’s about applying the right strategy for how things work now.
The Edge Protocol™
A 12-week performance recalibration for women in midlife, built around four core pillars:
How it works:
Plant-based performance nutrition
Fuel designed to support hormonal health, cognitive clarity, and sustainable energy - without compromising strength or training capacity. You don’t need to identify as plant-based to work with me, but this is the framework I coach from.
Targeted movement
Strength and endurance training that respects recovery, stress load, and long-term progression.Recovery & resilience
Strategies that improve recovery capacity and reduce accumulated fatigue, rather than simply pushing through it.Sleep strategy
Practical approaches to restoring stamina, focus, and mental sharpness.
When training, recovery and fuelling are aligned with this phase of life, effort starts producing a reliable return again - physically and cognitively.
A 1:1 conversation to discuss where you are, what’s changed, and whether this approach is the right fit. Book a 30-minute call .
How we work together
One system. Three ways in.
Women arrive at this work with different levels of support in mind.
The Edge Protocol™ is therefore offered in a small number of formats - from group-based work to private 1:1 support - while the underlying framework remains the same.
Meet Wendy
Your midlife performance coach
Former lawyer and endurance athlete with experience across high-performance environments - from private practice, to the London 2012 Olympics, to working within large, complex organisations.
I know what it’s like to operate at full tilt - and what happens when your body no longer keeps pace in the same way.
In my early 50s, while training for a 275-mile ultramarathon, I was running high mileage, doing everything “right,” and still gaining weight. That was the point where it became clear that the strategies I’d relied on for decades no longer matched the physiology I was working with.
That experience reshaped how I approach training, recovery, and fuelling in midlife.
Today, I work with high-achieving women - often in their 50s and beyond - who want to stay strong, capable, and mentally sharp by adapting their performance strategy to this phase of life.
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Your next season starts now
You’ve already demonstrated that you can lead, deliver, and perform.
What tends to shift in midlife isn’t commitment - it’s whether the system you’re using still fits.
The Edge Protocol™ is designed to bring training, recovery, and fuelling back into alignment, so effort produces a reliable return again.
This isn’t about doing more.
It’s about applying a strategy that reflects where you are now - physically and cognitively.
A 1:1 conversation to discuss your current context and whether this approach is the right fit.
Here’s what my clients have to say
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I am half way through my 12 week programme with Wendy and have seen amazing results. I've lost weight and feel stronger and fitter. She really listened to what I wanted to achieve and is helping me to hit those goals. Would really recommend her no matter what your current fitness level is like.
Rebecca W.
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"The program I do has a positive impact on my running, where I feel stronger, fitter and my endurance has increased again with my runs, which is a great feeling."
Becky
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"Since I started training with Wendy, I have noticed a big change in my body - it's more toned, I'm getting some muscle definition again and I feel about 10 years younger! I feel energised for the first time in ages and I've even started running again despite having osteoarthritis in both knees. Wendy is incredibly knowledgeable ...and she pushes you a little bit more each week. I highly recommend her."
Sarah H.
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