An Evergreen event by Body Place
The Missing Conversation
Until now.
An honest lunch and learn on bone health for women 30 to 55. The science, the myths and how to future-proof your strength and bones for life.
Book your ticketNo one told us what our bodies needed in our 30s.
We're going to be honest with you, because no one was honest with us.
We are sisters, both in our 30s, both with young kids. Like a lot of women, after having our babies we threw ourselves into the movement we loved. It felt good, it fit our lives and we thought we were doing everything right.
Then we started reading about what actually happens to a woman's body in her 30s, especially after pregnancy. The hormone changes. What bone and muscle quietly start to do as we age. And we realised no one had ever explained any of it to us. We were active, but we were missing a huge piece.
So one of us did the next logical thing and started lifting. But in a big class, one trainer, no one really watching, nothing built for her body. And she got injured.
So where does that leave a woman like us? You stay active, you try to do more, you get hurt or overwhelmed and you go right back to what felt safe.
Here is what we know now. It was never one kind of exercise against another. Your body needs load, that load has to be built for you and it has to be guided by someone who knows what they are doing.
We went looking for someone to have this conversation with us, close to home and found no one. So we decided to have it ourselves. That is what this afternoon is.
If this is you, come and have the conversation with us.
Jacquii and Ange, co-founders and sisters, Body Place.
From your 30s, you can lose around 1 percent of your strength every year.
Most women never notice it happening. You feel a little weaker, a little stiffer, a little less like yourself and you put it down to "getting older". Underneath, your bone density and muscle mass have been quietly declining since your mid-30s and almost no one has thought to mention it.
This afternoon is where that conversation finally happens, before a fracture or a serious diagnosis has it for you.
women experiences a fracture due to osteoporosis.
of muscle mass lost every year after age 35.
of Australian women aged 50+ have osteoporosis, many undiagnosed.
It isn't you. It's a conversation the system skips.
Most of us picture bone and muscle loss as an older person's problem, something to worry about at 70. It isn't. It begins decades earlier, in the busiest years of your life. Your GP is managing what is in front of them. The fitness industry is selling sweat and a smaller dress size, not bone density. And most of us were never taught that strength is something you have to actively protect rather than something you simply keep. So the years when it matters most slip by quietly.
Bone loss gives no warning. By the time it shows up, you are no longer preventing it. You are living with it.
Here is the better news. Bone and muscle respond to the right work at any age. Starting now is the single best thing you can do for the woman you will be in twenty years.
Walking and pilates are good for you. They are not enough to build bone.
Bone is living tissue. It strengthens in response to load. Specifically resistance training that is heavy enough, often enough and progressed over time. Gentle movement keeps you mobile but it does not give bone the signal it needs to hold its density. That is the piece almost no one explains and it is the kind of thing we will unpack on the day.
"Lifting heavy will make me bulky."
The truthIt won't. Building visible bulk takes years of dedicated effort most people never go near. What progressive loading builds is bone, strength and the ease to do life without thinking about it.
"I already walk and do pilates, so I'm covered."
The truthThose are genuinely good for you and you should keep them. They are simply doing a different job. Protecting bone needs a level of load that walking and mat work do not provide.
"I heard jumping is good for your bones, but my pelvic floor can't handle it after having kids."
The truthYou don't have to jump. Bone responds to load and there are plenty of safe ways to strengthen it, no air time required.
"I've left it too late to start."
The truthYou haven't. Bone adapts to training at every stage of life. The best time to start was years ago. The second best time is now.
The strength you build at 32 is what keeps you independent at 72.
This isn't about how you look this year. It is about staying capable, mobile and on your own terms for decades. Strong for life. Built to last.
One honest afternoon now can change the decisions you make for the rest of your life. You can't fill from an empty cup. This is how you start to keep yours full.
Seven questions worth sitting with.
If you answer "I'm not sure" to more t han a couple of these, The Missing Conversation is the place to start.
The women who stay strong, capable and vital into their 50s, 60s and beyond are the ones who started before they had to.
Allied health professionals, not influencers.
The Missing Conversation is hosted by Body Place's accredited Exercise Physiologists and Personal Trainers. They are the same team Moonee Ponds has trusted for years. Everything you hear is grounded in the published evidence, not the latest trend.
A qualified team
Exercise Physiologists and Personal Trainers, with allied health expertise across injury, pregnancy and chronic conditions.
Evidence based
Everything on the day is built on how bone and muscle actually respond, not trends or fear.
Rooted in the community
A genuine, welcoming studio in the heart of Moonee Ponds, here for every body.
"At 57 I had decided that feeling weaker was just part of getting older. No one had ever told me otherwise. The team here changed that completely. They built the training around my body, watched every session so I always felt safe and slowly showed me I was far stronger than I believed. I carry my grandkids, I lift my own bags and I stand taller than I did at 50. My only regret is that I did not start sooner."
Teresa O, 57, Moonee Ponds
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The Missing Conversation, live.
A lunch and learn, education first. Come and hear the science, ask your questions and meet the team. Grazing platters and refreshments provided. Everything you need to make sense of your own bone health, in one honest afternoon.
The Missing Conversation ticket
- Expert panel of Body Place team and allied health professionals
- The science of bone and strength health, explained simply
- Q&A with experts
- Grazing platters and refreshments
- First access to a special announcement (what Moonee Ponds has been missing!)
Limited places. Women aged 30 to 55.
Come and have the conversation.
This is the first time we are opening this room and seats are limited. Book your ticket to The Missing Conversation.
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