
Weight Loss and Wellness For Real
Hosted by Heather Heynen · Heather Heynen, LPC-MH
4.9from 60 ratings
- 261
- Episodes
- 92
- Transcribed
- 60
- Ratings
- 2020
- First episode
About Weight Loss and Wellness For Real
What if your 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond could be your most powerful, energized, and purposeful years yet? Welcome to Wellness for Real, the podcast for people who refuse to settle for decline and are ready to thrive in the second half of life. Hosted by Heather Heynen—licensed therapist, wellness coach, and lifelong athlete—this show goes beyond surface tips with science-backed strategies for strength, nutrition, hormone health, and mindset, plus tools to stay consistent and build a strong, focused, fulfilling life. Fuel your best years—starting now.
- Publisher
- Heather Heynen, LPC-MH
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Nov 2020
- Latest episode
- 11 Mar 2026
Latest episodes
92 of 261 episodes have a transcript.

11 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Build Muscle After 40 (4 Simple Protein Rules)

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Can You Climb V7 After 50? My Honest Test At Age 52

21 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
Climbing Over 40? Stop Training Like It’s 1999 | Smarter Midlife Climber Strategy
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Build Muscle After 40 (4 Simple Protein Rules)
Published 11 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So state of the end so you can get that. So one of the first things is to really understand that my belief, and again, this from lots of research and lots of years, but again, it's just my opinion based on those things, is that looking at lean protein throughout your day is probably really important. Those lean protein sources are what's going to get us the amount of protein that we need on a daily basis without increasing our caloric load. And if you are a midlife athlete, midlife climber, you understand that for many of us keeping weight off and maintaining a weight that we wanna be a little difficult as we age, different things just shift and change, and getting in that optimal amount of protein becomes so important without overdoing the caloric load. […]
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- 4.8 / 5
- 17 ratings
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