Perimenopause, strength, and body composition
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Grief is not just an emotion, it is a measurable physiological event: a 21-times spike in heart attack risk in the first 24 hours after a loss, elevated cortisol for months, and a brain that keeps treating the dead as still out there somewhere.
Biomechanist Katy Bowman argues movement is a nutrient the body requires daily, not a scheduled workout, and that modern convenience saves movement rather than time. She maps a movement pyramid from floor-sitting to sprinting, links bone strength to changing direction, and traces midlife foot pain to decades of repeated gait patterns.
