MenoWell Longford 2025

‘MenoWell Longford 2025’ is a FREE 6-week online expert-led and evidence-based lifestyle medicine-focused exercise, nutrition, and health education programme promoting wellness for women in all stages of adult life. This programme is designed to support, educate, and empower women in preparation for changes in midlife, for women experiencing the menopausal transition, and for supporting women in life after menopause. 

 ‘MenoWell’ has been shown to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, upper- and lower-body muscular strength and endurance, lower-back and hamstring flexibility, menopausal symptoms, subjective wellbeing, and physical self-efficacy. You can read our ‘MenoWell’ research paper HERE.

This programme is starting on Monday 29th September at 1.00pm and is aimed at women living in county Longford.

Overview of the Programme

  • 2 * 40-minute live online women-specific strength exercise classes per week – Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8.00pm
  • 1 * 30-minute live online women-specific health masterclass per week – Mondays at 1.00pm. Please note these are recorded.
  • The health education workshops are supplemented with take-home resources including infographics summarising the workshops and nutrition recipes. 
  • An on-demand library of women- and menopause-specific exercise videos and recorded health education workshops. You have lifetime access to this! 

The 40-minute live online exercise classes are instructed in real-time and include a suitable warm up and cool down. These exercise classes will focus on strength and balance training, with aerobic and flexibility exercises included in the warm-up and cool down. All exercise classes are designed by clinical exercise physiologists specifically for women of all ages and all fitness abilities, including those living with clinical conditions. The exercise videos included in the on-demand library can be performed at a time and a place most suitable to you, making it as easy as possible for you to be as fit and as healthy as possible, anytime, anywhere.

The 30-minute health education workshops are delivered by experts via Zoom and focus on different topics relating to women’s health and the menopause journey including muscle, bone, and cardiovascular health, healthy nutrition, sleep hygiene and self-care. Please note, this programme focuses on evidence-based practices in lifestyle medicine. The health education workshops are recorded so you can watch them back at any time throughout the 6-week programme.

The ‘MenoWell Longford 2025′ programme is designed and delivered by EduFIT and is funded by Healthy Longford, Longford County Council, Longford Sports Partnership, Pobal, and the Government of Ireland.  If you have any questions, please contact us by email on programmes@edufit.ie.  

MenoWell Longford 2025 – Sign-Up Form

By signing up, you are providing your information to EduFIT. All personal data will be stored and handled by EduFIT in compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines for the duration of the programme (up to 6 months after the final exercise class). Our privacy policy can be viewed at www.edufit.ie/privacy-policy/

Personal data provided in the sign-up form will be reviewed by Dr Diane Cooper from EduFIT, a clinical exercise physiologist and qualified phase IV cardiac rehabilitation specialist, who may provide private exercise counselling to participants living with clinical conditions before the 6-week programme commences.