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Faithful Fitness With Coach Alex VanHouten

Faithful Fitness With Coach Alex VanHouten

By: Coach Alex VanHouten
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Welcome to Faithful Fitness—discipleship for the body.

Coach Alex here. This isn’t about chasing aesthetics or quick fixes.

It’s about becoming a better steward of the body God has entrusted to you—through truth, discipline, and daily obedience. Each episode sits at the intersection of faith, physiology, and formation—where Scripture and science work together to build strength that actually lasts.

What You’ll Find Here:
💪 Training & Nutrition That Works
Simple, effective strategies rooted in exercise science—not trends.
📖 Biblical Stewardship & Identity
Learn what it means to honor God with your body in a culture that treats it casually.
🎙️ Conversations That Sharpen You
Interviews with leaders in health, performance, and faith—applied through a Christian lens.
🔥 Challenges & Community
Join structured seasons like Faithful40 and Shred—where growth happens with others, not alone.

Your body isn’t separate from your faith.
It’s one of the primary places your faith is lived out. “You are not your own… therefore honor God with your body.” — 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 If you’re tired of starting over…

If you know you’re capable of more…
If you’re ready to build discipline that actually sticks— You’re in the right place. Train hard. Pray harder. Get 1% better—daily.

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Episodes
  • Stop Eating Less | Menopause in the Light, Part 3

    Stop Eating Less | Menopause in the Light, Part 3
    Aug 13 2026
    When your body begins changing during perimenopause and menopause, the fitness industry's answer is usually predictable:
    Eat less.
    Cut the carbs.
    Skip breakfast.
    Fast longer.
    Do more cardio.

    But what if eating less isn't actually the strategy your body needs?

    In Part 3 of Menopause in the Light, Coach Alex Van Houten turns to nutrition—and challenges the idea that midlife health is simply about making the number on the scale smaller.Menopause changes physiology, but it doesn't erase physiology.

    Energy balance still matters. But so do muscle mass, protein intake, sleep, training, insulin sensitivity, food quality, recovery, and the hormonal changes influencing where and how your body stores fat.The goal isn't just weight loss.The goal is to build and maintain a woman who is strong, capable, metabolically healthy, resilient, well-nourished, and ready to serve.

    In this episode, Coach Alex breaks down:
    • Why dramatically cutting calories can backfire during menopause
    • The difference between weight loss and improving body composition
    • Why protein becomes increasingly important as women age
    • A practical strategy for getting enough protein throughout the day
    • Why carbohydrates aren't the enemy
    • The difference between food and fuel
    • How whole, nutrient-dense foods can simplify your nutrition
    • Fiber, calcium, vitamin D, healthy fats, and bone health
    • Intermittent fasting and when it may—or may not—serve you
    • Why breakfast can be a powerful opportunity for better nutrition
    • Alcohol, sleep, and taking an honest inventory of your habits
    • Creatine and supplements during menopause
    • Iron considerations during perimenopause
    • Why you should be skeptical of products promising to “balance your hormones”
    • How husbands and families can support women without becoming the “food police”
    • A biblical perspective on food, gratitude, self-control, and stewardship
    Coach Alex also offers a simple framework for building meals:
    Start with protein.
    Add plants.
    Add fuel according to your activity.
    Pay attention to your fats.
    Nothing exotic.
    Nothing magical.
    Just a repeatable strategy that can still work next year.

    As 1 Corinthians 10:31 reminds us: “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all for the glory of God.”

    Food isn't God.Food isn't the enemy. It's provision—and something we are called to receive with gratitude and steward with wisdom.

    TAKE THE NEXT STEP

    If you're navigating perimenopause or menopause and know it's time to make a change, Coach Alex wants to help you identify where you are now and what deserves your attention first.

    Go to: faithfulfitness.co/menopause
    Complete the Faithful Fitness Assessment and claim your seat for the upcoming live seminar.You'll learn how to take your current starting point and build a practical plan for getting meaningful results over the next 30 days—without miracle supplements, crash diets, or internet gimmicks.
    Take the assessment and reserve your seat: faithfulfitness.co/menopause

    Next week: Menopause in the Light, Part 4 — hormone replacement therapy, sleep, sexual health, supplements, peptides, medical care, and how to know when it's time to ask for more help.

    Train hard. Pray harder.

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    44 mins
  • How Women Should Train Through Menopause | Part 2

    How Women Should Train Through Menopause | Part 2
    Aug 6 2026
    Your body is changing—but it is not broken.In Part 2 of Menopause in the Light, Coach Alex examines one of the most powerful tools women have for navigating perimenopause and menopause: training.There is no magical “menopause workout,” and the fundamental laws of physiology have not suddenly stopped working. Squats still work. Progressive overload still works. Cardiovascular exercise still matters. But as a woman moves through this season, her training priorities may need to change.The goal is not to punish your body, desperately fight aging, or force your body to look the way it did at 27. The goal is capacity: the strength and endurance to work, serve, play, travel, love others, and say yes to whatever God places in front of you.In This EpisodeCoach Alex discusses:Why strength training should become a priority during perimenopause and menopauseThe difference between merely exercising and creating a meaningful training stimulusWhy women are still allowed—and often need—to lift challenging weightsHow progressive overload helps preserve muscle, strength, function, and independenceWhy walking alone is not a complete bone-strengthening strategyHow resistance training and appropriate impact can help protect bone healthThe importance of maintaining power, speed, balance, and the ability to reactWhy cardiovascular exercise still matters during and after menopauseWhether women in menopause should perform high-intensity interval trainingWhy walking remains one of the most valuable forms of daily movementHow to distinguish laziness from genuine under-recoveryWhat a practical week of training might look likeHow husbands and families can help women protect the time required to care for their bodiesWhy small beginnings still matter when pain, fear, or years of inactivity make training feel overwhelmingThe Fundamentals Remain, but the Priorities ChangeA strong menopause training plan should help a woman:Build and preserve muscleLoad and protect her bonesMaintain cardiovascular capacityPreserve power and balanceMove consistently throughout the dayRecover well enough to repeat the processThat may include two or three strength-training sessions each week, regular cardiovascular work, daily walking, appropriate intensity, bone-loading activity, and intentional recovery.The exact schedule will differ from woman to woman. The principle matters more than the calendar: begin where you are, train intelligently, and gradually ask your body to become more capable.A Deeper Reason to TrainTraining through menopause is not about worshiping the body. It is about preparing it.Your children may still need you. Your grandchildren may need you. Your husband, church, family, and community may need you. God may call you into work at 60 that you could not have imagined at 40.The goal is not simply to take up less space in the world. The goal is to become strong enough to live out your calling.As Proverbs 31 describes, a faithful woman “dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.” This is a picture of a woman prepared for her work—capable, strong, and ready.Every season of womanhood deserves intentional stewardship. Not only the easy seasons. Not only the young seasons.Get strong. Keep moving. Challenge your heart. Load your bones. Recover intelligently. Your body adapts to what you ask of it—so make sure you ask something of it.Continue Your Faithful Fitness JourneyGet the Faithful Fitness BookBegin building a biblical foundation for health, training, discipline, and stewardship with Coach Alex’s 40-day devotional.Get the book:https://faithfulfitnessdevo.com/Join the Faithful Fitness CorpsTrain inside an intentional Christian community with exercise resources, program-building tools, coaching, challenges, encouragement, accountability, and people committed to becoming stronger together.Join the Corps:https://faithfulfitness.co/Menopause Assessment and Jumpstart SeminarReceive the menopause assessment and automatically reserve your place in the live Jumpstart Seminar designed to help you better understand this season and determine your next steps.Get started:https://faithfulfitness.co/menopauseBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-fitness-with-coach-alex-vanhouten--5150768/support.
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    46 mins
  • You Are Not Broken –Your Body Is Changing— | Menopause in the Light, Part 1

    You Are Not Broken –Your Body Is Changing— | Menopause in the Light, Part 1
    Jul 30 2026
    Menopause is one of the largest physiological transitions in a woman’s adult life—yet many women are expected to navigate it quietly, without understanding what is happening or receiving meaningful support.

    In Part 1 of Menopause in the Light, Coach Alex begins a new four-part solo series exploring perimenopause, menopause, and what it means to faithfully steward a woman’s body through a changing season.

    Drawing from more than 20 years of coaching women through peri- and postmenopause, Alex addresses the painful question underneath many women’s frustrations:

    “What is wrong with me?”

    The answer is clear:Your body is changing.

    You are not broken.In this episode, Alex explains the difference between perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause; explores why symptoms and severity can vary so widely between women; and names some of the physical, emotional, relational, and metabolic changes that may occur.He also challenges two harmful extremes: dismissing every symptom as “just getting older” and blaming every difficulty after 40 on hormones.

    Menopause is not a disease—but that does not mean women should quietly endure symptoms that deserve attention, adaptation, or medical care.You’ll also hear why a woman’s story after 50 does not have to become a story of decline. Strength, muscle, cardiovascular fitness, confidence, wisdom, intimacy, service, and meaningful purpose are still available in this season.

    This episode also includes an important message for husbands and family members: compassion is not pity, and the women you love should not have to walk through this transition alone or in the dark.

    IN THIS EPISODE
    • What perimenopause and menopause actually mean
    • Why menopause is a major transition, not a personal failure
    • Common physical, emotional, and relational challenges
    • Why symptoms can differ dramatically between women
    • The danger of blaming everything on hormones
    • Why unusual symptoms and abnormal bleeding deserve medical attention
    • The potential freedoms and gains of postmenopausal life
    • How husbands can offer compassion and practical support
    • Why adaptation is wisdom—not failure
    • How women can enter this season with agency and intention
    SCRIPTURE FROM THE EPISODE

    “Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.”
    —Proverbs 31:25

    “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.”
    —Ecclesiastes 3:1

    COMING NEXTIn Part 2 of Menopause in the Light, Coach Alex addresses exercise during perimenopause and postmenopause—including muscle, strength, cardiovascular fitness, bone density, high-intensity exercise, walking, and recovery.

    This is not about desperately holding onto youth.It is about preparing your body for what God may ask you to do with the decades ahead.

    NEED HELP NAVIGATING THIS SEASON?
    Email Coach Alex personally at:coachalex@faithfulfitness.co

    Tell him what has changed, what you have been wrestling with, what you have already tried, and where you currently feel stuck.

    JOIN THE FAITHFUL FITNESS CORPS

    You were not meant to steward your body alone.

    Join an intentional community of men and women working to make the most of every season God gives them:https://faithfulfitness.co/join

    Your body is changing.

    You are not broken.

    And there is still a whole lot of good work ahead of you.

    Train hard. Pray harder. Put more faith in your fitness.

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    26 mins
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