Pelvic Floor, Diastasis Recti, Hormones & Perimenopause - A Women's Health Coach Gets Brutally Honest

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Wednesday, 24 June 2026 - 55 minutes

This week on What The Health?!, host Claira Hermet sat down with Kim Modlinger-Ali, known to her worldwide community as Kimmy Fitness - personal trainer, pre and postnatal specialist, single mum of two, and one of the most refreshingly honest voices in women's health today. This episode covers everything the mainstream fitness world has been getting wrong about women's bodies, and everything your GP probably hasn't told you either. We talk about the snap back culture dominating social media and the very real damage it is doing to new mums who are already running on empty. We get into diastasis recti, the condition that affects the majority of women who have given birth and yet most have never heard of, what it actually is, how to check if you have it, and what happens if you leave it untreated. We talk about pelvic floor dysfunction, why it goes far beyond leaking when you sneeze, why it affects women of all ages, and why so many women are quietly living with it and assuming it's just part of life. Kim breaks down why so much of the fitness and nutrition advice women receive is based entirely on male physiology research and what actually changes when you start working with your body instead of against it. We talk about syncing your training and nutrition to your cycle, why your energy, strength, and recovery look completely different across the four phases of your month, and why understanding that could be the single biggest thing you do for your health this year. We also get into the conversations that are finally starting to happen around perimenopause and menopause and why women in their thirties need to be paying attention right now, not in ten years time. Kim shares what she sees most commonly draining women's energy, why so many of us have accepted chronic exhaustion as normal, and what small shifts in nutrition and movement can actually make a difference. For anyone who has ever been too scared to pick up a weight in case they bulk up, Kim puts that fear to rest once and for all. We talk about what your core is actually doing for you beyond aesthetics, why women are more prone to certain injuries than men and how to train in a way that protects your body long term, and how to handle the very real mum guilt that stops so many women from ever putting themselves first. This is also a conversation about identity, about the mental load of being a woman today, about what it means to be a single mum building a business and a community while still showing up for yourself.

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