Susan changed her entire physique at age 52. Now, she's a bodybuilder and coach.

Here's my video interview with her. It’s never too late to change how you feel, how you move, or how you look.

Elsie Alkurabi

Sep 1, 2022

In 2017, I was working as a Marketing Manager for a B2B company in a small city. It wasn’t a fast-paced job — very easy, actually. So slow, that I became bored out of my mind.

As a response to that, I started a Youtube Channel of evidence-based exercise and nutrition video essays.

It became a full-time job on its own, really:

Research each topic thoroughly and find sources
Write/edit/revise a script for the voiceover
Record the voiceover (this took an embarrassingly long time for me)
Choose the right background music that was royalty-free and had the right cadence to it
Storyboard all the footage needed to create a narrative
Film the story (with help from my friend Noah and his kick-ass camera gear)
Try to use as much of the footage as I could
Fill in the gaps with animations and graphics
Record the end-screen (me nervously asking to pls subscribe… pls)

Each video took anywhere between 50-70 hours to produce. I know that’s crazy, but I loved it. I put everything I had into each video. I was painfully perfectionist about the whole process. That’s not why I took a hiatus from Youtube, really. That’s a story for another time.

However, there was one last video that I released — and it was a fun change of pace.

The topic I wanted to explore was: How to stay fit after menopause.

What you don't know is that I had to take 2 Xanax as soon as the camera started rolling. I was freakin’ NERVOUS as all hell.

Anyway, I got through to the end since my guest was a natural. Lovely to talk to.

Susan Niebergall is a fat loss and strength coach at SF Inner Circle. I was first made aware of her after listening to her podcast interview with Revolutionary You!

While listening to her story, I immediately contacted her to ask if she’d even be interested in meeting with me to appear on my channel.

This was a lot to ask for, as we all had to meet halfway in NYC. An easy drive for us. A flight for her. Thankfully, she was delighted!

The Interview: How Susan Changed Her Life at 50.

Training and Nutrition through Menopause with Susan Neibergall.

TIMESTAMPS

1:00 - Interview starts
3:50 - What aspects of your training changed?
6:30 - Yo-Yo Dieting, Eating Clean, and changing your mindset
7:30 - What changes did you experience through menopause?
10:40 - How would you advise someone to make changes too?
12:30 - Don't be afraid to push yourself, just be smart about it
14:10 - Most difficult aspects mentally and physically
15:40 - How do you stay motivated?
17:01 - Medical intervention and mental implications of Menopause
20:40 - First steps to training your clients?
22:25 - What is your goal?