Facts : 1 Menopause and physical fitness Menopause is the term that is used to refer to the stretch of both before and after a woman s last menstrual cyclebr Facts : 2 there are an instrumental amount of symptoms connected to menopause, most of which can affect the quality of life of the women involved in this stage of her lifebr Facts : 3 One way to reduce the severity of the symptoms is exercise and keeping a healthy level of fitnessbr Facts : 4 Pre or during menopause as the women body changes there can be physical, physiological or internal changes to the bodybr Facts : 5 These changes can be prevented or the reduced with the use of regular exercisebr Facts : 6 these changes include; Prevention of weight gain: around menopause women tend to lose their muscle mass and have it replaced with abdominal fatbr Facts : 7 Reduce the risk of breast cancer: due to the weight loss from regular exercise it may offer protection from breast cancerbr Facts : 8 Strengthen the bones of the body: Physical activity can slow the bone loss after menopause reducing the chance of bone fractures and osteoporosisbr Facts : 9 Reduce the risk of disease: Excess weight can increase the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and the regular physical activity can counter these effectsbr Facts : 10 Boost the mood: By being involved in regular activities it can improve the psychological health, this can be the case at any age and not only for times during or after menopausebr Facts : 11 even though the physical activity was not associated with VMS in this cohort at the beginningbr Facts : 12 women that reported they were physically active everyday at the beginning were 49 less likely to have reported bothersome hot flushesbr Facts : 13 this in contrast to women who level of activity decreased were more likely to experience bothersome hot flushes