Strength training and nutrition coaching for athletic women over 40 who are done starting over.
You’ve been showing up in the gym, the results should show up too.
You’re not a beginner on the gym floor. You’ve been training for years — maybe decades.
You’ve run the races, logged the workouts, cycled through more programs than you can count. And you still love it. Training is part of who you are, not something you do because your doctor said so. But lately something’s off.
You’re working just as hard (maybe harder!) and the results aren’t matching the effort. You’re tired in a way that sleep doesn’t fix. You keep hitting the same plateau no matter what you try. And somewhere underneath all of it is a fear that you’re losing the part of yourself that loves doing hard physical things… and you don’t know how to stop it.
What most strength training programs get wrong:
They’re designed by 25-year-olds for 25-year-olds — built around aesthetics, not performance, and completely disconnected from what’s actually happening in your body in midlife.
They tell you to eat less, move more, and shrink yourself down — then wonder why you’re exhausted and stalled.
They push you through eight-week cycles that burn you out and leave you back at square one. They ignore your recovery, your real life, and everything your body is going through in your 40s and 50s.
You don’t need to train harder. You need to train smarter — with a coach who actually understands what that means for you, at this stage of life.
That’s where I come in.
I’m Steph Gaudreau, strength and nutrition coach, athlete, and author.
I’ve spent years helping women who love to train do it better, longer, and without burning themselves into the ground.
My approach is built around progressive strength training and performance nutrition that grows with you — not a program you sprint through and abandon.
Whether you’re training for your next half marathon, hitting the mats for jiu-jitsu, competing in a sprint tri, cycling on the weekends, or just determined to keep up with your family on every trail for the next 30 years, I’m here for that.
Strong doesn’t have an expiration date.
How we can work together
A progressive lifting program with years of programming designed for women who already have some lifting experience and are ready for a plan that progresses.
Group nutrition coaching built around the practical reality of your life — not another eat-less protocol that leaves you exhausted and confused.
For athletes with more complex needs who want fully personalized lifting and nutrition. Must be applied for, this is not open enrollment.
You’re in the right place if you already strength train — or used to, and want that part of yourself back.
You’re frustrated that your effort isn’t producing results. You’re tired of programs that treat recovery like an afterthought. You want a coach who notices when something’s off and actually says something.
This probably isn’t for you if you’re brand new to lifting and looking for your first workout, or you need someone to convince you that movement matters. I’ll root for you — but I’m not the right fit.
Still on the fence?
Start with a free week of my strength training plan.
Get seven days inside Strong with Steph and feel the difference between a program built for the athlete you are and everything else you’ve tried.