157: The Sports Doctor Radio Show with Dr Robert Weil - Episode 157157: The Sports Doctor Radio Show with Dr Robert Weil - Episode 157
UK Health Radio Podcast
Dr Bob Weil talks with Becca Tebon about menopause, resistance band training and the risks of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, before Dr Frances Rahaim outlines how financial stress and youth sports costs impact families. Health, hormones, sport and money are discussed through practical frameworks and simple questions for everyday life.
46:21•17 May 2026
Menopause, Resistance Bands and the Quiet Pressure of Youth Sports Money
Episode Overview
- Resistance bands can replace traditional weights while building strength, stability and balance for a wide age range.
- Midlife women are encouraged to look at hormones, food, sleep, water, movement and stress together rather than in isolation.
- GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may cause significant lean muscle and bone density loss, raising the risk of rebound weight gain.
- Addressing root causes such as insulin resistance, cortisol levels and daily habits is presented as more sustainable than chasing quick fixes.
- Families investing in youth sports are urged to set an annual spending cap, identify what they sacrifice to fund sport, and ask whether decisions are driven by development or social pressure.
“"Movement became my lifeline."”
How do people keep their bodies and bank balances steady under modern health pressures? This instalment of The Sports Doctor Radio Show brings together two specialists with very different toolkits: menopause fitness coach Becca Tebon and "Money Doctor" Dr Frances Rahaim. First up, Becca shares how lifelong health challenges pushed her towards movement as medicine. "Movement became my lifeline," she says, describing childhood scoliosis, asthma and repeated injuries that led her to resistance bands.
She explains how bands moved from rehab corners to centre stage in her training, highlighting that they demand stability, control and strength at any age – from eight-year-old athletes to 90-year-olds working to prevent falls. Becca focuses on midlife women, especially those in peri- and post-menopause. She talks about her RESET framework, where hormones, resistance training, food, sleep, water and stress all matter.
Her warning about GLP‑1 weight-loss drugs is sharp: losing 30–40% of weight as lean muscle can slow metabolism, weaken bones and increase the risk of rebound weight gain. For her, it's about addressing "root cause issues, the insulin resistance, the cortisol, and the habits" rather than chasing quick fixes. Then Dr Frances Rahaim shifts the conversation to money stress, especially around youth sport.
She calls it "the quiet pressure" and points out that club and travel teams can quickly become a "second mortgage with a uniform". Her Hug Your Money system focuses on structure rather than blame, arguing that "it isn't only about discipline". She offers three simple questions for families juggling sports costs: What's our annual cap? What are we saying no to in order to say yes? Are we doing this for development or because we feel pressure?
If you're juggling midlife health changes, sport, kids and finances, this mix of straight-talking body and money advice might have you asking: where do you need a reset most?
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