Program by DAREBEE

SOMA 40+ is a fitness and wellness program designed specifically for women over 40 who menstruate - or who have in the past. It supports hormonal balance, eases perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms, reduces body fat (especially around the midsection), and helps maintain or increase muscle and bone mass.

The program combines strength training (3+ times a week), HIIT (twice a week), yoga, stretching, and breathwork to support both physical and mental well-being.

There are no high-impact movements or push-ups. Active rest is built into the structure, so all you need to do is follow the plan from Day 1 to Day 30. After 30 days, you can repeat the program indefinitely, gradually increasing your dumbbell weight as your strength improves.

SOMA 40+ is more than just a workout plan - it’s a blueprint for the type of training and self-care your body needs in your 40s and beyond. Around this time, many women experience hormonal shifts that bring unexpected changes: fatigue, anxiety, erratic cycles, dry or breakout-prone skin, disrupted sleep, and stubborn fat gain in the midsection.

If any of this sounds familiar, SOMA 40+ was made for you. It’s designed to meet your body where it is and guide you toward strength, balance, and resilience - inside and out.

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I really like this website. It doesn't make me overthink what to workout. I would just do one or two of these workouts, walk for 45 minutes and stretch. It makes me feel good.

Anonymous

I've always wanted to workout but never knew where to start. Darebee has helped me find fun but challenging workouts, and I've worked out more now than I have in my whole life. I feel so much… I've always wanted to workout but never knew where to start. Darebee has helped me find fun but challenging workouts, and I've worked out more now than I have in my whole life. I feel so much healthier and stronger. I'm so grateful to everyone who makes these workouts.

Anonymous

Awesome effort you put into making quality workouts/plans/programs and that you still continually update and add new ones. Grateful for your promise in keeping this site accessible and free for… Awesome effort you put into making quality workouts/plans/programs and that you still continually update and add new ones. Grateful for your promise in keeping this site accessible and free for people of all fitness levels & goals around the world. Found Darebee some time years ago and used to just save the workouts and then forget about them somewhere in my documents & to do later lists 😅 but coming back to the site this year I loved the organised/simple layout & navigation of the site with full workout video at bottom to see proper form and notes to make things easier or harder depending on your fitness/energy aswell as an extensive exercise library with joint friendly alternatives. I found it much easier to track/check off completed workouts & days on program/plan on dashboard, was more likely to remember & do it + advanced filter made it quick to find a doable workout. As a tiny way to support this site I made account and use the site exclusively for exercises now, will look to donate when I can 🙏🏽 and would recommend it to all I talk to regarding fitness. Thank you Darebee team for the great job you've all done here and keep up the good work. Blessings to you all.

T.T, 28, from AUS