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Finding Strength with Alyssa Ages

April 29, 2025 • Season 2

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On this weeks episode of Fertility in Focus, we sat down with Alyssa Ages, an author, athlete, and mother. Alyssa walks us through her path to parenthood, and offers a candid look at the emotional and physical challenges of trying to conceive, reminding us that hope and strength are crucial companions on this journey. In our conversation, Alyssa reveals how strength training became an anchor amidst the chaos of fertility struggles. We also explore the parallels between trauma recovery and strength training, drawing on Alyssa's journey of personal discovery and learning to trust her body again after loss. In this episode of Fertility in Focus, we highlight the essential work of Fertility Matters Canada, encouraging listeners to support their mission of providing resources and support for those on similar journeys. Join us as we celebrate Alyssa's resilience and the transformative power of movement through strength training.

Content warning: This episode discusses pregnancy loss and miscarriage.

More about our guest speaker:

Alyssa Ages is a Toronto-based, New York-born author, freelance writer, and copywriter. Her debut book, Secrets of Giants: A Journey to Uncover the True Meaning of Strength (Avery/Penguin Random House), was featured in The New York Times and Publishers Weekly, among others. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Elle, GQ, Self, Slate, The Globe & Mail, Outside, and others. Alyssa has written copy for companies including Telus, RBC, Daily Burn, and others.

She is a mom, strongman competitor, endurance athlete (six marathons & an Ironman), rock climber, CrossFitter, and former member of the Jersey City Bridge & Pummel roller derby team. Her third child is a sourdough starter named Jon Bon Doughvi.

Alyssa has been featured in several publications for her experience and expertise in the sport of strongman, including Well + Good and Shape (here and here).

Her first book, Secrets of Giants (Avery/Penguin Random House, 9/23), is part personal narrative, part research mission, part midlife crisis odyssey into the world of strength to answer the question: What if strength isn’t about how much we can lift, but how we manage life’s struggles.

Check her out at https://www.alyssaages.com/book

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