Debra Atkinson, MS, CSCS

Debra Atkinson is a Hormone-Centric Fitness™ Coach and 41-year Fitness Expert who has helped over 275,000 women “flip” their second half. Bestselling author of You Still Got It, Girl: The After 50 Fitness Formula for Women; and Hot, Not Bothered, and forthcoming Flipping Menopause, Debra has hosteed The Flipping 50 podcast since 2014, recognized in AARP as a top podcast for 50+.

Atkinson is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach, Medical Exercise Specialist and prior Senior Lecturer in Kinesiology at ISU. She’s a Subject Matter Expert for the American Council on Exercise, AARP, Washington Post, Prevention Magazine, and USA Today among others.

Her Tedx talk is Everything Women in Menopause Learned About Exercise May Be a Lie.

Debra is the creator of the first and only exclusively made-for-menopause fitness membership in the world and the Flipping 50 Menopause Fitness Specialist® course & business training for fitness and health coaches. Flipping 50’s message is there is no bigger health influencer in the world than a midlife woman.

In addition to being an International presenter at IDEA, Can-Fit-Pro, NSCA, International Council on Active Aging, and other fitness associations, Atkinson is a Subject Matter Expert and item writer for ACE’s Medical Exercise Specialist, Health Coach, and Personal Trainer and Group Fitness certifications.

To learn more or view her TEDx talk, visit flippingfifty.com.