Jennie Garth described menopause as 'a daily minefield, both physically & mentally' on Instagram.
Jennie Garth isn't letting menopause get the best of her.
The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum, 52, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a video of her gym workout. In the clip, Garth appears to be crushing her workout -- lifting heavy weights and doing machine exercises -- but her caption revealed that the "daily minefield" of menopause has presented new physical and mental challenges.
"happy tuesday 💛 i'm going to be real honest with you …" Garth began her candid caption. "i've been struggling with working out recently. my travel and work schedule, my body pain, not to mention menopause is a daily minefield, both physically & mentally."
The mother of three admitted that she has to force herself to hit the gym because menopause and pain derail her motivation to stay active.
"Here's the deal," she continued. "I stay motivated by FORCING myself to workout. i know i'll always feel better from doing it. but recently it just feels like my body is fighting against me at times. i forget that there's so much happening inside me, causing so many changes, that of course i'm not always gonna feel or be able to perform how i'd like to (or expect to)."
"i have to remind myself to give myself some grace! i'm doing the best i can & that makes me feel a little better," she added.
After acknowledging that working out gets "challenging as we age," Garth invited her 1.3 million followers to share workout "tips & tricks," noting, "i need them just as much as we all do. 🙏🏻."
Garth concluded her post by thanking her trainer for "pushing me just enough & for your patience & understating of my beautiful, hard working body. 💪🏻❤️." She added the hashtags "#IChooseMe #fitat50 #motivation."
Many women with menopause shared their experiences and praised Garth for her candor in the comment section. "Needed to hear this," one fan commented in part. "I'm right with you!" another wrote.
This isn't the first time that the actress has been open about her menopause journey. On the most recent episode of her IChooseMe podcast, titled, "I Choose…Destigmatizing Menopause with Dr. Mary Claire Haver," she talked about all things menopause.
Although Garth described menopause as "a massive cyclone that comes into your life and just does all kinds of destruction," she noted in her podcast that "menopause is something that half the population is going to go through."
"I'm just really happy to be a part of the conversation and to use my platform to destigmatize this because it's something as women we shouldn't be ashamed to talk about," she said.
"Gone are the days of not talking about this!" Garth wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. "I am excited to amplify this conversation and have an open discussion about something all of us women will eventually go through!"
But menopause isn't the only thing Garth has been struggling with lately. She's also grieving. In July, her friend and former co-star, Shannen Doherty, died at age 53 following a years-long battle with cancer.
In an interview with ET's Rachel Smith about two weeks after Doherty died, Garth revealed how she and the rest of the Beverly Hills, 90210 cast are doing in the wake of Doherty's death.
"We are always there for each other in our moments of need, no matter what they may be. We have a group text and we just call each other," Garth said. "I got off the phone with Ian [Ziering] last night. We're brothers and sisters, so we are very close. It's a bond that is kind of unexplainable and it can never be broken. We're associated with one another for the rest of our lives and we all love it."
She added, "I keep thinking back to the early days of Kelly and Brenda and Donna, the Three Amigos together roaming the halls of West Beverly Hills [High School].Those memories are the best, and I'm so fortunate because I can look at them any time. It's forever commemorated and I'm so honored."
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