Exercise Routines Over 40 - What Kind of Exercise Women over 40 Need - Become Energetic, Attractive



Posted: Monday, July 20, 2009

by Perry Permann
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Exercise routines should be picked out according to age and special demands. Women over 40 face special challenges - their exercise routines should include strength training, cardiovascular exercises and flexibility training to address all these challenges. All too often, a workout is only targeting one or two of these 3 areas. Read on discover why women over 40 need all three components included in a satisfactory exercise routine.

Women over 40 have a increased chance of osteoporosis compared to younger women. You can lower the risk for osteoporosis by raising bone density using strength training. Strength training helps defining your body also, giving you a healthier appearance. You will move and feel more powerful, people will unconsciously pick up on this and perceive you as more capable, well-balanced and energetic. Strength training reverses the process of reduced muscle mass when growing older. The metabolism slows down after age 40 also. If you increase your muscle mass, these muscles burn calories helping you to stay slim and attractive.

Another way to counterbalance the slower metabolism at 40+ is cardiovascular training. To improve your fat burning, getting your heart rate up on a day-to-day basis will be very helpful- this assists you in losing weight permanently as well. Interval training is the best way of cardio training: 30 seconds of high activity followed by 2-3 minutes of cooling off. Over 40 we have a advanced risk of cardiovascular diseases, and cardio training reduces this risk greatly. Best cardio exercise routines target the whole body- swimming is the best of all of them.

When we grow older, our bodies tend to get tighter and tighter. Many women over 40 move differently compared to women in their twenties. To recover a youthful appearance flexibility training is essential. Flexibility training helps you with the side-effects of strength training as well. It is the opposite to strength training: strength training flexes and shortens the muscles, flexibility training makes the muscles longer. In addition, flexibility training can help you in the warming up and cooling down stage after your physical exercises. Many women love to do flexibility training utilizing Yoga. Stress is decreased by doing Yoga too- this will help you manage your weight as well.

I often get the question: How much exercising is required? This will depend mostly on what you want to achieve. If your goal is weight loss by exercising, you need to spend a lot of time doing cardio training. If you want to remain a youthful appearance you might not have to invest that much time, but you will probably have to do more flexibility and strength training.

If you exercise 6-7 days a week you'll get much more progress compared to working out 2-3 days a week. If you spend half an hour every day on working out you will get an energy boost that will help you greatly through your day, what might motivate you to exercise even longer.

In this article I've covered the three essential components of exercise routines for women over 40: Strength training, cardiovascular training and flexibility training. You need all three of them.
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Perry Permann

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