Strength Training Helps Prevent the Saggy Senior Citizen look
March 3, 2008 by Kel
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Have you ever stood in front of the mirror and wondered what you’ll look like when you’re older? If you’re a lady I’m sure you’d prefer to look like Jane Fonda over say…Mike Moore, right?
You need to seriously think about adding Strength Training to your fitness regime if you want to look fabulous in your Golden years. Because It’s a Fact – The more muscle mass you have, the more fat you will burn.
Many people are put off by strength training. They believe that if they start working out with weights once or twice a week they’ll somehow turn into Arnold schwarzenegger …It’s not going to happen..
The truth is, adding just a few simple strength training exercises to your current cardio routines will greatly improve you muscle mass without you turning into a little nugget with legs. If you want your body to burn fat more efficiently, this is the way to do it.
We had a family member lose quite a lot of weight from a restrictive diet and cardio exercise. They rose early every morning and power walked for an hour or so. But even at their skinniest, they didn’t look fit or healthy. There was simply no muscle tone and it showed.
Introducing a few strength training sets to our family member’s power walk session would’ve greatly improved their muscle tone and overall health. Here are some examples of what they could’ve done;
- After 10 minutes of walking stop and do as many squats as you can for 30 seconds…then continue walking
- After 5 minutes stop and do as many push-ups as you can for 30 seconds…then continue walking.
- After 4 minutes stop and do as many crunches as you can for 30 seconds….then continue walking.
- After 3 minutes stop and do 10 lunges per leg…then continue walking.
- After 2 minutes stop and do 10 push-ups…then start walking again.
- After 1 minute stop and hold the plank position for as long as you can…then continue to walk.
You have just introduced around 5 minutes of strength training into the walk you were already doing. You will be surprised at your results if you stick to this routine for 4-6 weeks. You could even increase it as you find it becoming easier.
Here are some more excellent resources:
All Round Strength Training - Check out Sally’s Rowing Techniques Here
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Interesting ideas… I wonder how the Hollywood media would portray this?…