If you wish to lose fat or alter your body, one of the most crucial things you can do is start lifting weights. Diet and cardio are as important, however when it comes to altering how your body looks, weight training, also called strength training, wins hands down. If you’ve hesitated to begin a strength …
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As you get older, you may notice that it’s increasingly difficult to lose weight. This is especially true after you pass the milestone 50th birthday. Don’t fret though, as there are many tips you can use to help you to effectively lose weight after 50.
After a hard workout with weights, your body can feel like you ran a hundred miles uphill through ankle-deep sludge. You’ll feel the burn in your muscles and sometimes, it can reach the point to where you might start wondering why you even keep going. But there’s relief at hand for you for those times …
Everyone grows older, but that doesn’t mean the aging process can’t be improved. Are you aging well? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines actively aging well as the process of increasing and improving opportunities for health, participation, and security to enhance a person’s quality of life. You can improve your aging process by focusing on …
When we think about elderly people, we usually have a certain image in our heads. They’re slower, not as strong, probably a little larger around the middle. But does it have to be that way? How much of our aging is actually biologically determined? Do you always lose muscle and gain fat as you age?
Working out with weights is very healthy for us but there are all kinds of ways to workout. Some people lift really heavy, some lift lighter weights and some only do bodyweight workouts. Whatever way you choose to workout, you must do it safely if you want to avoid injuries and remain healthy. Working out …
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It should come as no surprise to anyone that as we get older our bodies change and certain things become more difficult. It becomes harder to move around and be active like you used to, harder to digest certain foods you used to love, harder to stay up late into the night, and harder to …
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It should come as no surprise to anyone that as we get older our bodies change and certain things become more difficult. It becomes harder to move around and be active like you used to, harder to digest certain foods you used to love, harder to stay up late into the night, and harder to …
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Weight training is sometimes regarded as the type of exercise reserved only for the young and fit. If you’re middle-aged or beyond and want to get into shape, perhaps you might have asked yourself, “Am I too old to start lifting weights?” However, exercsing with weights is important throughout your life and possibly even more …
How To Avoid Injury When Lifting Dumbbells First, let’s talk about why you need to learn proper technique and form before you start lifting dumbbells. Most people think that no matter how you lift weights, nothing will go wrong and your body will accept the pressure while magically adjusting itself to your lifting style. This …
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