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Post by westexfun on Nov 9, 2005 12:35:19 GMT -8
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN GOOD SHAPE BUT SINCE TURNING 40 THIS YEAR THINGS HAVE SURELY CHANGED! I HAVE ALWAYS WORKED OUT AND ATE LIKE A HORSE BUT NOW MY BODY KEEPS GETTING SOFTER-NOT HARD LIKE IT USED TO BE. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET BACK TO WHAT I KNOW CAN BE AND WANT TO BE? I DO STEP AEROBICS 3 TIMES A WEEK. THANKS FOR ANY HELP!!
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Post by lindalu on Nov 10, 2005 7:23:54 GMT -8
When you reach your forties alot of things change. Your hormones for one, stress as well as responsibilities are at an all time high and you are beginning to lose muscle, which lowers your metabolism. Not to be cliché but I believe life begins at forty. This is the time to re-evaluate your life from all of your vast experiences and renew your commitment to taking care of yourself. Peel back the layers of your life and find the real you. Your body gets used to your regular mode of exercise I would mix it up a little with perhaps with spinning and definitely add weight training to your workout regimen. I know to some of us weight training is an ugly word because we are afraid of losing our femininity. I'm not talking about lifting like a bodybuilder of course but even then the majority of women don't have the testosterone it takes to build large muscles. I would recommend doing 3 days of circuit training in which you work your entire body as well as keep your heart rate up. High reps, low weight alternating between upper and lower body. The reason you are noticing your body is soft and less toned is because your losing muscle. 1 pound of muscle burns 30- 50 calories at rest and 1 pound of fat burns 3-5 calories at rest. Weight training is an important tool for those over forty who still want to look and feel their best. With weight training you will boost your metabolism tone and firm up and create much better bone density. As far as eating like a horse. It is very important at this stage in the game to fine- tune your eating habits. The Fat Flush Plan is a great book written by nutritionist Ann Gittleman I highly recommend. The Fat Flush Plan deals with many of the issues that we as women face in our 30's to 50's. I believe the changes that come with the forties can used as an opportunity to rejuvenate and reconnect with yourself. Go Get Um! Girl Fantastic at forty
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Post by westexfun on Nov 10, 2005 9:13:15 GMT -8
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HELP! I LOVE THIS WEBSITE. I USED TO LIFT LIGHT WEIGHTS AND PYRAMID THEM. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD STILL BE GOOD FOR ME AT MY AGE OR DO I NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
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Post by lindalu on Nov 10, 2005 12:03:42 GMT -8
If you are just looking to tone and have definition I like the circuit training program best for that but if you like the results you received from pyramiding your weights than thats your ticket.
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Post by westexfun on Nov 12, 2005 15:18:31 GMT -8
SHOULD I DO A CIRCUIT TRAINING PROGRAM. I HAVEN'T LIFTED WEIGHTS IN ABOUT 4 YEARS AND MY BODY HAS CHANGE A LOT. WHAT SHOULD I BE EATING AND SHOULD I TAKE SOME KIND OF SUPPLEMENT?-THEIR ARE SO MANY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHATS GOOD AND WHAT IS FAKE! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. MICHELLE
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Post by mcgarlo1 on Jan 25, 2006 16:15:51 GMT -8
I am new to this site. I am turning 40 this year and understand what you're saying and feeling. I have always been a runner and recently took up marathon running. Training seems to get more and more difficult and the results take longer to show. Iworked out with a personal trainer 2 years ago and was in my best shape every. I would love to get there again. How does one get started in fitness competitions and is 40 too old to get started?
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Post by lindalu on Jan 27, 2006 14:15:50 GMT -8
We have competitor's in their middle to late fifties! Your never to old it isn't about age or what Suzy Q can do better than you. It is about goal setting and facing your own personal challenge to see what you can do. Don't put limits on yourself and others won't either. I say go for it. Join the Fit Over Forty at Ms Fitness and you won't just be forty you'll look & feel Fantastically Forty
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Post by fitdena77 on Jan 27, 2006 17:40:26 GMT -8
Hi girls, women who are over 40 years old or approaching 40 years old there is definitely hope and inspiration to you all!!!!. Take a moment and ask yourself, (and be true to yourself) am I working out wiser now,(not longer or harder, quality not quanity) and eating healthier (not being lazy because of time constraints, obligations, commitments and responsibilities ) by preparing meals for your family and yourself (instead of going out to eat)? I understand that its not about our age (over 40) that may be the problem. It's the excuses we use to say we are now in our 40's so our body must be changing. I am a perfect example that I've improved my body, mind and spirt in my 40's. 1/2 my body fat now in my 40's than I was in my 20's. I got educated on nutrition and health. I have a changed attitude and I have made a commitment to myself and my family. I choose to live a healthy lifestyle each and every day. I strive to be a roll model and teach by example to my three teenage sons'. I have taken it one step further and so can you. I competer in fitness and I have competed in over 50 fitness shows all over the world in the last 11 years. I've placed higher in International and National fitness shows in my 40's than I ever did in my 30's. Why you ask? Because I decided that I would never have age against me. I would continue to vary my fitness level of training and do different things for my body, pilates, yoga, cardio inside the gym and outside, bike ride, road and mountain, play tennis (I just took it up in my 40's), and a must is weight training. Weight training allows us to build muscle to allow the skin not to sag as much as we get older. But I'm sorry girls the key here is not only the workouts its the DIET! Eat clean, no process foods and you will look and feel younger forever! Good luck. If you would like to contact me feel free to do so: Denaanneweiner@cox.net
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Post by sportegirl on Feb 24, 2006 6:28:10 GMT -8
Hi everyone! I am new to the board. I will be graduating in May from college in sports med. I went back to school after a 20 year break. I am getting close to that 40 year mark. I know what you are saying about body changes. Up until the age of 36 I didn't think I could ever be concerned about being over weight or having to work hard at staying in shape! It seemed like it happened over night. So, I went to school to learn how to help myself and other women with these life changes. I am going into personal training after graduation. I too would like to be able to compete.
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Post by claire511 on Mar 1, 2006 19:59:04 GMT -8
I WOULD LOVE TO COMPETE ONE DAY... I AM MOTIVATED NOW MORE THEN EVER. SO MANY 40 + WOMEN THAT ARE IN FITNESS SHOWS. I AM A BEGINNER 20 POUNDS OVER WEIGHT. I JUST JOINED A GYM AND STARTED EATING CLEAN 6 SMALL MEALS A DAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY SPECIAL ADVISE ..WHAT BOOKS TO READ. OR HOW SHOULD I START
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Post by lindalu on Mar 2, 2006 13:35:32 GMT -8
Dear Claire Well, There is no time like the present! A great book to read is Tatiana Anderson's guide to competing. She has alot of great diet and workout advice. If you need help or feel like you'll be in a little out of your depth with the routine round I would contact a choreographer as well. A good choreographer will help you showcase your strengths. Having a goal to compete is a great motivator to get to the gym regularly and will enable you to get in the best shape of your life. You can just be forty or be fabulous at forty!!! Welcome to the fabulously Fit over Forty!
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Post by lindalu on Mar 2, 2006 13:38:07 GMT -8
New Column Fit Over Forty « Thread Started on Aug 3, 2005, 9:51pm »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi all, I am so excited to have a brand new regular column called Fit Over Forty for Ms. Fitness Magazine where women can write in with their fitness related questions and concerns! If you have a fitness related question or concern or would like to brag a little on your successful fitness regime please send me an email at LindaMitchell@msfitness.com Photos welcome
P.S. Being Fit Over Forty Is Contagious! CATCH IT!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LindaLu
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Post by Italianangel on May 8, 2006 6:23:17 GMT -8
First thing for those looking to compete one day, choose a goal date and this will help you get your progression going. Look for a ms. Fitness or figure contest you can enter a year away. If you need any contest prep help I am happy to lend a hand! Linda
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Post by danceprincess on Nov 17, 2006 17:44:55 GMT -8
40's is no excuse. Look at Madonna. She exercises all day throughout the day. And it shows! I am soon to be 42, and I do not have any slower reponses to exercises or workouts, then I did 20 years ago. If I take several hours to work on my stretches, the next couple of days I am back to my splits and oversplits. Oh and by the way-I do not have any trouble "keeping up with younger dancers". Most of you who are reading do not understand what I am saying, but when I fixed my hair during dance class-this was a couple years ago-my scrunchi was falling out my hair-and the dance professor had asked if anyone saw "A CHORUS LINE." No one responded-I have the DVD, of course I saw it. The dance professor made up a story about Sheila being to old to keep up with the other dancers, and he said whenever the danceing got hard, she started fixing her hair. That is not at all in the movie. Sheila stopped dancing and started playing with her hair one time in the movie-and it was because she was moved back to the line. But anyone who cannot see the consistent lying in these dance professor-well they are just not paying attention to them. They read stories like from the national enquirer-and they make up stories like that.
Anyhow, I still do gymnastics and workout, and run-and I do not have any pain anywhere. When I was at a track in Beaumont TX, a personal trainer told me that the exercises I was doing was very bad for me. I was not going to be able to even walk when I was got in my late 20's-in about six or seven years from now (or that time). I did not correct him on the age-I just wanted him to shut up and leave me along about my workouts, but I was already 31 or 32. I am not going to let numbers tell me, or experiences a mouse in a cage had, tell me what exercises I should not be doing, or that I am feeling pain when I am not.
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