The 50's are a sandwich generation of fitness; we don't want to work out like we did 15, 10 or even 5 years ago, yet we aren't ready for the "senior" classes either. I'm revamping this blog to be a blend of health and fitness tips that I hope all of you "fiftysomethings" will find helpful.
***I am not a doctor or nutritionist.
Please consult your physician before performing any exercises or following any tips shown on this blog.
Today's workout comes from FitnessBlender. It is a 20 minute fat burning HIIT workout. It consists of 5 exercises performed tabata style (20 seconds work with a 10 second rest) done 4 times. Please modify to lower impact if you don't jump. A warm up and cool down are both included.
Challenges are like mini fitness tests. They are a great way to see where you are in your fitness and they also make a great starting point for you to make improvements from.
Today I'm going to start you off with a couple of challenges from POPSUGAR Fitness. The first one is a 1 minute mountain climber challenge. This will burn some calories and get your body warm. I'd suggest you do a short warm up first--some high knees or jumping jacks and some arm swings.
The second one is a 1 minute core challenge. Make sure that you don't yank your body up or let your body drop down. If you need to keep your feet on the floor to come up and then lift them, go ahead and do that.
Keep track of how you did in these challenges and then repeat them again in a couple of weeks to see if you can beat that original number.
The second video also comes from Popsugar. It is a 10 minute crunch free core routine.
Make sure to give the abs and back a good stretch after this routine.
Sorry I missed posting yesterday, my husband and I were taking our son back to school for his final semester! Yay only one more to go--thankfully he's a junior, so we get a year off!
Today's muscle workout comes from blogilates. It is a standing pilates routine that focuses on the legs, butt and obliques.
There is no warm up, please do a short one first--march in place, do some squats, swing your arms around, just to warm the muscles up a bit.
Here's your bonus recipe: Pecan Crusted Mahi Mahi
I made this for dinner the other night--SO good!!!
It comes from Good Clean Fun which I guess is now A Whisk and a Hammer.
I omitted the cinnamon and nutmeg and just did straight salt and pepper for seasoning.
