3 Kinds of Exercise Baby Boomers Need

        

          

                                    

To make much of a workout, it is really important to shake up your routine and challenge your body. Boomers can keep their bodies and minds in shape, improve their functional capacity and protect against injury by incorporating 3 types of exercise in your fitness plan:

• Aerobic exercise• Strength Training• flexibility training

Benefits of aerobic exercise:

(1) makes the work of the heart muscle, which in turn makes it harder(2) The decrease in resting heart rate and blood pressure(3) releases endorphins, the "feel good" brain chemicals(4) To help work more efficiently the cardiovascular system(5) It helps the body to use fat as an energy source and decreases body fat(6) It helps relieve stress and "sadness"(7) Helps protect against heart disease and stroke, and may help control diabetes(8) Increase endurance and stamina

By doing aerobic exercise, you should be quick enough movement to increase your heart rate and breathing, and you should continue the exercise for at least 30 minutes. Include a 5-10 minute warm-up and cooling of regular aerobic exercises should be done 3-5 times a week for best results.

Benefits of strength training:

(1) It helps to increase bone strength; very important for boomer women(2) It helps to build muscle(3) increases your metabolism(4) reduces the symptoms of a variety of conditions: arthritis, diabetes, back pain, even depression(5) Increase the flexibility and sense of balance, as well as flexibility training(6) Improving the quality of sleep(7) It makes you feel more confident and boosts energy

If you do an aerobic workout in a day, change to strength training the next day. You can aerobics on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; then pump it until Tuesday and Thursday, then take a break at the weekend. It is important to give the muscles a rest after strength training. Experts do not recommend strength training two days in a row.

                     

 

Benefits of flexibility training:

(1) It helps your body move more freely and prevent the loss of mobility that often comes with age.(2) Improve your posture and sense of balance(3) It allows you to relax and de-stress muscles(4) helps to reduce muscle pain(5) Reduce the risk of injury by increasing mobility and make them more flexible muscles(6) Improve your ability in other types of exercise

One thing to remember is before a stretching routine, make a kind of warm-up activity. Walk around while you swing your arms for about 10 minutes. If you stretch cold muscles, you risk injury.

If you do a search on the Internet you can find videos or slideshows that teach stretches to all parts of the body. Other options include taking a yoga or Tai Chi.

Finally, as you get used to your exercise routine, you should intensify your workouts to challenge your body and keeps you guessing. This can be done through exercise for a longer period of time, adding new exercises, or switch to interval training.

It is easy to see why the three types of exercises have an important place in the fitness routine, a baby boomer. Each increases our bodies in different, but equally important ways. Let's go for it, other Boomers: A life as a happy life!

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