Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Tips To Keep A Healthy Body Even With Age

By Jonathan Wolder


In these modern days the baby boomers have a renewed lifestyle whereby they can look young and enjoy being in perfect health. It has been made possible through the various fitness routines that the aged can do. It is no wonder you can find them mixing very well with the young people in clubs and at parties.

Presently there are many safe exercises that can be carried out by the middle-aged. Many have seen the sense in going for power walks because they realize it is light enough not to damage their muscles and also it is able to help their blood pressure and cutting on weight.

Going for regulated walks will keep you healthy and control your weight. Here are a few ways to do it.

Taking regular walks up the hill can help a great deal. If you do not stay near a hill, you could get an elevated treadmill instead.

Basically there is no need of running up and down, pounding the knees in order to make you feel satisfied that you have done your best. Simply walking up the hill will take you to the level of stress needed to make you shed some weight. This in turn will lead to good body fitness that does not require too much effort.

What if you really feel you should do more than walk up the hill? Here are some activities you should try.

Another method is to have regulated stages of walking. It is done such that you break them in segments, speeding up then relaxing and speeding up again, all the while timing yourself on this. This will make your heart rate beat faster as you walk effortlessly. You could continue to increase your pace at regular intervals, as you repeat the cycle again and again.

Once you are used to this kind of timing, the next thing to try another time is to vary your strides at similar intervals.




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