Exercises for Women Over 50
So it was your 50th birthday. Don't worry I won't share this secret with anybody! (wink) But I guess, you should face the reality now. Who said women over 50 cannot look sexy and you still do, by the way. So what if your arms are no longer match stick thin and your legs are not slender anymore, like the next gen 20 something chic! I know, that paunch and apple shape assets are quite stubborn and are little difficult to get rid of. After two deliveries, it's OK to be like that, it happens to all women and after all, you must age gracefully.
How nice and sympathetic you felt about yourself while reading this. Well, but it was all falderal!!! You must be either sick, lazy or pessimistic to agree what I said above. Forgot Madonna? She is over 50 and yet sizzles the stage when she is 'ON' and the guys still go weak in the knees when they splendidly watch her sexy performance. Now get up, get inspired and move that body. I'll guide you through some of the best exercises for women over 50, that will help you get back an hourglass figure.
Toning Exercises for Women
Back Exercises
Back exercises are essential for women over 50, as it helps them strengthen back muscles, which provides support to the entire body. It also helps you get rid of the fat at the back, strengthen spinal cord and other back bones, and tones the back muscles as well. Lower back exercises help you tone the waistline, buttocks, hips, and thighs. It also provides relief for back pain and lower back pain. Shrugs, bent over rows, lateral press, back extensions, deadlifts, etc. are some of the back exercises, that can be performed by women over 50.
Ab Exercises
Abdominal exercises help you get rid of that stubborn paunch. It also helps in strengthening abdominal muscles. Instead of doing those deadening crunches without any support, women over 50 can use exercise ball for crunches. You can perform different floor exercises to flatten the tummy. Crunches, sit ups, leg lowering, reverse crunches, oblique crunches, ball rock, bicycle crunches, etc. are some of the core exercises for women. Ab exercises promote smooth digestion process and is also known to provide relief from constipation.
Chest Exercises
Generally, women avoid doing chest exercises, as they think it will make their chest look broad and manly. But, chest exercises actually help you get the natural lift by firming up the chest muscles. As women age, their breast tend to sag and droop and skin becomes loose. The only safe way to maintain the bust line is including chest exercises to your daily workout regime. It helps you tone the chest muscles and strengthens, collar bones and rib cage bones. Push ups, incline chest fly, decline chest fly, incline press, peck deck, etc. are some of the chest exercises. You need to perform these exercises with dumbbells, for quick and lasting results. Start with light weight dumbbells and increase the weight gradually.
Arm Exercises
Triceps exercises such as, overhead extensions, triceps dips, triceps kickbacks, etc. help you get rid of the jelly arms. Exercises for triceps remove the fat from the back side of the arms. Bicep exercises such as, bicep preacher curl, hammer curl, concentrated curl, etc. help you get the toned biceps. Arm exercises are essentially weight training exercises. Performing arm exercises with dumbbells help you shed the fat faster and increases strength of hand muscles.
Apart from this, you can also perform, cardiovascular exercises and aerobic exercises, that will help you reduce weight, increase metabolic rate and build stamina. All the above exercises need to be performed after consulting your doctor and fitness trainer. They will first check your body weight, body type, lifestyle, medical history, and accordingly suggest you the right workout plan. Along with these exercises, you also need to follow healthy and balanced diet to get slim and trim.
