Joe Pacifico Florida: In your 40s and beyond, fitness tends to take on a new shape. Exercise routines you once found merely challenging may become painful .

1. Importance of
Fitness in
Your 40s

2. Fitness When You’re Over 40
In your 40s and beyond,
fitness tends to take on a new
shape. Exercise routines you
once found merely
challenging may become
painful or even impossible by
the time you’re 40, 50, or 60.

3. Why Be Fit?.
Decreased risk of Type 2 diabetes
Decreased risk of hypertension (or high blood pressure)
Decreased high cholesterol
Improved mental health
Weight loss
Better quality sleep
Stress relief
Increased bone density
Decreased risk of early death

4. Motivation Is Key
Come up with a few reasons why
being active will help create a
healthier you, such as:
• Being a positive role model for
kids
• Decreasing the risk of developing
high
• blood pressure or Type 2 diabetes
• Losing weight

5. HowMuch Is Enough?
Do at least 2½ hours of moderate-
intensity or 1¼ hours of vigorous-
intensity aerobic physical activity a
week.
Include strength training using all of
the major muscle groups two days a
week or more.
For more health benefits, increase
moderate-intensity aerobic physical
activity to five hours .

6. Does Walking Count?
Walking slowly is considered a
light-intensity activity. Brisk
walking is an example of a
moderate-intensity activity and
includes walking and talking
but not being able to sing. With
vigorous-intensity exercise, you
can only say a few words
without catching your breath.

7. No More Excuses.
Maybe you have heard that being
fit is important, but perhaps you
have been busy starting a career or
raising a family. If physical
activity hasn't been a priority, start
now by setting reasonable goals.
Begin with activities you enjoy
and slowly build up your
endurance.

8. Ways Your Workout Should Change
This loss of muscle mass will
also change the way your body
looks and responds. The
redistribution of muscle to fat
may affect your balance. Less
leg muscle and stiffer joints
makes it more difficult to move
around.

9. FoamRoller Mistakes
Although simple to use, there are
mistakes you can make with a foam roller
that will hurt in the long run. Pay close
attention to these five mistakes that may
set you back instead of moving you
forward
• Rolling Speed
• Spending Too Much Time on the
Knots
• No Pain, No Gain Doesn't Apply
• Using Bad Posture

10. Modify Your StrengthTraining.
When you were younger you might have
"hit the gym" to lift weights on a
consistent basis. But, as you age, you need
to build functional strength over strength
in isolated muscle group. The idea behind
building functional strength is to improve
your abilities using groups of muscles you
would normally use in everyday life.

11. Enjoythe healthy balance of delicious food
Quite simply, eat, so working
out gives you balance. Plus it’s
great for fighting depression —
a natural (and fun!) mood
booster

12. Enjoythe healthy balance of delicious food
Quite simply, eat, so working
out gives you balance. Plus it’s
great for fighting depression —
a natural (and fun!) mood
booster
SO LET'S WORK IT OUT