Fitness – Fast Track Your METABOLISM after 40!

Fitness

Heart Smart Minute FitnessEvery move you make during the day takes energy and burns calories, even when you’re sleeping, your body is still using fuel. Proper nutrition and a regular fitness plan adds to the power of your fat burning metabolism.

As we start to age, our metabolism begins to slow, since we aren’t as active at 50 as we were at 16, naturally our body doesn’t burn fat the way it once did in high school. So, what are your best fitness fighting weapons to keep your metabolism going at any age? Here are some Heart Smart Minute tips to burn FAT and GAIN LIFE…

Heart Smart Minute Fitness Tips:

Fast Metabolism = CARDIO: Getting 50mins of INTENSE cardio in daily will help your body burn over 500 calories extra per day and your body keeps burning calories at an increased rate for over 12 hours after you stop your cardio.

Build Muscle = Burn Fat: Muscles burns fat! The more muscle you have the more fat you’re burning while watching TV. As you get older your metabolism slows down and you need the extra muscle to make up for a slower metabolism, this way your body will continue to burn the fat instead of storing in our your hips, thighs, and tummy.

Blood Sugar MUST be stable: Starving yourself is NEVER the way to lose weight. You ruin your metabolism and blood sugar levels. Your brain needs blood sugar to function, when the brain doesn’t get sugar from proper nutrition it releases the hormone cortisol which will break down muscle in order to make sugar for your brain. This is why people feel light headed and tired when not eating enough or on carb free diets. To keep your blood sugar stable, have a light nutritious snack every 3-4 hours.

Follow us on Facebook for moreĀ Heart Smart Minute Nutrition and Fitness tips!

This entry was posted in Fitness and tagged , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.