Are you, Ms. Menopause, regularly practicing strength training?
If not, why not?
OK, I can already hear some of you saying “but I hate going to the GYM .” I’ll get to that in a minute, but first here are a few important BENEFITS of
strength training:
- strengthens your joints
- increases the density of your bones helping to prevent osteoporosis
- increases muscle mass
- improves your endurance
- decreases insulin levels
- stimulates the release of growth hormone which improves just about everything else.
Did you know that women who do NOT strength train lose 7 lbs of muscle every 10 years?
This reduces your metabolism as your muscles are your furnace.
Now for those of you who say you don’t like going into the GYM, I hear you.
Maybe, though, you can turn that GYM into a JIM (Joy-In- Movement) experience?
If you are not sure how ASK me and we’ll figure it out.
And here’s another way to look at strength training from a JIM viewpoint.
When you hike or run or come play with me, don’t be surprised if I see some grass and I urge us to go over and get down and crank out some push ups.
Or we pass a kid’s playground and WE become those kids and start using the
monkey bars for chin ups.
Or how about as we carry groceries into the house we use the bags as weights and practice squatting.
Or the gallons of water we carry from the store to the car become weights for shoulder presses ?!
You see, the reason for having a strong body is so that we are FUNCTIONALLY fit.
OUR GYM (JIM) is everywhere!
Test this for yourself and see if getting strong isn’t more fun when you see the potential gym all around you.
And please remember, you can get healthy, active and fit at any age!
To your health,
shelli
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