Women's Health Month
In honor of #WomensHealthMonth 👏🏻 Our Founder @farmstarmary is feeling INSPIRED.
Thank you to @marthastewart, @janefonda, and others, proving that age is just a number. With good health, and a great attitude, you have everything! Life is all about glowing from within ✨
One thing that I am doing to take care of myself as I charge towards turning 56 this summer is weight training. I typically would do cardio in the past, but not so often the weights. However, I started understanding how my body really needed this – to fight osteoporosis, increase metabolism, my strength (especially upper body), and just to feel more 'fit.' Now, it's so much easier to pick things up around my home, feel more vibrant and just overall have more energy.
If you can go to a gym, I highly encourage to warm up with cardio and then spend your time with the free weights and machines. You'll speed up your metabolism, increase calorie burn (throughout the day as well), and also give yourself more muscle tone. The process will burn fat, too, so there's always that added bonus!
If you can't go to a gym, I highly encourage to use your own body weight to serve as resistance. There are plenty of YouTube videos to help you learn a few great moves that will benefit your legs, arms, and core / back.
If you are a true beginner and looking to use your body weight to build your legs, not hurt your knees, help your hips, this is a great one by two physical therapists.
If you start small and just get used to it, you'll find that over time it isn't that hard to keep it up. Then it becomes a nice healthy lifestyle that makes you just feel good – mind•body•spirit! And, if you want to have your best years ahead of you, then this will be an important part of making that vision a reality.
May we all be our best selves, and in our desired shape, mentally wise, sharp and positive. Future selves, here we come – and I'll meet you there!
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