Fitness For Seniors

Start with 60 challenge   ActiveSg is having a " Start with 60 " challenge. In this challenge, you attempt a " 1 minute workout ". The objective of ActiveSg's Challenge is to get people active through participating and then sharing their one minute exercise. Those who are active, can try strenuous workout and those are encouraged to push themselves a little bit more than they normal. The 1 minute workout The concept of a 1 minute workout is that 1 minute of intense exercise 3 times a week is able to stimulate physiological adaptions linked to improved health in obese and overweight adults. These include improved Oxygen utilization efficiency (VO2max) Glycemic control  Resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure  More details on the health benefits of short intense workouts are summarized in a paper by Professors Martin Gibala and Jonathan Little from McMaster University .  The 1 minute workout study The original study on the 1 minute workout , undertaken at Mc...

We all know that exercise and diet are important in weight control. Some will tell you that you need about 2000 calories of day to function normally. A typical gym workout probably uses about 200 to 400 calories. Hence some may think, "why bother". A good exercise regime, particularly one that aims to workout all your muscle groups will build muscles and hold back muscle wastage (sarcopenia) use up fat remove excess salt so as to help keep your blood pressure under control give your circulatory system a good work make you feel and look better and give you something to talk about to your friends and family. In terms of weight loss, think of this way. If you exercise early in the morning, you will need to get up early and rush to the gym. As a result you will find it convenient just to eat a light fibre rich cereal based breakfast (about 200-300 calories). A typical workout is thus equal to one light breakfast. So if you follow this regime, by working out you get to eat one les...