If you want to look young, use your weight loss and fitness regime to your advantage. Looking young truly is about treating your body well – if your wellness and wellbeing are your top priority, that youthful glow will surely follow!
Bodies were made to move – it’s a healthy way for us to live and for our bodies to function. When we move (properly), metabolic functions are stimulated in the body which promote powerful anti-aging characteristics.
In ancient times, our ancestors had to be fit and strong, because their survival depended on it. Many constantly moved about, as nomads or tribesmen, and there was high intensity activity in the form of hunting or battles. This is the natural way that we are designed to live, and so it is no surprise that modern-day sedentary lifestyles have us looking old before our time.
Lots of people mistakenly think that going for a little bike ride once a week, gardening or going for a stroll are adequate forms of exercise. In truth, whilst they are forms of movement, they are not forms of exercise. If you want to work out properly, your heart rate should be at 85 – 100 percent of your maximum capacity to get good results.
If you want the natural anti-aging hormone secretion to occur, you have to make sure you are doing real exercise. This only occurs if you overload your muscular systems and joints with challenging resistance. You can do this through different forms of cardiovascular exercise and resistance training.
To do this, try to engage your large muscle groups. Do compound movements that focus on lots of muscle groups at the same time, such as squats (which work your whole lower body) and pushups (which work your whole upper body).