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Welcome
Please read all the group announcements before joining "Fitness Over 50."
This group was founded to be a Virtual Workout Room were members go to share fitness and nutrition ideas and inspirational successes. QUESTIONS about the these things are welcomed.
Members with Obesity concerns can go here: view link Many who post requests for help with Obesity NEVER return, so I will remove those kinds of posts. There is plenty of good advice in the Weight loss group.
New Members: please tell us what you're doing to stay fit!
ADVERTISERS will be booted.
Please take care to protect your identities. Go here to learn how to protect your privacy: view link Tasteful pictures are encouraged. Please report related issues to EONS help view link
Please protect the harmony of the group by denouncing personal attacks or ridicule.
This group was founded to be a Virtual Workout Room were members go to share fitness and nutrition ideas and inspirational successes. QUESTIONS about the these things are welcomed.
Members with Obesity concerns can go here: view link Many who post requests for help with Obesity NEVER return, so I will remove those kinds of posts. There is plenty of good advice in the Weight loss group.
New Members: please tell us what you're doing to stay fit!
ADVERTISERS will be booted.
Please take care to protect your identities. Go here to learn how to protect your privacy: view link Tasteful pictures are encouraged. Please report related issues to EONS help view link
Please protect the harmony of the group by denouncing personal attacks or ridicule.
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Aerobic Conditioning
Aerobic Base Building is the single most important way to reduce bodyfat, next to eating wisely. Working out just below the tipping point from Aerobic to Anaerobic is the key to training your body to burn fat instead of sugar (glucose).
For many years I've struggled to understand that despite busting my butt in the gym my bodyfat remained in the 13-15% range. The reason is that I had trained my body to prefer glucose as fuel. An Aerobic conditioned athlete burns fat for fuel during training. Too much Anaerobic Threshold work turns off fat burning and creates other negative side effects such as cravings for sugar.
To find your Aerobic baseline number use 180-age +/- 5-10 depending on conditioning. Example age 60: 180-60= 120. Add 10 if you are in great condition, 5 if good. Subtract 10 if you're just resuming exercise, and 5 if you're deconditioned. Stay just below the baseline number to train your body to become a fat burining machine. One your reach your targeted bodyfat then introduce Anaerobic training (about 10% of the work) to increase your fitness further.
If you're working out hard and not getting the desired results then you need to working solely on Aerobic conditioning. Forget the hard stuff until later!
For many years I've struggled to understand that despite busting my butt in the gym my bodyfat remained in the 13-15% range. The reason is that I had trained my body to prefer glucose as fuel. An Aerobic conditioned athlete burns fat for fuel during training. Too much Anaerobic Threshold work turns off fat burning and creates other negative side effects such as cravings for sugar.
To find your Aerobic baseline number use 180-age +/- 5-10 depending on conditioning. Example age 60: 180-60= 120. Add 10 if you are in great condition, 5 if good. Subtract 10 if you're just resuming exercise, and 5 if you're deconditioned. Stay just below the baseline number to train your body to become a fat burining machine. One your reach your targeted bodyfat then introduce Anaerobic training (about 10% of the work) to increase your fitness further.
If you're working out hard and not getting the desired results then you need to working solely on Aerobic conditioning. Forget the hard stuff until later!
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Post your health statistics here!
It might be interesting to share our most recent health statistics. This includes a data base of blood lipids, glucose, stress test results, bone density scans, heart scans, bodyfat measurements, heart scans etc.
This would serve as a resource for others to examine their lifestyles, eating and exercise habits and demonstrate the impact of good habits on health and fitness.
This would serve as a resource for others to examine their lifestyles, eating and exercise habits and demonstrate the impact of good habits on health and fitness.
Vitamin D Question
This is probably a silly question but here goes - Do you have to be in the direct sunlight to get vitamin D benefit? i.e., does the vitamin get filtered out coming through a glass window? These cold snowy days, I don't get outside much with skin showing, but I sit in a sunny window to read.
