We get asked this a lot about exercise. It’s no surprise, there’s so much conflicting information out there.
Firstly, get rid of the perception that you need to be doing hours and hours of exercise each week to see and feel a noticeable difference in your body and energy levels.
It’s not even a rule of thumb that the more you do the faster or better the results – especially at midlife.
Moving your body every day is great, but so are rest days. We need to be aware of our lifestyle stress levels, and realise that training at intensity will increase those, so it’s about finding the balance of what feels good, what we enjoy and what gets results.
What we can say is that aside from moving daily, everyone over the age of 35 should be doing some form of resistance training at least twice a week.
This is because as we age we naturally lose muscle mass and resistance training will not only help us keep our strength, but burn calories, keep our metabolic rate higher, and also support our bone density (which also declines with age).

These sessions can be as little as 30 minutes. Around that you need some cardiovascular training for your heart and aerobic fitness.
If time is an issue then HIIT gives you results in a short workout time, but it’s not for everyone. It could be long walks, jogging, cycling, indoor cycling, rowing…
At the end of the day the best exercise is the one you actually do, so find something you enjoy, that you can fit into your lifestyle and that gives you the results you’re after.
We spend a lot of time understanding these factors when we onboard clients so we can design a programme that ticks the boxes for them.
This is also why we get results, because we know what works, how much, how often, for how long and the all important recovery periods and hacks and tips to turbocharge the results.
If you’d like to know more, get in touch