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05-28-20, 06:09 AM | ||
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05-28-20, 10:20 AM | |
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This! Me too. I don't feel right unless I'm trying to solve something or fix what's wrong or achieve many goals or now make all these damn pounds go away. I overdo everything once I can't do something, or to prove that I have the gusto to do it. My teenage son is classic underachiever, we're complete opposites. We get along really well oddly enough though, and he tells me all the time to stop trying to fix everything.
Perhaps this is part of my frustration of perimenopause, as much as I try to fix it, I can't stop a freight train. But yet I can't let it go either. Maybe I should I work on that first! |
05-28-20, 11:09 AM | ||
Join Date: Sep 2004
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That's part of why I'm a bit insecure with doing gentler workouts. I had read many posts about how many had lost weight when they had switched to less intense workouts. But, after years of doing Cathe, improving my cardio and strength levels, and being able to keep up with her, I'm afraid that I'll lose some of these gains and NOT lose weight by switching to less intense workouts. We always seem to hear/read that the harder the better. But I guess those affirmations are not geared towards women over 50! No wonder I'm confused! Am I the only one? |
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05-28-20, 11:27 AM | |
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This is just my experience....intense workouts not only leave me sore, they make me VERY hungry, so I eat more, lol. I do best with moderate intensity, low impact, and low weight/high rep for cardio & toning. But that’s just me....
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05-28-20, 08:31 PM | |
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Just my perspective, I went to lower workouts (lower weight, lower intensity, even did a t-tapp rotation) after heavy lifting for years, and I didn't see any weight loss. I have even gained weight. Now I am going back to heavy lifting, which I love, but taking more rests. I also am doing the cardio I love, but taking it down a notch.
Still no weight loss, but I am enjoying my workouts. I just wanted to add that in since I too heard that lowering the intensity would work, and it didn't!!! I even watched my diet super close, and nope. I just am where I am.
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05-29-20, 08:36 AM | |
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Hi,
I think everyone is different and for some people going with more moderate workouts works and for others it doesn't. I think it is a matter of finding what works best for you, which could be a lot of trial and error. I ended up cutting back in my 40's, not necessarily due to weight gain or hormonal issues, but b/c my body just no longer felt good doing the high intensity/heavy weight stuff. My weight and everything is very stable - is it b/c I cut back? Who knows? Honestly, I have never seen a lot of "visible" results from exercising- the two times I did was when I was doing FIRM workouts (but I am not sure I really loved the aesthetics of the results I got from those in retrospect) and another time when I did a modified version of the 100 push up challenge - actually I did a regular circuit routine of push-ups, pull downs, squats and "monster" walks (crab walks) and I really got the best looking arms I ever had! I think it is definitely not a one size fits all approach. the hard part may be overcoming our thoughts about what we "should" be doing vs. what we need to be doing - and trying to do more of what our bodies need and less of what our mind tells us we "should" do. That is a hard thing to do - especially when we CAN do all the hard stuff - I know I mention Pahla B a lot but she says in many of her videos that at this age we CAN do it - the trouble is we need more recovery time and if we don't take it we crash and burn a lot sooner than we did in our younger days and for some people that results in weight gain/inflammation. Oh another You Tuber to check out for middle aged fitness is Fitness with PJ https://www.youtube.com/user/GoFitGals Her stuff isn't really my cup of tea - but it may work for some! Donna |
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