Exercise for Life a Selection of Informative Keep Fit Articles

Two inspiring articles that show how elderly people can stay active and keepfit using simple excersises.

Sit Down And Shape Up - If You Can Sit You Can Get Fit
If you have a chair, 15 minutes a day, and the desire to lose 35 or more pounds, look into Isometric Weight Loss Exercise. Isometrics is the low resistance discipline of increasing muscle tension through muscle contraction, utilizing your own energy to burn calories. Unlike lifting weights, muscle length stays the same, reducing strain. From middle age through your golden years, this low-impact practice allows you to lose weight and inches, while increasing strength, energy and flexibility, and you can do it sitting down. First, like any excercise you must learn the techniques. You can do this with a trainer, in a gym or by buying an exercise DVD. Start by learning the various simple routines, including slow, rhythmic breathing techniques and gentle stretching. Then go to the mirror and visualize yourself the way you want to be. If you follow the course, indulge in some light aerobic activity such as walking or swimming, and modestly improve your nutrition, when you look in the mirror again in 4 to 7 days, you will see a marked difference. Stay the course, and you will reach your goal. Isometric weight loss exercise is designed for the busy professional woman, the relentless homemaker, the harried soccer mom, the grandmother who wants to get back in the swing of things, or those with medical or physical limitations. Results are obtained without pain, sweat, calorie counting or specialized diets. As most of the isometric exercises can be done in a chair, you are free of costly gym fees, house-cluttering equipment, and the intimidation of prying eyes. You only need to stretch and exercise once a day, for 10 to 15 minutes. Practice your breathing 5 times a day. You can do it while sitting at your computer, shopping, watching TV, or just taking some quiet time to relax. Learning proper body positioning is critical to your success. It allows you to target the correct muscle groups without engaging areas you are not ready to work. A full length mirror, if available, is helpful in making sure that that you are upright as you go through your routine. As easy as the weight loss exercises are, they must be performed appropriately in order to optimize efficiency. Strengthening upper body muscles is very important as a woman matures. Statistics show that a significant number of people who have passed their 65th year are unable to lift 5 pounds above their heads. Even the mundane task of putting groceries away becomes a risk. So go get that chair, and look forward to being stronger, leaner and happier. You give your time to everyone else; take some back for yourself. Sit and get fit.
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Author Resource:- Owner of IsoBreathing Inc. and creator of IsoBreathing(R) Ellen has been teaching life style and fitness over 20 years and is a certified fitness practitioner and personal trainer. Find out about Isometric Exercise, Weight Loss Exercise or buy her Exercise DVD - visit http://www.isobreathing.com./

Isometric - Grandmothers Unite to Lose Weight And Turn Back The Clock

Tired of that Boy Scout walking you across the street? Develop new strength and vigor using Isometric Exercise. This simple weight loss and muscle resistance exercise methodology will help you drop ten to thirty-five pounds or more, depending on your goals and needs, and will revitalize your outlook toward life. Aging is inevitable, but growing old is a state of mind. Ten to fifteen minutes a day devoted to isometric weight loss exercise can help you feel ten to fifteen years younger in just a few weeks. You will, in fact, begin to feel the beneficial effects in a mere four to seven days. Isometric exercise, which requires no equipment, tones you up and burns calories by using the opposing force of your own muscles to create what you may remember from your earlier days as "dynamic tension." Techniques and terminologies may have changed, but the essential concept is the same: what you are accomplishing is a low impact contraction of muscles, thus expending energy without having to fight the feeling. You control your own resistance level, so you are never in danger of "overdoing" it. Efficiency is maximized, and the results are remarkable. Nutrition, aerobics and strength building are the three central elements of getting yourself back into shape, so eat smart; (don't worry about "dieting;" you've probably been eating better than your kids since they left the nest); keep in motion at a comfortable pace: walking is a good way to start. At the outset, it is not the length of time or the speed at which you walk that matters, but rather the movement itself. Even a casual five or ten minute stroll will increase the blood flow, and thus the oxygen level throughout your body. Duration and pace can be gradually increased as your comfort and confidence rise. With time, you may even find yourself back on the ballroom dance floor. So how do you start on the road to a more youthful you? As with any exercise plan or lifestyle change, it is recommended that you get your physician's blessing. Fortunately, the range of isometric exercise is flexible enough to accommodate the frustrating ailments of aging. When you are ready to start, you can work with a trainer, find a gym which specializes in isometric exercise or buy an inexpensive DVD. Then grab a chair. Grab a chair? That's right; most of the easily assimilated exercises you will learn and use can be done while seated. The breathing techniques can be employed virtually anywhere at any time. Consider engaging your friends in some of the aerobic activities. You will enjoy the company and the motivation, and unite to fight back the years The isometric exercise process will enable you to build strength and endurance, without suffering soreness. In less time than you can imagine, you will gain energy, drop those extra pounds, and lose those inches that have taken all the fun out of shopping. You are at a cross-road. Take your path with confidence and zeal. Finally, be polite but firm with that Boy Scout: you can cross the street without his help.
Article Republished From: Liberated Press Releases and Other FREE Information a web site that DOESN'T use Google Adspam (Adsense text links) in or around articles.
Author Resource:- Owner of IsoBreathing Inc. and creator of IsoBreathing(R) Ellen has been teaching life style and fitness over 20 years and is a certified fitness practitioner and personal trainer. Find out about Isometric Exercise, Weight Loss Exercise or buy her Exercise DVD - visit http://www.isobreathing.com.


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Weight Loss Through Dieting Is Not Enough - You Have To Keep Moving, Too By:-Ellen Miller Isometrics are a series of muscle contractions that increase muscle tension within the already existing muscle length. No machinery except your own body is involved, yet you expend energy and burn calories by maintaining the contractions.