Staying fit and losing weight after age 40- Hot ‘n Healthy

hi I’m Melanie Edwards and I’m here at the islands YMCA as we reach our 40s it gets much harder to lose weight and stay physically fit but it’s more important than ever in midlife to stay physically fit I’m going to show you a few exercises to work several muscle groups at one time let’s go get started toe taps on a medicine ball step or curve alternate tapping your toes as quickly as possible football run into a Burpee start running in one spot really fast drop and perform a Burpee repeat split jump into a lunge assume a split stance and jump up rapidly veining with the leading knees parallel to the floor jump up as high as you can and switch legs in midair continue jumping in switching legs always land with the leading knee parallel to the floor assume a plank position on your hands drop down to your elbows one at a time come back up onto your hands one at a time perform each drill for thirty Seconds rest for ten seconds between each drill and repeat the circuit three times great job everybody these exercises were intense as you used your own body weight for strength training and for great cardio exercise you did a fantastic job I’ll see you next time you