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
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5 Ways to Stay Healthy & Fit!
hi Camille Katherine I’m Sarah and we’re the gymnastics girls and today we’re going to be doing five ways to stay healthy and fit we’re going to be showing you a whole bunch of things to stay fit as well as some delicious snacks and so make sure to watch this so it’s good time I stopped you to try going on a morning jog every day and if you can’t every day try going at least once a week like that jogging can help build strong bones and also tone your legs it’s also a really good cardio workout so it’s very good for your heart jogging around your neighborhood is a great way to get out of the house and have a mild morning exercise waste it next up you should try drinking more water because there’s many benefits to it and one of them is it helps energize your muscles if you don’t really like the taste of water you should try detox water so basically what that is is you add some fruits into your water and we decided to use lemons cucumber and strawberries and not only will this make your water taste better but it will also release antioxidants into the water which will help your immune system drinking a lot of water is really important when you’re exercising because it helps energize your muscles and if you don’t drink enough water when you’re exercising your muscles are going to get tired really easily try getting in the habit of eating more healthy foods especially fruits because if you like sweet things you should try reaching out for a nectarine or a peach instead of cookies and brownies if you like chips you should try eating nuts instead because they have the same crunch that chips do – all of the oils and fats you should also try pushing yourself to get vegetables like baby carrots next you should try doing yoga because it helps with relaxation and flexibility Yoga isn’t the only thing I can do this dance also produces a similar effect as yoga so if you don’t really like yoga you should try dance I can’t find the words I just go last but not least you should try doing daily stretches this will help lower the risk of pulling or tearing muscles throughout the day this will also help get you more flexible over time Oh thank you guys so much for watching our video I hope you guys enjoyed it so don’t forget to comment like and subscribe bye