Women’s bodies begin experiencing changes and challenges after 40. As body chemistry adjusts, it can begin to affect hormonal levels and balance. This can alter metabolism, reduce muscle mass and strength, and suppress energy levels. Among other effects, it can lead to increased weight gain and difficulty burning fat.
But don’t despair! There’s an effective and efficient way to combat these changes. It’s with HIIT (high-intensity-interval-training). This workout method uses short, intense bursts of effort to incite a significant and beneficial response from the body.
The right HIIT workout can provide substantial cardiovascular, fat burning, muscle firming, strengthening and metabolically stimulating benefits to torch the fat while strengthening and toning lean muscle counteracting these life changes.
One of the most important benefits of HIIT is the ability stimulate a positive hormonal and metabolic response that burns calories during and after the workout.
This metabolic boost is known as the “afterburn” effect, which causes the body to burn calories in excess of one’s normal metabolic rate, during post workout recovery.
Its effect is highest during the first 24 hours but can continue for up to 72 hours and can help achieve amazing results from working out just 2-3 times per week.
The Right HIIT Workout? Now beware, all HIIT workouts are not equal. They vary with length of the intervals, duration of the workout and the type of exercises and method of stimulus.
Some HIIT workouts use longer intervals of up to 3 mins or more. Which can reduce the stimulation of hormonal and metabolic benefits. Others use longer sessions of 45-60 minutes which can deplete the body’s ability to produce a sustained effort.
Done right, short 30 second intervals of intense effort in 30-minute workouts is all you need to get results!
Certain HIIT workouts use high-impact exercises like burpees, box jumps, rope & kettlebell swings etc. These exercises can strain your joints and aggravate old injuries, do not tone anything specific and don’t have the same stimulating benefits.
Others use free weights which can also overstress joints, reignite back and neck issues and have a much longer learning curve to master safely.
Flex ‘n Burn HIIT is the safest and most effective method as it utilizes cardio-paced dynamic resistance training with a high-tech cable machine providing each Client push button resistance and quick adjustability allowing everyone the ability move through low-impact exercises quickly and safely.
Combined with a secret fusion of science based HIIT methods, it delivers all the positive stimulation without the potentially negative side effects.
Without a doubt, the best workout for women after 40 to counteract the changes of life and stimulate positive health and fitness benefits and transformative results is HIIT and with FNB all you need is 30 minutes 2-3 times per week!
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