Most at home workout programs are suitable for everyone and can be adapted to varying levels of intensity to really get your mornings off to a brilliant start.
If you’re new to working out at home, this full-body workout for beginners is a great way to start building strength in all the major muscle groups. You’ll work your arms, abs, legs and booty! Add this workout to your routine and repeat it up to 5 times a week! It may seem hard for the first month, but after that you’ll do it with much more ease and can intensify the workouts, based on you ability.
If you are above 40 years old, you should apply these as a gold standard to your morning routine, and baring any impediments will hold you in great stead in the future.
3 reasons why you should have a morning exercise routine at home if your over 40
Gracefully Aging
The first reason is at this age you need to be forward planning, what you do in your 40’s for your health will echo into your 50s, and that is a fact! The more active you are, the more chance you have of sustaining a healthier lifestyle going forward.
Heart health
As you age your hearts capacity diminishes, from a peak of 100% activeness in your youth to 20s and 30s, to a gradual decline which is diminished by about 5-10% per decade. This isn’t limited to the heart, but also to the rest of your organs.
However, if you work your heart and organs during your 40s and 50s you will maintain more of your hearts capacity going forward (baring any medical complications).
Slowing down facial and neck aging
The age old cliche ( no-pun intended) ‘you are only as old as you feel’, literally applies here.
There’s growing evidence that a healthier organ lifestyle slows down aging more than any other treatment you can have. That is because it is coming form your own internal bodies molecular system and it is completely natural.
In fact, a medical news today study took a deep dive into these blood biomarkers has found that lifestyle, i.e exercise, may change the methylation patterns on a person’s DNA and indicate how fast they are aging.
Always do this before you start
Before you get started, warm up for at least 5 minutes, don’t dive in to the exercises cold. This can be a short repetitive walk around the room, going up and down teh stairs a few times, or a combination of dynamic stretches.
You want your body to feel warm and ready for the workout ahead.
You don’t always need a gym membership to get fit. The first step can start from home and these home workout plans will show you just how you can get in the best shape of your life from the comfort of your home, using nothing but your own body weight.