Image via WikipediaI get asked my age a lot, and when I tell people that I'm 52, the next question is always, how do you stay so fit and toned? My answer is, by weight lifting 4 times each week. By weight lifting, I mean lifting at a resistance and intensity that I can barely complete my last repetition on each exercise. Exercising at that intensity is really the key to getting firm and staying that way, especially as you get older.I see far too many people wear themselves out by doing hours of cardio each week, and very little weight lifting. And, when they do lift weights, they exercise with a resistance that's too small to produce results. You've seen them, they are doing their weight lifting routine while carrying on a conversation with their friends (and they wonder why they see very little results).
When you lift weights, you must have enough resistance to overload your muscles to the point of exhaustion, that place where you find it difficult to do one more repetition. When you exercise like that, your muscles are worn to the point where they must be repaired by your body and consequently, they are made stronger. Then your body starts to firm-up and look sexy, no matter what age.
