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How to maintain your fitness and health beyond the age of 40

 Did you turn off your 40th birthday candle? If you are, you don't have to feel anxious or old. With some simple tips, you can maintain the required fitness and health beyond the age of 40.



As we age, we acquire some bad or good new habits, or we may still retain some of our old habits over the years.


But because body cells are no longer the same as before, we need to rethink a lot about life, and make some effort to ensure that you and your young people stay healthy.


How to maintain fitness after 40?


After turning 40, weight loss becomes more difficult. This is unlike the years of youth and adolescence.


Gaining weight also becomes easier, and the body tends to store fat in the waist surroundings. Therefore, you may waste a lot of time trying different diets with little result.


In addition, many men at this age begin to change their dress style, preferring to wear wide shirts that hide excess weight. Thus, this may encourage more neglect of his body.


Body reset at age 40

Think of this as a new start in your life. Mostly you have established a family and you have a job and have some sort of stability.


Therefore, you do not need to do what is common or popular, it is the time for you to listen to your body and find out what is best for you.


If the diet your friends advised you feel uncomfortable, don't follow it.


But choose a healthy diet that suits your nature and your own food preferences, with the aim of maintaining health and fitness.


If going to exercise parlors causes you excess pain or exhaustion, do not. Replace violent exercises with walks for at least half an hour a day, enough to keep your body and heart healthy.


Don't rush to mimic the shouts of health systems or exercises promoted by social media, they don't necessarily suit you.


But most important is to know how you can adjust your body and know its response to the right diet, with the choice of exercises you can regularize in their performance.


Man walking to keep fit

After reaching the age of 40, exercise is no longer a luxury or in order to gain muscle to showbiz in front of peers, it is a need to maintain your health.


With age, men begin to suffer from weight gain as opposed to losing muscle mass.


But this loss can be slowed down by committing to a sports program that suits you. Think of it as your key to a longer and healthier life.


Select exercises that suit you and times when you can perform exercises regularly.


You don't need to spend hours a day working out, but 30 minutes a day of average exercise to maintain the required fitness.


Do you need supplements after the age of 40?

Your body's nutrient needs change according to the age you are going through.


What you need as a mature man is different from what a young child needs in adolescence.


And if you're keen to diversify your diet and choose healthy foods, you probably get everything you need from nutrients.

But sometimes you may need to take supplements to compensate for the shortage of any of these important nutrients.


One of the most important elements you need to keep fit and healthy after 40 is calcium metal.


As the bones get older, they begin to lose their density to become more fragile and vulnerable. Therefore, you need enough calcium to keep the bones healthy.


Vitamin D is also an important element especially if the nature of your work is office, or you are not sufficiently exposed to the sun.


Therefore, we advise you to consult the doctor and ask him about the supplements needed for you.



Good sleep to maintain fitness

If you want to have your business meetings without looking exhausted or as if you are awake all night, you have to get enough sleep daily.


Sleep helps regulate body rhythm and enhance immunity and fitness.


It also stimulates the production of compounds that resist the impact of aging especially on your mind and cognitive abilities.


Such compounds include powerful antioxidants such as melatonin, the substance or hormone responsible for the treatment of sleep disorders.


Also glutathione and growth hormone, compounds that resist DNA damage, chronic diseases and cancer.

Good sleep is also good for skin health, it helps you get rid of bulges around the eye.


It reduces the likelihood of wrinkles and skin infections, as well as pimples and rashes.


Good sleep is important after 40 years of age

Constantly stimulate your mind

Instead of spending your entire free time watching TV or browsing the phone, try to do any mental activity to keep your mind healthy and your mental abilities.


Reading, solving puzzles or games that rely on the operation of the mind are examples of these activities, they help develop the mind's abilities and cognitive skills.


They also help fight Alzheimer's disease, slowing the impact of aging on your cognitive and cognitive skills.


To maintain fitness you need to realize what is important

Busy agenda, fast mobility from one place to another and being under constant work pressure.


This may be your lifestyle and daily routine.


But all these stresses and stress make it difficult to have the energy or time to relax or spend time with friends or family.


Certainly professional success is important and vital, but the older you get the more aware of what matters most to you.


After the age of 40, you are more eager to spend time with your family and sit between them. Maintaining your health and fitness has become a key focus of your attention.


Communication with family is important to maintain fitness

You feel more about life and are increasingly aware of how important it is to enjoy it. I became grateful for what I achieved and the precious things I earned, and therefore I became able to feel good and happy.


This positive feeling makes you more acceptable to life and sticks to it, after spending so many years in ambitious pursuit.


It is now your right to enjoy life and to eliminate many psychological and physical pressures.


Therefore, the age of 40 may be a new start to your life, the beginning of a stage of psychological satisfaction and peace that makes you more able to feel truly happy.



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