Aged weight loss

Hiya all,

I am busy trying to loose a few pounds, as with old age (?) easy to put on harder to get off.
I will put my present routine here, then see what comments I get:

I have my own small shed/gym.
Each circuit exercise is for 20 reps (both sides if reqd) total of 3 circuits.

Leg ext
medicine ball squats
Machine bench press
palm strikes to bag (fast)
Bent over d/b rows
weighted punches
d/b shoulder press
b/b curl
hammer curl
triceps pushdowns
pushups
knee raises.

After 3 circuits I go onto other striking traing etc.

Any comments? I have left out one aditional detail along with my age. I will disclose that later if there are any comments

Ade

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Thanks for that Dave,

any examples would be appreciated.

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spot on DC

Quote :

What you are aiming for is about 20-30 mins hard exercise on the threshold of anaerobic which uses as many big muscles in your body (e.g. quads) done in hard bursts. This, apparently, hits the body hard in two ways - i) calories burnt due to the workload ii) the shock to the metabolism. I know when I have done a good session on the kettlebells in this manner because I feel my body is literally hot as it continues to burn calories hours after exercise.

also can give you insomnia, but is a great way to train

Okay, thanks guys much appreciated.

The circuit I do is 3 times a week, I use my execise bike for 45 mins 3 times a week also.

By the way, the bits I said I had not mentioned:

I'm 57 years old
got arthritis in my feet
got a frozen shoulder (thats what the Doc recons, I'm not convinced)
bad neck
and had a triple heart bypass in Oct 2006.

But I'm still here and still trying.

Thanks again