Over 50 Fitness – Bodybuilding

Body building competitions are not what you think. Most people have the perception that in a body building competition, there is lots of fake tan, lots of steroids and lots of sweat. Well this just isn’t the case! Body building competitions are actually about men and women competing against each other with the size and shapes of their muscles that they have worked so hard on. These people are not limited to the uber fit, anyone can try body building, even you and me. Body building is the ideal exercise for over 50 fitness.

To start body building, you need to do your homework first. There are millions of different routines and regimes that you could follow or you might like to create your own to suit your body. This is particularly helpful when you have problem areas that you want to tackle as it allows you to focus on those areas more than others. There are 5 main body areas that you will need to work on. The arms, the legs, the abs, the chest and the shoulders. You should try to work on these areas for at least 10 minutes of each workout. A perfect strength training regime will consist of both high rep/low weight and low rep/ high weight. This works all the large muscles and the smaller ones too. It is good to practice your form when trying out these reps and note that one perfect rep is worth 10 bad ones.

Exercise over 50 doesn’t have to be all chairobics and boring classes. You can make yourself feel young again by weight training and having fun with it! Why not see how far you can go with strength building. You may enjoy it so much that you might want to start competing against other people! Give it a go today!