Women's Fitness, Exercise Equipment and Extended Living
Hello Everyone, I am Janet Ford, a co-owner of TheFitWoman.com website. Linda Kravitz and I run this site together with an eye toward keeping women young throughout their entire lifespan. We do this by providing you information and fitness equipment that will help you plan an effective program involving both strength training and cardio-vascular fitness.
No infomercial hype appears on our website - neither do such lies as getting six-pack abs in only a few easy minutes each day. You, however may present any topic on fitness and personal development you want here - whether it be to laud the latest Suzanne Sommers booty gadget (gasp!), muse about the body you want, deride the perfectionist American values imposed upon women's appearance, or discuss your successes with weight loss and body composition. This is a place to collect your voice.
Did you ever wish you had a second chance at life (without having to be reincarnated and assume all that nasty karma)? Well you are probably going to get it whether you want it or not! We women are living a very long time - two lives for the price of one. While our parents and grandparents generally succumbed to age-related frailities and sagging skin, we probably will not want to do the same. Medical science will keep us alive well beyond our ancestors' ages. It's time to ask yourself how do you want to live this extended life.
Perhaps you can get a second career, write a book, have more children (oh no!), run for public office, or do many other things that wiser individuals are better suited to do. Life need not be continually wasted on the chronologically young and inexperienced.
We will post articles and other writings on which you may comment or ask questions. Candor (without obscenity) is welcome! Feel free to start commenting now.
If you would like to be a primary author on this site, please email us at info@thefitwoman.com. Otherwise, feel free to start commenting now.
No infomercial hype appears on our website - neither do such lies as getting six-pack abs in only a few easy minutes each day. You, however may present any topic on fitness and personal development you want here - whether it be to laud the latest Suzanne Sommers booty gadget (gasp!), muse about the body you want, deride the perfectionist American values imposed upon women's appearance, or discuss your successes with weight loss and body composition. This is a place to collect your voice.
Did you ever wish you had a second chance at life (without having to be reincarnated and assume all that nasty karma)? Well you are probably going to get it whether you want it or not! We women are living a very long time - two lives for the price of one. While our parents and grandparents generally succumbed to age-related frailities and sagging skin, we probably will not want to do the same. Medical science will keep us alive well beyond our ancestors' ages. It's time to ask yourself how do you want to live this extended life.
Perhaps you can get a second career, write a book, have more children (oh no!), run for public office, or do many other things that wiser individuals are better suited to do. Life need not be continually wasted on the chronologically young and inexperienced.
We will post articles and other writings on which you may comment or ask questions. Candor (without obscenity) is welcome! Feel free to start commenting now.
If you would like to be a primary author on this site, please email us at info@thefitwoman.com. Otherwise, feel free to start commenting now.
posted by Janet Ford at 7:24 AM
2 Comments:
Great Post!
Question:
How many times a week should I be doing weight training versus how many times cardio? I am 52 years old,in good health and would like to start a fitness program that's sensible and does not overtake my life.
Hello Anonymous,
Fitness Professionals will have varied responses to your question - but here are some rules of thumb:
Cardio - 2 to 3 times per week, 30 minutes each time (I hear some women gasping with shock out there - feel free to comment if you believe cardio needs to be any more than this).
Weight Training -
Start our with 2 times per week for about 45 minutes to get your body conditioned to strength
training. Do one exercise for every major muscle group. First train the larger muscles (chest, legs, back) and then the smaller muscles (shoulders, arms and abs).
After 3 to 4 weeks of steady training, move to a "split" routine for 3 times per week. An example of a split routine is Upper Body one day (chest, shoulders, upper back and arms) and Lower Body/Core the next workout day (legs, lowerback, and abs).
NO SPOT TRAINING EVER! UNLESS YOU ARE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY, NEVER WORK ONE MUSCLE GROUP MORE THAN THE OTHER. And, stay off those adductor/abductor machines - they stink and prey on women's thigh obsession.
Muscles develop, not during your workout, but during the times inbetween. So avoid working out the same muscles on sequential days, or you will not get any benefit from your weight training.
Overtaking your Life:
As to the concern about fitness overtaking your life - this is legitimate. The internet message boards are filled with amazing tales of what people do daily in the name of fitness and beauty. I believe the antidote to fanaticism is to start slowly, and build up to a level that feels right.
No one (not even Jane Fonda) knows your mind, body and spirit better than you. Listen to your own cues when it comes to fitness.
So this is my stab at nutshell fitness - Ciao for now!
Janet
http://www.thefitwoman.com
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