Many today believe that fitness is the payment we must make in order to eat and enjoy food. That simply isn’t true. When it comes to women’s fitness over 40 and weight gain, weight loss exercise is only responsible for 10% of the equation. Sleep is also responsible for 10%. The food that you eat is responsible for 80% of your weight gain and weight loss goals. Primal Fitness is a sensible approach to exercise designed for every level of physical ability. Personally I use it as my own approach to women’s fitness.
The Primal Health approach is perfect for fitness over 40 and beyond. It’s different than most of what you will find on the internet. It’s a balanced approach to exercise that is designed to improve your endurance while maintaining longevity.
Fitness over 40 isn’t about wearing out your joints, abusing your body, and setting yourself up for potentially developing a heart arrhythmia. If you want to age well and also continue your sport of choice for many years to come that’s where primal fitness supports women’s health.
For our paleolithic ancestors, it didn’t make sense to force themselves to do daily strenuous workouts. They didn’t know when their next meal was coming so in order to survive they had to preserve their energy. What set them apart from modern-day humans was that they were fat-adapted. That is, their bodies were great at using stored body fat for fuel.
In today’s world becoming a fat-adapted athlete can give you a competitive advantage. The body can store far more body fat than it can store glucose. Whether you compete in endurance events, you enjoy hiking, bowhunting, or you want to be able to keep up with your kids/grandkids, having access to a bigger fuel tank is what makes primal health fitness stand out to traditional fitness models.
I fired my first bow a few years ago in a sporting goods store and it was fun. It was one of those memories of my life that definitely stuck with me. Last year our little was finally old enough to take on an antelope hunting trip to the Owyhee desert. I bought my first … Read more
As the temperatures begin to fall, many people want to curl up on the couch to watch television or read a book. They don’t want to think about exercising in cold weather. For some it takes a certain je ne sais quoi to find motivation to workout in cold weather. There are many ways to stay motivated to get in your winter workout. If you enjoy walking, running, or bicycling as exercise, but don’t want to go outdoors when it’s 20 degrees, I understand. You can find the motivation to exercise in cold weather even if you aren’t entirely excited to go outside. When I titled this the ultimate guide to exercising in cold weather I wasn’t kidding. You might want to bookmark this link or pin it so that you have it for future reference. If you’re not busy right now, grab your favorite beverage and dive in. I cover the reasons to continue exercising in the winter along with some science behind why you might not want to. We’ll talk about goal setting, mindset shifts, how to begin a winter workout if you’re just getting started, and even the foods that can help keep you motivated.
The conventional wisdom of endurance training is rooted in the “no pain no gain” mindset. We’ve been conditioned to believe that we just need to suck it up and go harder. Then when we go harder we need to go farther. The problem is that this isn’t the best approach if you want to improve … Read more
As a coach, my main motivation is to help people feel better. I want them to find better sleep, a better mood, fewer aches, and pains, and be able to live life unrestricted by their health. While there are a lot of strong correlations between body fat percentage and chronic disease it’s not the best … Read more
I began taking Taekwondo classes with my son in June and some days I wonder what it’s all for. I’m using muscles and joints in ways they’ve never been used before and they’ve definitely let me know. I’ve used more epsom salt in the last few months that I have in the last 44 years. … Read more
I just returned from my third season hunting antelope in Owyhee County, Idaho. The first year I sat in a blind and waited for an antelope to show up. It didn’t happen and I was hot and miserable. Hating that there was nothing I could do but wait I decided to spot and stalk antelope … Read more
