I was speaking to someone who has just started on our Kickstart programme last week
They want to lose some weight, which is great, but they also wanna get stronger.
They’ve noticed that a few tasks are being harder than they used to be:
lifting things, getting up and down from the floor. I could go on.
This is something I have heard loads of times since in the past 17 years working as a personal trainer, Fruci Fit, in the NHS, public health…
And one of the key things we need to remember is, from our 40s, we start that muscle loss, ageing-related muscle loss: Sarcopenia.
And by the 60s, we’re losing, on average, 1% of our muscle mass every year.
^^ read that again
“use it or lose it” springs to mind.
We know from research that even 90+ year-olds who do resistance exercise and create the right environment with protein intake, can still build muscle.
^^ it’s never too late. You’re never too ‘far behind’. You will eventually get rewarded for keeping going.
Why do I love resistance exercise?
Well, ever since I started Fruci Fit back in a Church Hall, something we pride ourselves in at Fruci Fit is adapting for YOU…
And resistance exercise is great because it allows you to do just that:
→ Can’t train your arms? train your legs.
→ Can’t train your legs, train your arms?
→ Sore elbows? Focus on light weights, pulling movements less elbow movement and legs.
The point?
Focus on what you CAN do, and that’s the brilliant thing about it.
I know longevity and ageing well is such a big topic right now.
And I have never forgotten a lecture from a cancer researcher back when I was doing my postgraduate.
The researcher talked about how the longer we live the more likely we are to encounter some from of disease and therefore…bed rest.
Given that bed rest results in muscle loss.
The more muscle you have to lose?
The better your recovery.
As it is often the recovery that is the hardest part. << her words not mine.
So if you’re thinking…
“I need to do some resistance exercise”
“I don’t know where to start”
Reply with ‘free plan’, and I’ll send you over a free seven day plan to kickstart your results.
A gentle kickstart, move from A to B, with short, 10 minute workouts you can do seated, laying down without equipment that you’ll be able to do on your busiest, most stressful day to help you incorporate it.
Message me with ‘free plan’ and I will send it over.
Matt