Building muscle is critical.
One of my older clients' top fitness goals is to feel younger and
look younger. They want to improve their fitness in everyday activities and
lose weight to enhance their looks. You must live an active, healthy lifestyle
to help your body appear younger. This entails sticking to the fundamentals,
such as eating a healthy diet rich in lean protein, fruits, and vegetables and
exercising regularly. (After all, glowing skin, better sleep, improved
flexibility and posture, and a high metabolism have all been linked to
exercise.)
You should also include strength training in your exercise
program, in addition to regular cardio workouts. As we age, we lose muscle
mass, which slows our metabolism and causes us to age more quickly if we don't
keep it up.
So, if one of your fitness goals is to look younger, you should
concentrate on compound exercises that build muscle. Here are four best
practices for looking younger that you can incorporate into your workout
routine. Read on to find out more.
1. Dumbbell Romanian Deadlifts
Grab a pair of dumbbells and place them before you complete this
exercise. Push your hips back while dragging the weights down your thigh,
keeping your chest tall and knees soft. Drive your hips forward, squeezing your
glutes to finish once you've gotten a good hamstring stretch. Perform three
sets of ten reps.
2. Incline Dumbbell Bench Press
With a dumbbell in each hand, lie flat on an incline bench for
this exercise. With your arms fully extended, hold them straight up above you.
As you lower the weights toward your chest, pull your shoulder blades back and
down into the bench. After a good chest stretch, press the weights back up to
the starting position while squeezing your pecs and triceps. Perform three sets
of eight to ten reps.
3. Dumbbell Walking Lunges
Hold one dumbbell in each hand to begin this exercise. With one
leg, take a step forward and plant your foot firmly. Then, slowly lower
yourself until your back knee gently touches the ground. Then, with the other
leg, walk forward and repeat. On each leg, do three sets of 10 to 12 reps.
4. Dumbbell Row
For balance, stand parallel to a bench with one hand and knee firmly planted on the bench's surface. With your opposite hand on a dumbbell, extend your arm straight down toward the floor. Then, start the movement by pulling the dumbbell up towards your hip, squeezing your lats and upper back at the end. Before performing the next rep, straighten your arm and get a nice stretch at the bottom. For each arm, do three sets of 8 to 10 reps.