Benefits of Exercise over 40 for Women

The ‘Change’ UGH

It’s inevitable, unavoidable and can be quite dreadful. If this is supposed to be when we are in our ‘prime’ then who’s idea of a sick joke was it to make us poor women over 40 and 50 deal with a huge change in their bodies during this ‘glorious’ period? Truth be told, managing perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms can be a lot easier than most of us would think. There is a light at the end of the sweat filled, hormone raging tunnel for those who experience emotional swings from anger, to crying and in the midst you get the chance to feel like someone has put you in a casserole pan and slid you in the oven with an intense hot flash. I like to call them my ‘short tropical vacations’.

I have read and experienced the benefits from a report that indicates that 30 minutes of some kind of heart pumping fitness done four times a week can be your best alternative to Hormone replacement therapy. The findings were based on our adrenal glands producing a male hormone called androstenedione which through exercise is converted into estrogen. This keeps our tanks topped up and lessons the need for HRT. These findings extend to the group of peri to post menopausal women.

So get active and make this the best time of your life. An all natural solution to an age old problem for us mature women. Who knew it was this simple?