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32 Home&Lifestyle Magazine | Spring 2017
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Help prevent
the Middle Age
Spread
It’s a frustration for countless
men andwomen enteringmiddle
age. But is having a ‘big middle’
an inevitable part of middle age?
As we get older our proportion
of fat to body weight increases
and this poses a serious threat to
our overall health and well being.
The fat that normally parks itself
around the tummy area is known
as visceral fat.
Visceral fat is body fat that
is stored within the abdominal
cavity and is therefore stored
around a number of important
internal organs such as the liver,
pancreas and intestines. Storing
higher amounts of visceral fat is
associated with increased risks
of a number of health problems
including type 2 diabetes.
Skipping is one of the best
fat burning exercises. Skip 5-10
minutes every day for a full body
workout. Did you know that 10
minutes of skipping is equivalent
to running 1.6 kilometers in 8 minutes? 1 hour of
skipping will burn 1300 calories, skipping is a full body
workout which uses your abdominals to stabilise the
body, legs for jumping, shoulders and arms for turning
the rope, skipping is much kinder to the joints than
running, cheap-no joining fees only a one off cost for
the rope.
Regular skipping improves heart rate and blood
pressure, skipping is a great work out for people of
varying fitness levels and ages as you can do
it at your own pace, regular skipping improves
flexibility, skipping helps improve coordination
and balance, and regular skipping improves
muscle tone in the upper and lower body, and is a
weight bearing exercise therefore it is an excellent
preventative measure for osteoporoses.
So what are you waiting for?
Skip yourself to good health.