Workout Videos for Women Over 50

We’ve all heard the phrase “train smarter, not harder.” For those of us over a certain age, it’s a piece of advice that could never be more valuable.

At Get Healthy U TV, we aim to empower women over the age of 50 with fun, effective exercises that can be done right in the comfort of your own home. You’ll join trainers who know how to lead a great workout while having tons of fun no matter what generation you may be part of!

With our videos, you’ll feel like you have a friend alongside you every step of the way. Throughout your younger years, your workout routine or the ways you chose to exercise may have looked pretty different. With age, however, the need to be more selective with what we put our bodies through increases. The reality sets in—your body is not the same as it once was!

Working Out Over 50

It is undeniable that our bodies change with age and no matter how hard we may resist, an aging body needs to be treated differently than a young body.

More care and concern must go into how we treat our joints, bones, and connective tissue. We no longer live under the illusion that we are impervious.

Over time, it becomes extremely important to care for our bodies like the precious gifts that they are. What we once considered indestructable suddenly becomes a delicate jewel.

Benefits of Working Out Over 50

On the other hand, working out is never more important than when we pass the big five-oh, particularly for women.

Before we knot it, we are dealing with things like arthritis, decreased flexibility, increased risk of injury, and the dreaded symptoms of menopause! Yikes!

Luckily, the benefits of exercise only increase with age. Along with younger-body benefits like calorie-burning and toning, you can add many things to the mix benefits, including:

• Increased quality of life
• Stronger bones and connective tissue
• Better mental health
• Improved cognitive function and memory
• Reduced risk of illnesses such as:

Diabetes
Heart Disease
Stroke
Arthritis
Osteoporosis
Obesity
Depression

So how do we balance the desire for exercise and all its benefits with the reality of aging and the need to protect our precious bodies?

It’s simple: “Train smarter, not harder”!

The below workout videos are ready to do just that with low-impact options, metabolism-boosting workout videos, and even workouts designed to reduce menopausal belly fat.

Let’s go!

1. Low-Impact Workout Videos

These workouts use low-impact exercises to help you build strength, improve cardio, and get an overall great workout without all the pounding that comes with things like jumping and running.

These videos pay special attention to preserving joints, especially knees and hips, as well as helping you treat your back with more care.

Of course, don’t mistake low-impact for low-intensity! You can work hard and sweat like a high-performing athlete without slamming your body around!

We offer choices for beginners and exercise fanatics alike! Here are just a few:

This low-impact series gives you some fun indoor walking mixed with plenty of other exercises. Geared toward beginner/intermediate levels, you’ll find workouts like an interval walk, core strength workout, full body toning workout, and fat burning cardio walk.

Our LIFT series was designed for those desiring low-impact training with challenging exercises that will change and shape your body. This series includes both an upper body and lower body workout, a cardio/core challenge, as well as a yoga/pilates fusion workout. Options are provided to meet the needs of all levels.

Whether you love barre-style workouts or have never heard of them before, we know you’re going to love this one! In just 10 minutes, you’ll strengthen and tone your legs while boosting your heart rate and burning some major calories. Barre cardio is a fun change!

2. Metabolism-Boosting Workout Videos

Most people notice their metabolism slowing down with age. Loss of muscle mass and slower-moving bodies can account for some of this.

The two exercise solutions to boost a slowing metabolism are strength training and interval training. Strength training is needed because as more muscle is packed on, more calories are burned day in and day out.

The second piece of the puzzle is performing high-intensity interval training (“HIIT”) a couple of times a week. Increasing your heart rate in short spurts makes your workout shorter, but makes the metabolism work for an extended period of time afterward. Here are some fun ways to try these!

Our HIIT it Hard series of workouts gives you several different high-intensity workouts including core HIIT, upper body HIIT, lower body HIIT, total body HIIT. Each workout is 30 minutes in length and designed for intermediate/advanced students. Plenty of low-impact options are provided as well.

Our Serious Strength series tries to encourage you to pick up some heavy weights! So many women are under the notion that heavy weights are going to make them bulk up or that they are too delicate for anything more than five or eight pounds. But reality shows us that lifting heavier weights is the way to add muscle (not bulk) which not only shapes and tones your body, but also helps boost your metabolism. Muscle is active tissue burning calories all day long. Fat sits. That’s it! During the Going Strong series, the trainers talk you through the moves for good form and proper positions. It’s all about lifting weights!

Here’s a routine that requires no equipment. Bring your body and your attitude, and you’re going to get high-intensity moves, strengthening, toning, and an overall metabolic reboot! Low-impact options are provided but excuses aren’t!

3. Flexibility Workout Videos

Aging can also correlate with tight muscles and stiff joints. Generally, this comes with a more sedentary lifestyle, but it can also occur because the aging joints and tissue make you shorten your range of motion and feel tense when it comes to moving fully. No matter what the reason, it is crucial to stay flexible as you age. Here are some workouts that will help you stretch and continue to move in all the ways you want to!

How about some yoga? Whether you are brand new to yoga or have plenty of experience, our Yoga Flowetry series provides a range of options for trying yoga. From the yoga tutorial which shows you how to do things step by step, to the actual yoga flow where you get a solid workout while you stretch, this series gives you what you need to stay flexible and move through your days with ease!

Stress hormones can wreak havoc on your body. Our stress relief yoga gives you a chance to work on your flexibility as well as manage your stress! Try this one for a nice post-workout relief or end of the week recovery!

It really doesn’t take much to keep your body flexible and moving. Even 10 minutes following your cardio or strength workouts will do the trick. Our 10-Minute Total Body Stretch video will take you through it all from head to toe! Use after another workout or just as a stand-alone on days you feel extra tight.

4. Menopausal Belly Fat Workout Videos

At one point or another, nearly every woman over 50 inevitably says, “What’s the deal with my belly?” Seemingly out of nowhere your mid-section starts to thicken up and this strange little pooch starts to make its way over the top of your jeans. Thank you, menopause!

Piled onto the hot flashes and sleep interruptions, menopausal belly fat comes with the hormone changes and other joys of aging. Thankfully the Mayo Clinic agrees with our contention that exercise is the best way to beat the symptoms of menopause and peri-menopause.

In light of that, we have loads of great workout videos that specifically target the abs and core. Here are a few that we love!

If you’ve got 10 minutes, you’ve got a workout for your belly! This ab circuit workout gives you some amazing exercises for your core done in circuits with each move going for 45 seconds followed by a 15-second transition time. Every move is different so you’ll nail every part of that mid-section.

In addition to working on your ab muscles, losing the fat around the belly has to be part of the picture. This 30-minute core HIIT workout is a complete workout that focuses attention on the core body. You’ll perform a combination of athletic drills and sculpting exercises in Tabata interval-style meaning work as hard as you can for 20 seconds and rest for 10 seconds to catch your breath. Some exercises are meant to just blast your cardio and some to sculpt the belly. The perfect combo!

This 10-minute workout zeros in on your muffin top by giving you nine core exercises that will re-shape and tone your mid-section. Use this video after a great cardio workout, right after lifting weight, or just on its own any time you have 10 minutes to spare. This is 10-minutes well spent!