Build Muscle, Burn Fat: The Midlife Fitness Formula

About this episode

This episode discusses why traditional cardio methods for weight loss may be counterproductive in midlife and offers alternative fitness strategies.

If you've been adding more cardio to try and drop weight before summer, and it's not working, this episode is going to explain exactly why. I know, it sounds completely backwards. If you grew up in the 80s and 90s like I did, you remember when cardio was everything. Jane Fonda workouts. Hours on the stair stepper. The formula was simple: want to lose weight? More cardio. Want to tone up for summer? More cardio. But in midlife, that approach is counterproductive. You're checking the calorie ...

People in this episode

Host: Ashley Malik

Topics covered

• midlife fitness
• muscle building
• fat burning
• cardio misconceptions
• weight loss strategies

Keywords

• midlife
• fitness
• muscle
• fat
• weight loss
• cardio
• nutrition

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