BOOST METABOLISM With STRENGTH TRAINING For Women Over 50 | Full Body Exercises | Lively Ladies 

Hello Michelle. I hope that you are feeling better now. Great work with today's strength class. Well done improvising when you needed to 👍👍💜🥰

Great work with this strength session Suzanne! Have a wonderful day 🙋‍♀️🥰

That is wonderful to hear Elaine! I am so pleased that you enjoy the strength workouts. Well done with today's class. Have a great day 🙋‍♀️🌺🥰🌼💜

Happy Monday Jacqueline! Thank you so much!! I am so pleased that you enjoyed today's strength workout. Best wishes 🙋‍♀️💪👍💜🥰

Good morning Suzanne. Well done with yesterday's strength session 💪💪Not to worry if you have to drop your weight. Somedays I feel lethargic and I scale back a little to get through the workout. As long as we are moving that's what counts!! It was definitely an upper body burn especially for the shoulders!! I am so pleased that you are enjoying the workouts and the different combinations. Thanks as always for your feedback. Have a lovely Tuesday. Best wishes always 🥰🌺🙋‍♀️🌸❤️

Happy Monday Lori. You are most welcome. Well done completing today's strength workout. I am delighted that you enjoyed the stretches at the end. It always feels good to stretch afterwards. I visited my mom yesterday. We went for a drive to a beach about 30 minutes away from her house. There were lovely scenic walks as well. The weather was really beautiful and warm over the weekend. It is a public holiday here today so I'm enjoying an extra day off. I am sorry to hear about your daughter. I hope that she will be ok. Back pain can be very debilitating. Have an enjoyable day with your grandchildren. I hope that the weather cools down for you! All the best 🥰🌺🙋‍♀️🌼💜❤️🌸

Hello Suzanne. I hope that your day is going well. Yes, I definitely agree that the bicycle exercise is quite challenging! I was straining to get the words out!! 😅 Great work with this one. 🙋‍♀️❤️🥰💜

Thank you so much Simone. I really appreciate your kindness. Have a wonderful Tuesday 🌸🙋‍♀️❤️💜

Thank you so much Cynthia! I really appreciate your support. Well done with this strength session 💪🙋‍♀️🌸🌺💃💜

Thank you so much for your message and feedback Tracy. That is great to hear! Big thumbs up! 👍👍💜🥰🌺💃

Thank you so much Zoe. Yes, I would really believe what you say! That saying 'if you rest, you rust' is so true! I feel very stiff if I sit for too long, never mind not exercising for a few days or weeks. I also always feel sluggish if I do not workout for a few days. Yoga and pilates are really great forms of exercise. We should practice these exercises daily. 🙋‍♀️🌺

Hello Yolanda. Thank you very much for your message. I really appreciate your kindness 🥰💜👍❤️

Great job Arlene!! Thank you so much 💜🥰🌺💃🙋‍♀️❤️

Well done Marcy!! That was an incredible amount of weight for moves included. Great job!! 🙋‍♀️🌸💪👍🌺💃

Hello Diane. Thank you for your questions. It is very important that we learn how to squat correctly in order to prevent pain or injuries with our lower back. For a lot of people they can have joint issues especially the ankle or hips which can prevent them from performing a squat correctly. I have a very tight right ankle which prevents me from getting deeper into a squat position so I elevate my heels onto some small weight plates when I am doing squatted exercises. This helps me out a great deal. It not only improves my range of motion around my ankle but it allows me to keep my torso upright which prevents my lower back from rounding. A common mistake that I see with people is that they bend excessively forward when squatting which causes the lower back to round. When you add weights this can make the problem worse. A lot of people will skip their cooldown and not do any stretches or mobility exercises to strengthen their core. A few very important moves to do regularly are: 'bird dog' side plank and any exercise that helps to open up the hips. I include all of these exercises in my cooldowns or during the strength workouts. You can look them up on RU-vid for your convenience. With regards to the side leg lift move we can lean ever so slightly to the side as this allows for range of motion for the leg lifting but it is important to brace our tummy muscles to stop us from falling over. You must keep the opposite hip/leg very still or stable to prevent too much movement around the joint. The psoas or the hip flexor is at the front of the body. It is the muscle that contracts when we raise our knee up to our bellybutton when standing. I'm not sure if this is the correct muscle that you described? If not let me know and I will try and tease it out with you. All the best. Trish 🥰💜

@@LivelyLadiesFitness Trish. Thank you for your toughtful responses. I have always suspected that my ankles were weak. I might play with elevating my ankle. Guilty as charged on skipping the cool downs. Ill do better! I was confused on the location of the psoas apparently. I have pain (and perhaps knots?) from the back of the lower spine to my hip, along the butt. Thanks again Trish. I am hitting another one of your workouts later today!

@dianechrestman6104 Hello Diane. I am glad that I could help you out. A lot of individuals have issues in and around the lower back into the buttocks area. It could be a condition known as piriformis syndrome. It is quite similar to sciatica therefore you would need a physiotherapist to confirm this for you. It is so important to work on our mobility and flexibility by spending time cooling down after our workouts and also sometime during the week as active recovery time from exercise. The following is a playlist to my cooldowns if you would like to follow along: ru-vid.com/group/PL0axMDuezKbZn61BPtcpzpOKs1fAKSRHY&si=brMHgNQbxfTz9j7g Thank you so much for your support on the channel! Best wishes. Trish ❤️🥰