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Strength training tips for beginners
If you’re new to the weight room, here’s some helpful advice to help you get started on strength training safely.
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Brooke Burke has advice for women in their 50s.
The 52-year-old TV personality and fitness guru urges women to add weight training to their workout routines.
“At this stage in my life as a woman, Mother Nature is giving us one challenge after another,” Burke said in an interview with Fox News Digital published Friday.
The former “Dancing with the Stars” alum and co-host wants to dispel some of the misconceptions and assumptions women have about weight training.
“Most women are scared of heavy weight training, and there’s this myth that heavy weight training will make you fat,” she says, “but that’s not true. To really transform your body, you have to eat a lot of protein, lift heavy weights, and be committed to the program.”
Burke said adding weights to a training routine has several benefits.
“What I realized is, I’m in my 50s and no one’s telling me to ‘learn how to weight train’ for menopause,” she told the outlet. “The reason you need to weight train is for bone density. It’s for bone health, it’s for osteoporosis prevention. It changes your hormones. It boosts your metabolism. It builds strength. It improves your coordination so you can do other things.”
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Author and actress Brooke Burke launched her own fitness app, Brooke Burke Body, in 2017, which includes her signature “Hip Burn” workout, but now that she’s in her 50s, she’s had to adapt.
“This is the first time I’ve ever put on heavy weights. And by heavy, I mean like 10 pounds on my arms,” she told Fox. “I’ve always put on heavy weights with the Booty Burn program to get that curve in my butt muscles, but it’s making me stronger.”
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She also added protein to her diet, “because my body needs it,” she said, and is strongly against counting calories.
“There’s so much going on in my life,” she says. “My smoothies have a lot of calories in them, but the difference is they’re nutrient dense. They’re full of good fats. They’re nourishing your brain, they’re nourishing your body, they’re fueling your whole body.”
For Burke, it’s as much a mindset change as it is a diet.
“Flavorful foods, herbs, spices and oils, it’s a different way of approaching health. It’s different than when I was in my 20s. It’s better now and it’s more fun,” she said.