Secret Menopause Relief: Exercise :

You may be in your late 30s, 40s, 50s or older -- but one thing is for sure -- either you will soon experience pre-menopause or full-blown menopause. You may already know what I'm talking about.

Your metabolism slows down because every year after 35 you lose a pound of natural body muscle. This causes a metabolism drop that makes you burn less fat all day long, even in your sleep! When that happens your body starts to feel flabbier.

Nothing you can do about it? Wrong! Working out with light weights the RIGHT way for an average of 30 minutes a day is THE ONLY way reverse the effect on your body of menopause.

With the right workout, in 12 weeks you can look better than you did when you were 30. I did it. But what is the right workout?

In a Menopause Attack Plan you do many different moves during a given week, to keep your body working hard by "surprising" your muscles. And without over-training any muscle or killing yourself.When you do a Menopause Attack your whole body will feel tighter and more toned in no time, and in a matter of a few short weeks, everything will look more shapely and firm! Also, because you're creating sleek toned muscles, your metabolism goes up, which means you burn more fat all day, even when you sleep.

Here are two exercises to get you started.

1. Chair Double Leg Extension.

Sit in a chair and place a rolled up towel under your knees so that your feet barely touch the floor. Put a dumbbell between your feet, letting the top part of the dumbbell rest on your upper feet and the major part of the dumbbell hang down.

Movement: Keeping your knees and feet pressed together, and flexing your front thigh muscles as you go, extend your legs outward until they are parallel to the floor, but don't quite lock your knees. Feeling the stretch, return to start and repeat the movement until you have done 10 repetitions.

Without resting, move to the next exercise:

2. Chair One Arm Overhead Sagging Arm (triceps) tightener.

Sit in a chair holding a dumbbell in your right hand, palm facing the side of your body and your extended arm fully upward. Let your biceps muscle nearly touch your ear. Place your left hand on your right elbow for support.

Movement: Feeling the stretch in your triceps muscle as you go, lower the dumbbell behind your head by unbending your elbow, allowing the dumbbell to descend until you cannot go any further. Keep your upper arm close to your ear and your elbow pointed forward. Without resting, and flexing your triceps muscle as you go, return to start position. Repeat until you have done 10 repetitions. Repeat for the other arm.

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