Profile: Young and Restless
Special Focus: Pushing Fitness Levels to the Max
Beware of: Too Much too Soon
Weekly Workout Guidelines: Time and health is on your side, so relish your freedom of choice and fitness. For cardiovascular training, any physical activity will do, from a high-impact aerobics class to a game of football. For many men in their twenties, sports are part of their social life, so playing two or three times a week is unlikely to be a hardship. And make the most of it! Your heart and lung capacities, which enable you to exercise aerobically, start a downward trend from 25-plus. These are the years when you reach peak bone mass, so step up on resistance training to safeguard all-important bone health in the future.
But, don’t burn out. Overexerting the body will not deliver optimum benefits. Take days out in between workouts to rest and avoid injury. It’s never easy to lose weight, but be realistic: women who aim for a weight that’s too low can endanger their health.
