Fifty percent of people who start an exercise programme quit within the first six months, so starting exercise and sticking to an exercise programme can be challenging. Before you start you need to ask yourself these questions to determine whether it's SAFE for you to exercise:

Choosing to exercise at home or in a gym will depend on a few things. First, do you know how to start an exercise programme? If not are you prepared to put in the research to find something that will actually get you results?

What is the Fat Burning After Effect

The fat burning after effect is the sum of the calories burned after exercise (EPOC – excess post exercise oxygen consumption) plus the lactic acid contribution of exercise (LACE).

There is only one single diet I would recommend for weight loss. This diet actually involves a lifestyle change that has been shown to promote fat burning for fuel, positively influence hormone levels and is actually convenient and manageable. Read on.

When choosing a diet for age related health reasons you should consult your doctor or a nutritionist as you are no doubt at risk of negatively affecting your health.

When I did my qualifications many moons ago to become a personal trainer you get taught some basics about resistance training with weights and 'rep ranges' the general consensus is:

• 5 or less for pure strength
• 8-12 muscle building
• 12-15 and above for endurance/tone

What should you be lifting and for how many reps?

We've all heard the old adage muscle weighs more than fat...this is not strictly true, one pound of fat equals the same in weight as one pound of muscle. (Just like a tonne of feathers is the same as a tonne of bricks).

Where muscle and fat differ is the density, muscle is active tissue and a lot denser than body fat, thus taking up less room as the picture clearly demonstrates. 

This means stepping on the scale only gives half a story. To determine healthy body composition, consider your percentage of body fat in proportion to muscle mass.