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By Luke Hayter | Rewrite Your Age by Elevate | Article 1 of 6 Strength training after 50 can start with two manageable sessions a week and a handful of exercises you can learn properly. You can begin at your current fitness level, even if the weights area has always felt a bit intimidating. You might want stronger legs for walking holidays, more confidence carrying the shopping or to feel better in your clothes. Those are perfectly good reasons to start. You don't have to

By Luke Hayter | Rewrite Your Age by Elevate | Article 2 of 6 How often should you exercise each week after 50? For many women getting started, I'd build the week around two strength sessions and regular walking or another activity you enjoy. Then I'd look at how well you're recovering before adding more. It is easy to plan five workouts when you feel motivated on a Sunday evening. By Thursday, work has run late, you've slept badly and your carefully planned week has fall

By Luke Hayter | Rewrite Your Age by Elevate | Article 3 of 6 Getting back into exercise after a long break can feel surprisingly difficult, even if you used to be fit. You remember the weights you lifted or the walk you could manage, and it's frustrating when your body doesn't feel ready for the same thing now. Perhaps work got busy. Perhaps you were caring for someone, recovering from illness or simply had other things to deal with. What matters now is choosing a starti

By Luke Hayter | Rewrite Your Age by Elevate | Article 4 of 6 Eating enough protein after 50 should fit into normal meals. Before you buy powders, bars and every product with the word protein on the packet, have a look at what you're already eating. If breakfast is toast, lunch is a bowl of vegetable soup and dinner is your only substantial protein source, there may be room to improve the balance of your day. Equally, if you already eat a varied diet with protein at each

By Luke Hayter | Rewrite Your Age by Elevate | Article 5 of 6 Building confidence in the gym can begin before you lift a single weight. Knowing where to go, what to do and who to ask makes the first visit much less of a guessing game. If you're a woman over 50 and haven't spent much time in a gym, the unfamiliar equipment can make you feel as though everyone else knows something you don't. Even choosing a machine can become a decision you'd rather avoid. You have every ri

By Luke Hayter | Rewrite Your Age by Elevate | Article 6 of 6 Measuring progress beyond the bathroom scales matters when you're getting stronger and fitter after 50. Your weight cannot show you how confidently you climb stairs or whether your usual walk feels easier. If you only check whether you weigh less, you can miss useful changes. Start by deciding what you actually want to improve. Give your goal a practical meaning Wanting to feel fitter is a good starting point.