Anti Aging Mobility Action Plan In Your 40s–At this time of your life you’ve to pay even more attention to being on the offensive when it comes to your mobility and energy. It's because around this time in your life your metabolism will start to slow down.

It’s also the time in your life when any extra weight you’re carrying will lead you into health issues. Health issues could be higher than normal blood glucose readings, high blood pressure, strokes, heart attacks, or hardening of the arteries.

Usually at this stage, you’ll start to notice health issues that can be directly linked to your family’s health history. If you lead an unhealthy lifestyle it can speed up the development of genetic related health problems.

Slowing Down At This Stage Of Life

Much too often when people reach this stage of their lives they will begin to slow down. They begin to take life a little easier. Watching what you eat or calorie counting isn’t important, and staying active isn't a priority anymore.

One of the reasons that this happens is that people tend to believe in the middle-age-slow-down. People think that slowing down physically, and having less energy is simply something that's inevitable but that’s not true.

The main cause of a lack of mobility and low energy at this stage is directly related to how much physical activity you have in your life. You got to stay physically active especially at this stage of your life.

What You Need To Do 

What you need to do is to pay attention to how active you are at this stage of life. If the only exercise you get is moving around in your house or office, cleaning your home or running errands, then that won't be enough to keep you healthy.

If you don't keep yourself active enough at this stage, you’ll set yourself for later problems such as  muscles weakness and painful joints. Your body is just like a machine and it got to be used regularly in order to keep all the parts working properly.

Otherwise, they will rust just like machines. Be honest about where you stand physically at this time of your life. If you don't have a regular exercise routine but just a hit and miss exercise program, then that’s not going to cut it.

How Much Exercise You Will Need

You need to be exercising regularly at least 3-5 days a week at this point. It’s good to exercise every day but for many people it's not feasible, a minimum of 3 days a week exercising is recommended.

If you’re someone who doesn't like to go to the gym, or you just don't have the time, then find ways to exercise at home or even at work.

Things You Can Do To Get Exercise 

For example, at work you can use a fitness ball instead of a desk chair. This makes your body to balance itself and engage its core muscles for balancing. If you don’t have time to make it to the gym or simply don’t want to, you can buy exercise equipment to do it at home.

There are a lot of affordable treadmills, some of which even come with desks workstation for people who just can’t find the time to exercise. That way you can exercise and work at the same time.

If exercise equipment is not within your budget for now, then buying exercise DVDs and workout with  them regularly is an option. By maintaining a regular exercise routine, you’ll be able to retain your mobility and keep up your energy level.