{"id":61574,"date":"2025-09-13T11:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/61574\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T11:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:59:19","slug":"5-daily-movement-habits-to-stay-lean-after-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/61574\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Daily Movement Habits To Stay Lean After 40"},"content":{"rendered":"

While it\u2019s tempting to blame your metabolism for midlife weight gain<\/a>, there\u2019s much more to the story. Reduced physical activity, increased sedentary time, and changes in eating habits are the real issues at hand. To help you get into top shape after 40, we learned five essential daily movement habits<\/a> that keep you leaner than people half your age.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more you move throughout the day, the more you increase what we call non-exercise activity thermogenesis,\u201d says Rick Richey, NASM<\/b> master instructor. \u201cThat simply means the calories you metabolize throughout the day that aren\u2019t planned exercise. The good news is that people can burn a lot more calories with simple small movements throughout the day than one bout of exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n

5 Daily Movement Habits That Keep You Leaner Than People Half Your Age<\/b>
\n\tPlan Your Movement<\/p>\n

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If you wait until you feel motivated, chances are, your workout session may never happen. It\u2019s all too easy to prioritize work, relaxation, and play, but moving your body should never be placed on the back burner.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf motivation drops, just decrease the intensity or amount of time for planned movement\u2014but don\u2019t blow it off,\u201d Richey says. \u201cMost people have an all-or-nothing view of exercise. They think if they cannot get the minimum recommendation of 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise per week then they might as well do zero minutes. But this is a very important reminder that a little bit of something is better than a whole lot of nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

4 Simple Changes That Burn Belly Fat Without Exercise After 40<\/a><\/p>\n

\tChoose Active Hobbies You Love<\/p>\n

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Real talk: Moving your body can be fun. Richey recommends doing what you genuinely enjoy, whether that be playing pickleball, basketball, walking, dancing, kayaking, etc.<\/p>\n

4 Simple Exercises That Build More Muscle Than Weight Training After 50<\/a><\/p>\n

\tWeave Movement Breaks Into Your Day<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s all too easy to sit at your desk every workday without taking breaks. But Richey recommends standing up and walking for just 60 seconds for every 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

3 Daily Movements That Keep Your Body 10 Years Younger After 44<\/a><\/p>\n

\tDo Something Active the Second You Think of It<\/p>\n

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If you think of jogging to your car in the parking lot, go for it!6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you think it\u2019ll be fun to sit on that swing and get a few big swings in\u2014do it! If you think it\u2019s time to stand up\u2014do it! We talk ourselves out of activities too often. It\u2019s time to give your active mind a \u2018yes day,’\u201d Richey encourages.<\/p>\n

The 60-Second Strength Test That Reveals Your True Fitness Age<\/a><\/p>\n

\tLift Weights<\/p>\n

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As you age, you naturally lose lean muscle\u2014anywhere from 3% to 8% every decade after 30. Whether training with dumbbells or wearing a weighted vest while walking, lifting weights is crucial for building and maintaining muscle mass.<\/p>\n

Looking for easy ways to lose fat? Here\u2019s How Long Your Walking Workout Should Be To Shrink Belly Fat<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alexa Mellardo<\/p>\n

\t\tAlexa is a content strategist, editor, and writer based in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has 11+ years of experience creating content for travel, lifestyle, fitness, wellness, F&B, home, and celeb news publications.\t\t\t\t\tRead more about Alexa <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While it\u2019s tempting to blame your metabolism for midlife weight gain, there\u2019s much more to the story. Reduced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[1765,18,525,135,43759,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-61574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-body-fat","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-fitness","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-how-to-lose-body-fat","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}