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Many people when they enter their middle age years if they are out of shape may be inclined to think that fitness is a lost cause. They imagine to get in shape requires many more hours per week on the treadmill or long distance running. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. First, it is never too late for anyone to start a fitness routine. And other methods most effective training should not take a person more than a few minutes per week to complete.

Exercise at a high intensity level interspersed with periods of moderate rest is known as interval training high intensity training (HIIT). If you are middle-aged and out of shape, you might think that this type of activity is too intense for you to handle. Of course, you must take the approach that you can not give your body as much as he can handle, but normally your body will tell you when it has had enough. Let your doctor know that you are about to undertake an intense training program should put your mind at ease that the capacity of your body to cope.

Test after test has shown that exercise after 40 offer multiple benefits. Lowering existing heart rate and maximize the absorption of oxygen are just a few ways that exercise can help people in middle age. But one of the wonderful benefits I would like to address here is how intense exercise will naturally increase the human growth hormone levels. This is essential for healthy aging and maintaining vigorous life into old age.

And what makes this hormone so important? Growth hormone, also known as somatotropin is beneficial not only for bodybuilders, as we have heard so much about, but for everyone as they enter their middle years and older. These hormones act as a binding agent as they pass messages to various endocrine glands using blood as support. The signals they send are the main way that the growth of new tissue is built. As we age, the old cloth is constantly lost, and if it is not replaced by new tissue gradually deteriorates us to old age.

The increase of growth hormone provides other health benefits. To name a few they lower the levels of bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol levels, reduce body fat, can increase lean muscle mass and give us more energy to exercise more. Anything we can do to improve these levels should be a priority.

The need to enter an intense training begins shortly after we begin the aging process. We're probably not aware of this, but when we reach our mid 20 to 30 years, we begin a process called somatopause. This is where our production of human growth hormone starts to decrease dramatically, and this is where the aging process begins. Keep your HGH levels are important because it addresses issues of muscle loss and a trophy. But tests have shown that just because you miss this early window does not mean that you can not make up for it in your living environment or years, even the elderly. Never assume that you are too old, as it has been well documented that you're never too old to start intense exercise.

Endorphins are an important regulator of pain, but also pleasure. Most people produce themselves through exercise, but certain foods, especially chocolate can produce a similar effect. Learn more about this on our website. Rich Carroll is a writer and lawyer who now lives in Chicago health.