I have a question from Heather in Düsseldorf Germany. She wants to know “what’s the best way to lose fat around your waist after turning 50?”

Add weight training to your weekly exercise plan. It’s fabulous for age-associated abdominal fat or what my friends and I call ‘muffin top’. Aim to weight train twice a week. It doesn’t matter whether you use free weights or machines. Weight training builds and maintains muscle mass so that you’re metabolism is increased and you burn more calories. Research reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that women who were strength training twice a week gained less abdominal fat that those who focused on vigorous physical activity only such as walking.

Remember that when you lose weight, you cannot spot reduce. Rather you lose weight from all over the body. But weight training assists in the prevention of added weight as abdominal fat.