Middle age woman workout advice needed

I have become friends with my 55 year old female neighbor. She has saw me at the gym at the appartment complex I stay at. I do landscaping so I need the extra money. She ask me to help her get in shape. She is about 5'5 220lbs. Sorry this is not bjj question. She wants me to personal train her. Does anyone have advice on good excercizes i can have her do?

She doesn't wan you to "train" her. Read between he lines bro..

haha I know what you are trying to say but she really does want me to train her. It is not sexual thing or anything.

Ok so mild cardio and muscular endurance. Low to no impact.

I thought starting with mild cardio was a thing I would have her do. What are some good low impact excercises for muscular endurance? I know lots of excercises but i do exposive excersises to help with bjj and i know those would not be good for her.

My mom is 60 and I started getting her into a kick boxing workout last year. She had a blast. I showed her basic boxing combinations, had her do some kicks and knees. Then I even threw in some modified burpees in between sets. she had a lot of fun doing it, broke the monotony for her, she's usually a treadmill person.

I just re read your op and see that she is 220 lbs. I think anything to get her working up a sweat would be good, but something that's gonna be fun and keep her motivated.

First dude, before I did anything I would make sure she has clearance from her doctor. She sounds like she can be a ticking time bomb. She doesn't need to do anything but light cardio for a very long time. Shes not gonna burn that many calories until she gets that heart strengthened up anyway. She needs to be most concerned with calories and diet at this point. The most help you can do with her is to help her put together a good meal plan and coach/motivate her to stick to it.

Would she be open to going and watching a jitsu or striking class at least (after she has doctor clearance?). I personally would try to get her to try a class or two, see if she gets hooked. This way u can still train but sort of keep her under ur wing in class and allow her a workout (while learning how to defend herself).

Just my two cents :-| ....

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Originally Posted by jposey

First dude, before I did anything I would make sure she has clearance from her doctor. She sounds like she can be a ticking time bomb. She doesn't need to do anything but light cardio for a very long time. Shes not gonna burn that many calories until she gets that heart strengthened up anyway. She needs to be most concerned with calories and diet at this point. The most help you can do with her is to help her put together a good meal plan and coach/motivate her to stick to it.

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Damn man, u just made me reconsider this for real. It would be nice to make some extra money but ur right i should tell her to get a clearance from her dr first. I have seen two many people die in my life to see another. I seen my uncle die from a heart attack just last summer when we were doing landscaping.

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Originally Posted by marc luu

I just re read your op and see that she is 220 lbs. I think anything to get her working up a sweat would be good, but something that's gonna be fun and keep her motivated.

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Yup. Make her have fun. There's a reason Zumba is number 1, it's loads of fun. Ladies go in, smile constantly and dance their fat asses right off.. They won't run 1 lap but will dance for hours.. Women are really complicated bro. Good luck..

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Originally Posted by jposey

First dude, before I did anything I would make sure she has clearance from her doctor. She sounds like she can be a ticking time bomb. She doesn't need to do anything but light cardio for a very long time. Shes not gonna burn that many calories until she gets that heart strengthened up anyway. She needs to be most concerned with calories and diet at this point. The most help you can do with her is to help her put together a good meal plan and coach/motivate her to stick to it.

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Not bad advice considering you are going to be receiving money for this.
Remember, Diet is a 4 letter word. It also implies itself to be temporary. Never use "diet" in front of her. "Lifestyle change" "eating clean" is better choices. Don't put her on a calorie regimen at first. Just eliminate the "dirty". She can eat as much chicken breast, salad, fish, veggies etc. that her stomach can fit in it.. This usually fixes most folks main problems..

The biggest and best "diet" change the average person can make is start drinking only water. Once that hydration is cleaned up then you can start cleaning up the eating.. Again... Good luck bro. Lol

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Originally Posted by Scott Ray

Not bad advice considering you are going to be receiving money for this.
Remember, Diet is a 4 letter word. It also implies itself to be temporary. Never use "diet" in front of her. "Lifestyle change" "eating clean" is better choices. Don't put her on a calorie regimen at first. Just eliminate the "dirty". She can eat as much chicken breast, salad, fish, veggies etc. that her stomach can fit in it.. This usually fixes most folks main problems..

The biggest and best "diet" change the average person can make is start drinking only water. Once that hydration is cleaned up then you can start cleaning up the eating.. Again... Good luck bro. Lol

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This advice is golden, and I would add that you really stress to her the dangers and damage from sugar and starch.
Get her to commit to dropping sugar and starch from her diet and the weight will fall off her, and she will get motivated to see it through.

get her to do your landscaping work and tell her its part of her training?

You'll kill two birds with one stone!

Ok. Your gonna need the following.

Shorts that are no less than 6 inches above the knee
Your little brothers tank top
1 bottle of baby oil
The Top Gun soundtrack(cassette)
12 pack of strawberritaz
No self dignity

Put on the tank top, play the tape, bang out some curls, and get Momma's sugar.

Fuck her skinny.