By Jennifer Gruenemay, Special to Lifescript At 40, you just don’t have the energy and momentum of your 20s or 30s. But it’s not too late to get fit. Lifescript talked to experts about how to fight those midlife bulges. Plus, try these 6 exercises to get you started… Whether you’re a “retired” fitness fanatic or a world-class lounger, take heart.“It’s never too late to get fit,” says Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H, a national health and fitness expert and author of the New York Times bestsellers Fight Fat After Forty (Penguin) and Body-for-LIFE for Women (Rodale Books). Just look at people exercising in their 60s and 70s, says Kathrine Switzer, running icon and author of Marathon Woman (Da Capo Press) and Running and Walking for Women Over 40 (St. Martin’s Griffin). “They’re doing it – so can you.” In fact, it’s more important to get in shape in midlife than before… and not just so you don’t have to wear “mom jeans.” Exercise can help you manage menopause symptoms and reduce your risk for heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Need more reasons? Check out these 4: 1. Your metabolism is in low gear.Is it harder to lose weight or maintain it now? Go ahead, blame it on your metabolism. “Around age 30, women start losing about 8% of their metabolic push each year,” Peeke says. “You just don’t notice it until you’re in your 40s – that’s when it really catches up with you.”Age-related muscle loss and easing off muscle-building exercis…[...]

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40 Plus? How to Get Fit and Fabulous