Jill Brown is a 59-year-old board-certified health and wellness coach, personal trainer, Pilates instructor and Equinox instructor based in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n
Over the past five years, she\u2019s had a hip replacement, a wrist reconstruction, spinal disc surgery and a shoulder reconstruction. \u201cI\u2019ve had to start over four times in the past five years,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n \u201cThe doctor told me \u2018you can\u2019t do as much as you used to do and you have to be mindful of your age\u2019 and I knew that I could either let that get me really depressed and just accept aging or I could work around it,\u201d Brown continues.<\/p>\n Latest Videos FromFit&Well<\/p>\n Now, she\u2019s revamped her workout routine to aid her recovery. Brown still works out regularly, but rather than lifting heavy, she focuses on lighter weights and higher volume.<\/p>\n \u201cInstead of doing 25lb overhead presses, I don\u2019t go heavier than 15 to 17lb, but I’ll do four or five sets instead of three sets, and I\u2019ll do 10 reps instead of six reps,\u201d Brown explains.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n This routine has helped Brown build muscular strength as well as endurance. \u201cThe difference between strength and endurance is that strength is how much weight you can lift, endurance is how many times you can lift it,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Below, Brown has shared an example of what a week of exercise looks like for her, as well as tips for people returning to exercise or getting started with strength training.<\/p>\n Jill Brown\u2019s weekly workout routine<\/p>\n Monday 9am Tuesday 6.30am and 9.30am Wednesday 9am What to read next<\/p>\n Thursday 9am Friday 6.30am Saturday 8am Jill Brown\u2019s tips for developing an effective exercise routineTry workout videos<\/p>\n \u201cI really recommend starting with workout videos,\u201d Brown says. \u201cNo one\u2019s watching you so there\u2019s nobody calling you out, but you have someone pacing you.\u201d<\/p>\n
HIIT workout featuring functional exercises.<\/p>\n
Teaching two Body Sculpt classes at Equinox and physical therapy exercises for shoulders and hips.<\/p>\n
Rowing machine followed by a core workout.<\/p>\n
Teaching a Pilates class followed by a resistance training session, focusing on back and biceps.<\/p>\n
Teaching a Cardio Sculpt Step class, followed by a dumbbell workout and battle rope exercises.<\/p>\n
Teaching a Body Sculpt class followed by a strength workout, focusing on the legs.<\/p>\n