As you age, it may seem more and more difficult to shed excess pounds.

Weight loss after 50 means developing just the right fitness and eating habits and sticking to them.

If you’re looking tolose weight, thenstrength trainingshould be the main focus of your workouts.

woman performing sit-ups at gym, demonstrating exercises to skip for weight loss

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I recommend strength training at least three times a week, focusing on mostly compound movements.

There are certain exercises, however, that I recommend not wasting any time on.

The below movements are either not as effective as others, or they may be harder on your joints.

side bend exercises to skip for weight loss after 50

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This popular exercise is used to target your lateral coreor your “love handles” area.

You may be surprised to hear this, but performing sit-ups can make this even worse.

trainer performing sit-ups

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This is especially true if you don’t have much strength or muscle mass.

Much better to be safe than sorry!

box jumps

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flat barbell bench press

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