These 21 chair exercises come with steps visuals and videos for each.
What is a chair lift exercise.
Bend your front leg to a 90 degree angle and lunge horizontally over the chair allowing the back of the front thigh to rest fully on the chair if the.
Do one set of each exercise below in order resting 30 to 60 seconds between moves or more if you need it.
The other leg will stay in starting position.
Works thighs and core how to do it.
Lift both legs up toward your chest keeping your legs bent at the knees.
Grab a chair or bench or step or anything else similar in height and stability and get ready for a full body workout you can do almost anywhere.
You have two options.
How the total body chair workout works.
Then lower your legs to the floor.
After the final exercise rest one to two minutes and repeat the full circuit again two times total.
Trainer sandy shows grisel how to perform chair dips an upper body strengthening exercise.
Scoot to the front edge of the chair and grip a dumbbell in each hand.
With feet flat on the floor hinge forward at the hips keeping your upper back flat not rounded and allow your arms to drop to the outside of your lower legs.
Repeat the exercise 30 times.
Chair bound exercises are ideal for people with lower body injuries or disabilities those with weight problems or diabetes and frail seniors looking to reduce their risk of falling.
Sit on the edge of the chair with legs bent at the knees 90 degrees and feet flat on the floor.
How to do it.
Chair exercises for seniors are easy safe and able to be performed anywhere.
Lean back keeping your spine straight.
Sitting tall on edge of chair extend right leg out straight with foot on the floor arms crossed over chest.
Run through all these exercises as laid out below meaning you ll do all three sets before moving on to the next exercise or doing one set of each exercise before repeating the.
Chair exercise descriptions bent over row.
Stand a few feet behind the chair and bend at the waist to place both palms on the back of a chair shift your weight to your left heel as you lift your right foot off the ground and.
Lift one leg up to the highest point possible optimal range ending at the hips without moving the center of the body.
Brace abs in tight and rotate torso to the right as right leg lifts to left knee squeezing knees together.