Senior Fitness Workout Balance, Strength, And Mobility Functional Fitness

Jenny Ford Fitness

Join us for a great functional fitness workout sponsored by SelectHealth. Please follow Michele on the left of your screen for modifications. In this workout, work on your balance, strength and mobility to help in your day to day life, things like walking, getting in and out of your car, going up stairs, and getting in and out of the shower. Also work on your cognitive function throughout this workout, in other words challenge your brain and body at the same time. Movements are easy marching in place, moving forward and back, and side to side exercises as well as trunk rotation. Work every plane of your body, and finish out with seated exercises. Keep an eye on the percentage timer on the right of your screen to know how much more you have to go. Equipment needed: sturdy chair Description: Begin with a march, then move on to a great exercise of "catch yourself" where you will challenge your balance and mobility. Create muscle memory and increase coordination with this exercise. Then move on to cardio where you'll strengthen your heart and muscles, as well as your lung capacity, by doing simple knee lifts, ham curls, in side to side movements, and marching in place, V-steps, and front to back. You'll challenge your brain by adding in simple arm patterns with the foot patterns. Move on to squats that'll help you get up and down with ease when seated. Then finish with some great seated exercises. You'll work your core while doing assisted knee lifts, ankle rotations, trunk rotations, and hamstring stretches, as well as seated side stretches, spinal twists, and stretches for the shoulders, chest, and triceps.