G’day everyone
welcome to this morning's five minutes standing exercise video for seniors
I hope you are all ready to go, probably you’ve done a few by now
We are going to be needing a chair, like this baby over here, and about five minutes of your time
Following along with, me enough chat for me,
remember to head to morelifehealth.com, but let's get into the exercises
we're going to start as we always do with a warm up, marching on the spot, let's go
moving those arms, moving the legs, following along with me, big smile on our face, that's it
keep going, following along with me moving those arms, moving those legs, that's it
you're all doing a great job, keep going, let's go to another ten seconds, counting with me
ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one, great work
we're getting into the first exercise, and that is hip abductions or swings out to the left and right
what we're going to do is stand nice and tall, keeping that stomach nice and tight
we’re going to bring the leg up to the side, we're going to do that ten times, let's go
out to the side, keep going, keep going, great work, moving those legs out to the side
let's go, two more, one, and two
now onto this left leg, moving out to the side, nine, eight,
seven, six, five, four, three, two, one
taking a deep breath, relaxing yourselves, in through the nose and out through the mouth
the next exercise we're going to do is some calf raises, working the back of those legs
holding on to the chair, we're going to come up onto our toes, we're going to come down
we are going to do this ten times, counting with me nine,
eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, great work guys
onto the next exercise I'm going to stand, if you can't do this without
holding on the chair that's great, but otherwise hold onto the chair one hand
we are going to bring our leg up to the front, we’re going to do this ten times each leg
we're working up balance while we're doing this, but also working our hip flexors in that right hip
let's keep going, four more, one, two, three, four, great work
now on to the left leg, follow along with me, bring that leg out to the front, that's it
keep going, following me along with me, working that leg, challenging your balance
if you need to hold on, hold on, let's keep going ,three more, three, two, one
have a little break, we're going to get into the next exercise
next exercise we're going to do is called shoulder shrugs,
we're going to lift the shoulders up and we're going to bring them down
we are going to do that ten times, and nine more to go,
up and down, and up and down, great work guys
keep going, bring them up, and bring them it down, bring them up and bring them down
getting those shoulders moving, the great exercises the times when we carry those bags
bring them up, getting those muscles in the neck nice and strong, bring them down
again coming up, and down, and last one, coming up and down, take a deep breath
last exercise we're going to do today is the curls working the front of your arms
we are going to keep our arms straight, and we're going to come up, and we are going to come down
we're going to come up, and we're going to come down,
we going to come up, we're going to come down
we're going to do six times, coming up, that's it, and down, lets go, up and down
make sure those arms are straight when we're doing this, up and down,
and up and again straight, the last one, coming up
take a deep breath, we are going to focus on relaxing our body
that's it, you've completed this morning's five-minute seniors’
exercise video, thanks for following along
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