Chair Pilates

Welcome to our Chair Pilates for Seniors and Beginners: Osteoporosis friendly video. This gentle, low impact workout will build strength with no twisting or bending. This workout may also be arthritis friendly. Please check with your health care professional to determine if this workout is right for you.

These exercises for seniors over 60 require a sturdy chair with no arms and pillow for one of the exercises. You can do them in your bare feet or socks.

Benefits of pilates includes:

• Stronger muscles around joints, promoting joint stability and reducing the risk of arthritis-related discomfort

• Help improve bone density

• Improves posture, balance, and mobility

Pilates focuses on increasing core strength and breathing correctly is important. Let’s practice Pilates breathing: 

• Pull your belly button in

• Place hands on sides of lower rib cage

• Inhale through your nose and feel breath expand to the sides

• Exhale through your mouth

• Repeat.

During this gentle workout, we’ll do:

• Arm Pulses

• Arm Crosses

• Side Stretch

• Kicks with Opposite Arm Moves

• Leg Circles (from the hips)

• Hip Hinge

• Glute Squeeze with Pillow

• Toes Up and Spread ‘Em!

• Heel Raises

Want more gentle osteoporosis friendly workouts? Check out this playlist on our YouTube channel

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