Chair requirements for seated exercise routines

Suppose you have an older relative, a loved one,  a spouse, or someone who has fallen and is afraid of falling again.  Someone who sits all day and is complaining about low back pain.  You do the smart thing and decide to order my gentle seated exercise series, Take 5 to Exercise but you don't know what type of equipment is needed to do the exercises in the video.

The only equipment you need to get started is a chair and soup cans.  The resistance band comes with the strength training videos.   I have been teaching fall risk reduction exercises to seniors throughout Northern California and have found a chair that I like participants to use while following along with my Take 5 to Exercise series.

Let's review the chair requirements:

1.  It must be sturdy!  Pick a chair that has sturdy legs.

2.  Pick a chair that is upright.  When seated in the chair, your back is upright not leaning back or tilted forward but upright to the best of your ability.'

3.  When sitting in the chair, both feet touch the floor, especially when your hips are scooted to the back of the seat.  I realize some people are vertically challenged but do the best you can!

4.  I prefer to use a chair without arm rests.  The reason is that there is a lot of arm movement in all 5 of my senior exercise videos and the arm rests get in the way.  

  The important thing is that you're doing the movements, not what your chair looks like!  This list is what I prefer to use but do the exercises with whatever chair you have.  

Because your safety ALWAYS comes first, for those in wheelchairs:

1.  Put the breaks on!!!

2. Lift the arm and/or foot rests ONLY if it is safe or if you have done that before.  

  Be safe and let's Take 5 to Exercise!

YOUR FALL PREVENTION LADY