Morning Exercise Routine for Senior Fitness

Video Transcript

"Okay I wake up in the morning. This is how I start my day and this is how I am going to suggest that you start yours. I am standing at the side of the bed, this couch is going to simulate the bed for the time being and there are four segments to this exercise. One is a calf raise with a deep inhalation. Two is half squat. Three is the knee raise and four is the leg extension. I am going to demonstrate these so don't worry about it. What I am going to suggest for the beginner, for the person who's just starting to make the transition. I would suggest that you do twenty reps of each as a means of warming up. Begin with the calf raise. This is one of the smaller muscles. It's not the muscle I am going to emphasize, it's not one of the bigger muscles but it's a way to ease into the exercise. It's a way of warming up. So begin with twenty five calf raise, reaching up or you can just kind of rest your hands on the side of the wall and just do, pump it to twenty five and after you have completed that then we will do twenty five of the half squats. "