Reverse Knee Lift Exercise for Senior Health & Fitness

Video Transcript

"The last exercise is called a reverse knee lift. Go ahead and come flat on the floor, hands behind your head and you’re going to lift both of those feet off of the floor, feet together – knees together and your knees are going to be bent at a 90 degree angle. Your abs are tight. You’re going to lift those knees up towards your chest as your hips come off of the floor and slowly come halfway down – exhale lift and lower. If you’re not able to get those hips off of the floor quite yet, that’s okay. You can strengthen the abdominals, eventually you’ll be able to get those hips completely off of the floor, but for now do what you can and listen to your body. Exhale – inhale. If this puts too much pressure on your lower back, you can place your feet on the floor, hip width apart and give me a pelvic tilt. Exhale as you lift the pelvis off of the floor and lower. Squeeze the buttocks; push those hips up to the ceiling and lower working the transverse abdominals. And lower, very good. "