Half Squat & Knee Raise Exercises for Seniors

Video Transcript

"Next is the half-squat, and what we're going to do is we're going to pump these out for 25 like we did with the calf-raise. So, here we go: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... The next segment is the knee-raise, which brings into play the next major muscle group, which is the lower abdominals. So, here we would go to here. Right? And, this couch is a little bit low, but normally on the side of the bed you have a little bit more of an elevation, so you will be able to just kind of pump these up. And we can do 25 of these as well. Just bear in mind that what we're going into is a combination of these moves, but for the time being, as a part of our warm-up, we're doing them individually. The next move is bringing into play the upper abdominals, by extending the legs and bringing it back up. So we can also do 25 of these in this manner. Now I know that is a little bit difficult. For some people that may be beginning, they find that a little challenging to keep the balance, but like everything else, the more you practice the better you become at it. So let's go into the, straight into the combination. And what I'm going to recommend, is that for those who are beginning, to also do 25 reps of the combination. And the combination starts here: 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 1, 2, 3, 4. As you can see, that gets you pumping. It gets you huffing and puffing. And you're about ready for that shower. But I would recommend that you do one more exercise, which would cover one more major muscle group before doing that, and that is the famous push-ups. Nobody likes push-ups, I know."