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Intermediate Cardio Workout For Seniors (SEATED) - Improve Your Fitness in 5 Minutes
In this video, we are doing a seated cardio routine using light hand weights to help improve your cardiorespiratory fitness and your muscular endurance. It is an intermediate level workout.
cardio workout with weights for seniors (intermediate) - seniors chair exercises
In this video, we are doing a seated cardio routine using light hand weights to help improve your cardiorespiratory fitness and your muscular endurance. It is an intermediate level workout, if you feel your arms fatiguing, put the weights down and carry on.
Go at your own pace!
You can go through this routine more times if you're feeling extra keen.
This video goes for only 5-minutes and it's great for those times you're having trouble with motivation, or you're short of time.
Remember to warm-up prior to doing exercise:
For the Warm-Up Video:
Seated Warm-Up: https://youtu.be/b2DYU7ZQgN0
Do your best and let me know how you went below!
- Mike
Advanced Cardio Workout For Seniors - Improve Your Fitness in 5 Minutes
In this video, we are doing a cardio routine using light hand weights to help improve your cardiorespiratory fitness and your muscular endurance. It is an advanced level workout.
GET FITTER- 5 MINUTES AEROBIC WORKOUT FOR SENIORS (ADVANCED - WEIGHTS)
In this video, we are doing a cardio routine using light hand weights to help improve your cardiorespiratory fitness and your muscular endurance.
Go at your own pace!
You can go through this routine more times if you're feeling extra keen.
This video goes for only 5-minutes and it's great for those times you're having trouble with motivation, or you're short of time.
Remember to warm-up prior to doing exercise:
For the Warm-Up Video:
Standing Warm-Up: https://youtu.be/b2DYU7ZQgN0
Do your best and let me know how you went below!
- Mike
An Introduction to Weights For Seniors
There comes a point when exercising consistently that it's a good idea to add some for of resistance to your exercise program to continue to make progress.
Progress in the form of increased strength and other aspects of fitness which makes the activities of your daily life much easier.
Weights are not something to be feared!
In this video I clear up some questions around the use of weights AND we go through a simple seated workout with weights.
[Working Out With Weights - An Introduction For Seniors - (10 Minutes)]
There comes a point when exercising consistently that it's a good idea to add some form of resistance to your exercise program to continue to make progress.
Progress in the form of increased strength and other aspects of fitness which makes the activities of your daily life much easier.
Weights are not something to be feared!
In this video, I clear up some questions around the use of weights, AND we go through a simple seated workout with weights.
WORKOUT: Warm-Up: Seated Marching On the Spot
Exercise 1: Weighted Bicep Curls x 10
Exercise 2: Weighted Calf Raises x 10
Exercise 3: Weighted Sit To Stand x 3 (Work Up to 10)
Exercise 4: Weighted Triceps Extension x 10
Exercise 5: Weighted Upright Row x 10
Go grab yourself some weights and ENJOY this workout!
Do your best with it, let me know how you go, and ask any questions - any time!
Stay Active! Stay Happy!
- Mike
Hi, I’m Mike!
A Seniors' Specialist Physiotherapist and Exercise Scientist.
I have spent many years working with people over 60, in Australia and now all over the world, to help them improve their health and fitness.
If you're over 60, I have designed this website to give YOU everything you need for you to move better, get stronger, become fitter, get healthier and look and feel better!
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