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Stronger Arms and Shoulders: Upper Body Endurance Exercises
Building upper body endurance helps with daily tasks like carrying groceries, gardening, or getting up from a chair — all while supporting posture and mobility. This 20-minute Upper Body Endurance workout will strengthen and tone your arms, shoulders, and back, with a little chest work, too — all in the great outdoors!
Upper Body Endurance Exercises For Seniors (20 Minutes)
Building upper body endurance is essential for maintaining independence, improving posture, and supporting overall mobility!
When we work our upper body strength and endurance, it makes everyday tasks like carrying groceries, pushing a shopping trolley, or even getting up from a chair or moving about with other tasks (for example, gardening), much easier!
With the right exercises, you can improve your upper body endurance and make life feel a lot easier.
That's why I've just released a new 20-minute Upper Body Endurance workout, specifically designed to help you strengthen and tone your arms, shoulders, and back, with a little bit of chest involvement also.
To get moving with me again, in the great outdoors, click the video below (or HERE).
In this video, I use drink bottles or hand weights—so grab your hand weights (or water bottles) before you get into it. And if needed, these exercises can also be done seated.
Remember, when it comes to weights, always start lighter and work your way up. As I mentioned in my last email, it’s important to build it up slowly—give your body time to adapt.
Eventually, you want to choose a weight that challenges you for the exercise, without overdoing it. And always remember: correct exercise technique is most important!
And stay consistent with your exercises!
I’m looking forward to hearing how you go with this new video—let me know in the comments below the video.
More to come from me soon!
Until then...
Stay Moving. Stay Happy. And have an amazing week wherever you may be!
See you soon!
- Mike
Simple, Effective Leg Endurance Exercises for Seniors (Standing - Intermediate)
Boost leg strength, stability, and endurance with this 20-minute standing workout for seniors. No equipment needed—just simple, effective exercises to keep you active and confident in your movements. Perfect for intermediate levels.
LEG ENDURANCE EXERCISES FOR SENIORS
Doing exercises for your legs should be the priority when it comes to your exercise program. This is the reason I have created many leg exercise videos in the past.
Your legs are your foundation! They keep you mobile, independent, and able to do everyday activities like walking, standing, and climbing stairs.
When your legs are strong, you move with confidence. When they have endurance, you can keep going without tiring too quickly.
So what’s the difference between leg strength and leg endurance:
Leg Strength is about how much force your muscles can produce to perform tasks like lifting, standing up, or pushing for example.
Leg Endurance is about stamina—how long your muscles can keep working before they get tired.
Both are essential if you want to be moving better. But… if you find yourself tiring too quickly, and you want to be walking further, working on endurance can make a big difference.
So, how do you build endurance?
Endurance is built through consistent, moderate-intensity activity over time.
One effective way to build endurance is by doing higher reps of exercises. Higher repetitions help your muscles adapt to working for longer periods without fatiguing too soon.
Another great way to improve leg endurance is by gradually increasing your walking distance, or challenging yourself with stairs and different terrains. This helps your muscles become more efficient and better equipped for longer or more intense activities.
It's important to build it up slowly—give your body time to adapt.
And with that said... Let’s get moving with some simple but effective leg endurance exercises in the beautiful outdoors to help you move better for longer.
To view this video, click the video below (or HERE).
I hope you enjoy this workout! Part 3 to come soon!
Remember to stay moving!
Stay healthy! Stay active, stay happy! and I’ll see you soon!
- Mike
Upper Body Strength Workout For Seniors
In just 10 minutes, our video can help you build a stronger upper body using a resistance band and weights. Whether you like to stand or sit, this routine is designed for those at an intermediate fitness level. It targets your arms, shoulders, and hands, even if you don't have weights – water bottles work as a great alternative.
Start sculpting a stronger upper body now!
Seated AND STANDING Strength Exercises For Seniors
Follow along with me (Mike - Physiotherapist) for this 10-minute predominantly upper-body exercise video, using a resistance band and weights to improve your strength. These exercises are standing and seated and are of intermediate level.
This workout will strengthen your arms, shoulders and hands, using the added resistance of the weights.
If you don’t have weights, simply fill two large waterbottles with water and use them instead.
To get moving with me, click the video below.
Remember, consistency and progression with exercise is key!
Stay moving! and I’ll see you soon!
- Mike
Simple Seated Leg Strengthening Exercises For Seniors
After my last video I posted with seated and standing leg strengthening exercises, I got many requests for a new, full seated leg strengthening exercise video.
Today, I have created a brand new seated leg strengthening exercise video. This video goes for 13 minutes, and we go through some great seated leg exercises.
Now, if you can do standing exercises, it’s important to do standing exercises as well to keep your legs as strong as possible.
Seated Leg Strengthening Exercises For Seniors
After my last video I posted with seated and standing leg strengthening exercises, I got many requests for a new, full seated leg strengthening exercise video.
So today, I have created a brand new seated leg strengthening exercise video. This video goes for 13 minutes, and we go through some great seated leg exercises.
Now, if you can do standing exercises, it’s important to do standing exercises as well to keep your legs as strong as possible.
However, for seated leg exercises, these are the exercises to do!
So get your legs moving with these exercises, and YOU WILL feel the difference! And as always, let me know how you went!
To get moving with me, click the video below.
Remember, consistency and progression with exercise is key!
Stay moving! and I’ll see you soon!
- Mike
Simple Leg Exercises For Seniors (Seated and Standing)
Improve your leg strength with these seated and standing leg exercises for seniors. Enhance your mobility, balance, and coordination while reducing fall risks and discomfort. Incorporate these leg strengthening into your weekly routine for best results.
Simple Leg Exercises For Seniors (Seated and Standing)
When your legs are stronger, you will feel the difference in your daily life.
You’ll be moving around much easier!
Your balance and coordination will improve!
You will decrease your risk of falls!
And stronger legs can help with pain symptoms!
Strengthening your legs should be a priority in your exercise program each week, and today I have created a new video with leg strengthening exercises to help ensure you’re improving your leg strength. These 14 minutes exercises are seated and standing. We also go through a little balance at the end.
To get moving with me, click the video below.
Remember, consistency and progression with exercise is key!
Stay moving! and I’ll see you soon!
- Mike
Arm Exercises For Toned Arms
In this video, we cover these simple exercises you can do to build muscle in your arms, which will lead to stronger and more toned arms.
Exercise For Stronger and Toned Arms For Seniors
A couple of years back I received an email saying something along the lines of: “Hey Mike, what exercises should I do to get rid of my bat wings?”.
My first thought… “what the hell are bat wings and why does this lady have them?” 🦇
It didn’t take me long to work it out. ‘Bat wings’ were the name given to the back of the upper arms when there is a build-up of fat, making them flabby.
This was the first time I had heard of this. I had heard of ‘tuck shop arms’ before, but never ‘bat wings’.
Since then, I’ve heard it many times.. Apparently another name for this area is ‘bingo wings’.
Anyway…. whatever you refer to this area as, whether you’re a man or a woman, we all want stronger and more toned arms.
There are some simple exercises you can do to build the muscle in your arms, which will lead to stronger and more toned arms……. helping get rid of those bat wings.
Which is exactly what we go through today. Click below (or HERE), for a 10-minute video to strengthen and tone your arms.
In this video we cover:
When the exercises become too easy, you can increase the repetitions, or increase the weight of the hand weights you are using.
There is also an advanced exercise in this video, which is not for everyone but I give a modification if you can’t do it.
For another workout for toned arms. Click HERE.
- Mike
Exercises To Improve Your Posture | Posture Exercises For Seniors
In this video, we cover seated and standing posture exercises for seniors and we go through a simple self-massage technique and some relaxation.
Seated and Standing Posture Exercises for Seniors
Join me for these seated and standing posture exercises and we go through a simple self-massage technique and some relaxation!
In this video we cover:
Do your best and any questions ask below!
- Mike
Full Workout To Improve Muscular Endurance For Seniors
In this video, we go through an intermediate full workout muscle endurance exercise video working the whole body to get stronger, improve your muscular endurance and fitness.
Improve Muscular Endurance (Intermediate Level) - with weights
Join me (Mike - Physiotherapist) for this full endurance workout. We get straight into it today!
I have added the upper-body and lower-body endurance exercises together with a warm-up and cool down - This video uses hand weights and a resistance band and we do higher reps for a little more intensity. Make sure to start with lighter weights for this video. If new to weights I would not recommend starting here, start at my introduction to weights exercise video.
Get stronger, improve your muscular endurance and fitness. Move better, feel better. This session goes for 35 minutes.
So let’s get moving!
In this video we cover:
Do your best and any questions ask below!
- Mike
Upper Body Endurance Exercises For Seniors
In this video, we go through an intermediate upper body endurance exercise video working the upper body to improve your strength.
Improve Upper Body Endurance (Intermediate Level)
Join me (Mike - Physiotherapist) for a new Strength Saturday Exercise Session (#7). Where we work the endurance of our Upper Body!
This week we are going to continue working our muscular endurance but this time for the upper body. Or more specifically the muscles of the chest, the back, the shoulders, and the arms by doing exercises for higher repetitions, with a resistance band and hand weights.
Muscular endurance for the upper body is required in your daily life when doing tasks that use the upper body for prolonged periods (eg. carrying shopping bags) and is also good for your posture.
Again… If you’re a beginner to these exercises, start with the first set and do what you can. Over time keep challenging yourself to do a little more. Gradual progressions!
So let’s get moving!
In this video we cover:
Do your best and any questions ask below!
- Mike