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7-Minute Chair Routine to Strengthen Core After 60
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Key Points:
- Excess abdominal fat, especially around the waistline, increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, and losing this fat can be challenging as one ages.
- Jennifer Scherer, a medical exercise specialist, recommends a seven-minute chair workout for adults over 60 to strengthen the core, improve posture, and enhance stability, though it won’t spot-reduce belly fat.
- Chair exercises target trunk muscles for stabilization and control, complementing cardiovascular activities like walking and total-body resistance training for overall health benefits.
- The suggested chair exercises include seated marches, knee extensions with abdominal bracing, alternating knee lifts, controlled rotations, side bends, chair-supported sit-to-stands, and tall-posture abdominal braces with heel lifts.
- These exercises focus on functional strength and stability, helping older adults improve daily movements such as walking and standing up from a chair confidently.
