Strong abs help you perform daily tasks with ease while staying confident and independent.<\/p>\n
After 55, core training is essential to add to your workout routine. Doing so can help improve balance and posture, protect your spine, alleviate back pain, and make everyday movements easier. Strong abs<\/a> can improve your ability to stand up and bend over while reducing your risk of falling<\/a>. They also give you a strong foundation and the power to make living actively and independently happen.<\/p>\n We spoke with D. Elijah Salters, M.S.<\/a>, Memorial Hermann Rockets Sports Medicine Institute<\/a>, and learned five of the best chair ab exercises to do right now after 55. You\u2019ll thank us for it later!<\/p>\n \u201cThese chair-based ab exercises<\/a> provide a low-risk way to train the core while seated or using the chair for support. These movements come in handy if a participant has limited floor mobility, concerns for their balance, limited joint mobility<\/a>, or if they don\u2019t want to risk injury from getting up and down from their floor. The beauty of each of these exercises is that they can be modified or progressed as easily as possible based on anyone\u2019s individual ability,\u201d Salters explains.<\/p>\n \tSeated Marches<\/p>\n Begin seated on a sturdy chair with your feet placed hip-width apart on the floor.
\nGently draw your lower belly inward and keep your torso lifted.
\nSlowly lift one knee up to hip height.
\nHold for a moment before lowering.
\nContinue to alternate in a \u201cmarching\u201d fashion.<\/p>\n