Free Online Fitness Session
for older adults
Improve your strength and fitness 23 June 2021
If you’re over 60 and want to improve your strength and fitness, today’s 28-minute session is for you.
Simplicity is the key to the session. Led by Jordan, you’ll be working through three exercises over the course of 12 minutes. The workout consists of a lower body exercise, an upper body exercise and a cardiovascular exercise. The goal is to improve your upper and lower body strength, as well as cardiovascular fitness.
The two strength exercises are functional movements, a prominent feature in any well-programmed fitness regime. They help build fundamental strength that can lead to more dynamic and complex movements. Not only that, regular strength training can help improve bone mineral density, joint strength and injury resilience. The cardiovascular movement will change every time you come back to it to add variety and keep the body guessing. Overall, you can improve heart health, lower blood pressure and gain that feeling of ‘being fit’. Once the hard work is done, you’ll be rewarded with a stretch to cool down.
We’d love to have your comments on this workout to build resilience. Don’t forget to subscribe to the Fit For Good YouTube Channel! If you’ve enjoyed this session, please do consider donating to Fit For Good to help us continue to provide FREE sessions.
What is Fit For Good?
Research supports the fact that regular exercise is vital to good health and helps control the ageing process. Fit For Good sessions are specifically designed to help men and women over 60 take more control over how they age, and enjoy becoming more mobile, stable and socially active.
Although we all understand that exercise is essential for living well into old age, it’s hard to find a way to make it part of daily life. Fit For Good sessions aim to help you enjoy healthier, happier ageing. Our professional trainers guide you. During each workout, you gain strength, balance, flexibility and stamina. You work at your own pace and your own ability – although it’s always good to push yourself just slightly to gain maximum benefit.
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MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR SESSION
Fit For Good online sessions are a convenient, enjoyable way of improving your fitness and helping to increase your strength, stability and balance.
To make the most of each session:
- Position your computer, laptop, iPad or phone on a stable surface near where you will be working. If you can get YouTube on your television, that's another option
- Check the floor where you are exercising is not slippery and that there is nothing you could trip over
- Wear loose clothing and comfortable trainers or shoes
- Keep a glass or bottle of water to hand to ensure you stay hydrated
- Have a chair or other stable object to hold onto if necessary
- Place your weights - whether they are actual dumbbells, cans of beans, bottles of water or whatever works for you - where you can easily reach them, but won't trip over them
- Exercise within your comfort zone, pausing the video whenever you need to rest or hydrate
- Play background music if it helps you relax
WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR PHOTOS
If you're enjoying Fit For Good online sessions, we’d love to see you via photos or videos – we're regularly asked by news sources for images of people doing the sessions. Perhaps someone in your household has a phone and could take pictures or a video clip? Please send them here.
PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE STARTING ANY EXERCISE PROGRAMME
That was tough especially on the shoulders!
Did again but probably not again
Thanks again Jordan for a good session. Always feel better afterwards.
Enthusiastic & clear instructions. Lots of encouragement too.
Alison