Get Fit While You Sit
What You’ll Learn:
- Range of movements designed for people with limited mobility, that can be done while seated in a chair
- Warm-up series
- Resistance exercises
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Loved it! I’ve been doing Anne Pringle Burnell’s ‘Stronger Seniors” ( I’m 64) in a chair this last 9 months and finally got to where I can do all 45 minutes of the chair part and was looking for more to do at end -make it longer. This & the other (ok, senior moment here-but the one where I’m chased ) have turned out to be the perfect fit to add on to my routine. I also do a DVD Tai Chi in a chair and just recently tried Anne’s Yoga in a chair-HARD! So appreciate you thinking of us whose knees have been long gone. Though I’m really hoping to walk longer-even exercise standing when the last of my excess weight is gone. 108 pounds down-62 to goal. Thanks for new ways to have fun moving my body.
Good, but i wish it were longer, I hope their will be a set of these exercises targeting various body parts. Its encouraged me to look for seated exercises.
Could you do something on core/abdominal strength. thanks
Hi Bella,thanks for your comment.
Good idea about targeting various body parts; I will think of ways to incorporate that into my Ask Brian shows.
To make the routine longer you could repeat it once or twice.
And I’ll do some abdominal movement for sure.
Thanks
Hi Brian,
I’m doing this with my husband but he has issues with his shoulder from an old diving related injury. Is there a way to modify the arm circles and wood choppers? With this specific should problem, any motion related to throwing a ball overhand creates pain and inflammation.
Thanks,
Sheena
Unfortunately, I am in a wheelchair, so I thank you for these – perfect for me at the moment. I have metastasised cancer to the lungs & bones (spine), and am hence more restricted re where the pain is, (chest & back mostly in a band around the sternum).
Because of being in a wheelchair, I now have the a ‘wheelchair’ figure: atrophied legs, basketball-sized stomach & hunched over shoulders – a real problem!
Hope these help.
I hope they help too Jenny. I wish you the very best for your recovery. Please let me know if there is any more specific movements which would be of benefit to you. I have just put down a Get Thin/Get Eaten chair based video however I feel this may not be what you are after.
Let me know and I’ll do my best to accommodate.
Best wishes.
Brian
Thanks Brian.
I’m particularly concerned about the huge belly I have, I know partly from sitting in a (wheel)chair all day and not doing much exercise and perhaps, partly from the drugs I take for pain.
I don’t know if there’s any exercises you can think of to help there!
+ I cant find the “Get Then/Get Eaten” chair based video !!!
Thanks a lot, Jenny
The GTGE will be up in the next day or two Jenny. Let me know if you are able to do it, I’d be interested in your feedback.
Thanks
Brian
Hi Brian,
I just did the GTGE in a Chair, and I was able to do it. Thank you very much.
I think it may not be feasible on a bad day, and today was a good day, but I’m aiming at all good days from here on in.
Thanks a lot, Jenny
p.s.any tips on breathing throughout the tabata program?
Hello Jenny, I wish you a fast recovery! Be positive and keep your spirit high!
🙂
Thanks Ada, I’m doing pretty good. I am a positive person, so that always helps.
Brian,
Thank you so much for that!! Not in a wheelchair, but tied to my desk too much!
Gail
My pleasure Gail, just did a Get Thin/Get Eaten work -in today, all in a chair. It was tough but should be a great resource for those needing to sit to exercise, or like you tied to the desk.
Thanks for taking the time to post,
All the best, Brian
Brian – for just a really long time – decades – I have done my workout, which is almost always cardio, in the mornings (also, sometimes, a short evening run as well).
However, I find that if I even eat a small breakfast before going out, it affects my performance – even if I wait about an hour. Its just not as good as on an empty stomach, to the extent that I’m just VERY resistant to changing – because I flat just don’t feel as good that way.
Suggestions?
Jake
Don’t eat Jake before you train. You know your body better than anybody, and I find some people who do have their FAT Programs on do train more effectively with eating prior. Especially if there’s a degree of insulin resistance, eating can leave you feeling flat and just craving more food, so work with what works best for you.
Hope that helps and thanks for your post,
Brian
Wow, Brian! I was so surprised to hear my name mentioned as one who had made a suggestion…and someone listened! What a contribution to my self-esteem! I got a really nice workout today. Thanks so much for listening.
My pleasure Sherry, got an excellent seated Get Thin/Get Eaten work – in for you next.
Best wishes,
Brian
Another good sitting workout is boxing with another person with hand paddles. Both people have fun and a great stress buster as well.
Great idea H, I like that. Thanks.
Hi Brian,
Along with Lynn’s questions above, could you also give some stretches for the specific muscles used in this workout?
Thanks,
Sheena
Sure Sine I’ll do a new clip to show them. Thanks for the feedback.
Hi Brian:
I was taught that the slower you do resistance work, the more effective it is. Are you suggesting that these be done as rapidly as I can, keeping correct form of course? Is one of the purposes of this resistance work to increase your heart rate to get a better workout? You also do not mention how many times you suggest each one be done. Could you give us a bit more specifics?
Thanks,
Lynn
Hi Lynn,
form is the key.
There’s no right speed for doing strength work as long as the form is tight and correct.
It’s actually good to change the stimulus, fast then slow, slow then fast. With the strength work we do in GM Fitness we are presuming a lower weight is being used so some pace to the movement is safe. When lifting heavier, the pace normally slows naturally. Hope that helps, and great question.
Brian