Chair Rise Exercise
At Medical City Healthcare, we believe that exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Find out how to do the chair rise exercise to help strengthen your muscles.
What it does: Strengthens the muscles in your thighs and buttocks.
Goal: To do this exercise without using your hands as you become stronger.
How to do it:
- Sit toward the front of a sturdy chair with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor, shoulder-width apart.
- Rest your hands lightly on the seat on either side of you, keeping your back and neck straight and your chest slightly forward.
- Breathe in slowly. Lean forward and feel your weight on the front of your feet.
- Breathe out, and slowly stand up, using your hands as little as possible.
- Pause for a full breath in and out.
- Breathe in as your slowly sit down. Do not let yourself collapse back down into the chair. Rather, control your lowering as much as possible.
- Breathe out.
Repeat 10-15 time. If this number is too hard for you when you first start practicing this exercise, begin with fewer and work up to this number.
Rest for a minute, then do a final set of 10-15.