Balance Strength Exercises for Seniors 9 Practices with Traditional Exercises Tai Chi Yoga Dance Based Movements

Great workout- covers alot of moves that create balance and strength. Clearly explained with modifications if more support is needed. Highly recommend this!!! FUN, too!!! Read more

Excellent video demonstrating a series of stretching, balance and strength exercises that can be performed in short segments. I can easily follow the instructions, presented slowly and clearly. I love the very beautiful, relaxing Tai Chi movements supplementing the basic balance and strength exercises (with and without weights)Demonstrations a. I wish I had utilized this video exercise program sooner. Love it Read more

If you are trying to rebuild muscle areas that have gotten weak from sitting long hours, and need to be careful of your spinal stenosis (my personal experience), then this is a great DVD for getting started. The movements are not fancy, but they are targeted to strengthen the hips, outer thighs, side core and arms. Good for elderly or anyone who is just beginning to try to rebuild hip, thigh, and core stability. There is no swinging of the arms and twisting of the torso that is bad for spinal stenosis. It's not floor work, just standing and chair if needed. What I learned in PT is how thoughtfully these simple exercises need to be done. Feel every muscle that is engaged. The final routine is a Tai Chi type flow built from the elements practiced in the earlier 12-18 minute sessions. The DVD is older, so there is no handy menu at the beginning that allows you to pick from the intro and the subsequent routines. You have to plow through the intro each time and use the remote to click forward by chapter to the one you want to do. Still, its hard to find exercise routines that are simple and effective for those who are far from the athletic end of the gym. Read more

This is fabulous. I can’t imagine a better exercise video, especially for older adults. She is very informative, clear and thorough with her instructions . The exercises are very effective and practical for gaining strength and balance. …and it’s fun and pleasant to do! Be good to yourself and buy this DVD. Read more

I really do love this exercise DVD. I am a sad case, 66, back fused T10-S1, and very major surgery on my toes, neuropathy in my feet and torn shoulders. Recovery has really compromised my strength and balance. The reviews encouraged me to give this a try and I actually look forward to it. I have had it now a few weeks and I actually WANT to do it 5-6 days a week! It has an introduction to become familiar with the program, and then it is broken into many 12-31 minute workouts. There is a Tai Chi section and a Yoga section that I haven't even looked at yet! So far I vary my routine among the first five workouts, often doing two in one day. They are well narrated so that they are easy to follow. Jane is just doing the routines and the narration is added in so she isn't speaking while doing the exercises. I don't have to listen to the instructional part now, since I know how to do each movement, but I still have the sound on low. There are lots more routines for me to add in as I progress. I am having to do very minor adaptation because of my limitations, mainly in my foot and ankle, but my limitations are improving already!! I often looked like a drunk, walking along stumbling a bit. From the foot surgery my right foot and leg were quite unstable and weak. I had no confidence in my steps and my ankles shook a bit. Forget about balancing on one foot or the other or getting up and down gracefully from a lower seated position. I see such improvement already. I can stand and balance on one foot to put on pants :), I sat down on a second step to visit with someone and didn't have to get hauled up :), and I feel so much more confident as I walk. I don't have to hang on to bannisters and I'm beginning to be able to pick my way through things like uneven surfaces or stairs out in the open. I am a gardener and I also enjoy mild to moderate hiking so we will see how I am this summer. What I am relating here might make this sound like it is just for basket cases. I really don't think so. I am having a hard time categorizing myself as a senior, but I have definitely earned the physically challenged status. I really wish I'd made the effort to find this a few years back, right after the foot surgery, because I probably would have recovered so much stronger. I can see that this routine would be helpful for anyone just naturally loosing their strength and balance as well as physically impaired folks or seniors just experiencing the natural aging process. My advise TRY IT!!! Read more

I never leave reviews but I'm making an exception. This DVD is all you need to assist you in staying active and injury free in your old age! There are an amazing amount of workouts on the DVD and a whole Tai Chi menu. This DVD probably isn't for you if you are 40 years old in great shape. If you're like me, though, a 70 year old in fairly decent shape, it's great. The strength workouts can be adjusted by using heavier arm weights or leg weights. I actually look forward to doing these workouts due to the lovely scenery, relaxing music and the calming narration. I've read that the intensity of workouts isn't as important as doing them regularly. It's easy to fit these 15 minute workouts into any day. I alternate them between upper body strength one day, lower body strength the next and stretching the next. I also try to walk 7000 steps a day. The Tai Chi instructions are also great and I'm working my way slowly through that routine. Read more

Enjoying these easy but very effective exercises. So grateful for this dvd. Read more

Great exercise for seniors. Gentle movement and slower pace than ithers Read more