• FLEXIBILITY
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• BALANCE
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• STRENGTH
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• ENDURANCE

Safe, Simple And Effective Exercise For Seniors And The Elderly

Welcome to Eldergym.com!

The purpose of Eldergym.com is to help you become stronger, more flexible, have better balance and more endurance. In other words, fit and independent!

This includes helping you to discover the revitalizing power of exercise; inspiring you to feel more vital, energized, and ready for your day; helping you to get rid of those negative thoughts about your health and body; teaching you how to achieve real and objective goals with activities that you enjoy doing; and encouraging you to take genuine steps toward health and happiness.

So if you are looking for one of the best exercise resources for seniors and the elderly on the web, you found it!

The main topics of this website are:

• Fitness: Learn just how much more healthy you can be
  
• Balance: Improve your ability to get up, walk and go about your day
  
• Strength: Build strong muscles that will allow you to perform well
  
• Flexibility: Stop feeling tight, and make your body bend naturally
  
• Endurance: Improve your ablility to go up stairs and walk in the park
  
• Breathing: Learn how to breathe, bringing greater vitality into your day
  
• Relaxation: Reduce the stress in your life by calming and positive thoughts
  

The ways this website will help you improve include:

• Energy: Create a greater feeling of movement and excitement
  
• Health: Build a strong body you can be proud of
  
• Mobility: Achieve a lasting ability to get around more easily
  
• Chores: Return to perform your daily tasks without discomfort
  
• Activities: Enjoy those tennis lessons or bike riding again
  
• Social: Begin to see and enjoy your friends and family
  

Inactivity and the downward spiral

As a Physical Therapist I have many senior and elderly patients who are referred from their doctor because they have fallen, are having trouble standing up, or just can't function as well as they used to.What is the problem? Generally it is inactivity.

Studies have shown that it only takes a few days of lying in bed to start loosing your strength, flexibility and balance.

Once this happens you are at risk of beginning the downward spiral. What is the downward spiral you ask?

Well, let's say you are feeling under the weather one day.

You are retired so end up spending a few days in bed or on the recliner watching TV.

After a while the chores start piling up. Finally you get up one morning and... "oops" loose your balance -- falling on the floor!

If your hip is not broken you likely have a nasty bump somewhere.

The pain causes you to spend more time in bed... day by day getting weaker and weaker. Then out comes the cane or walker.

You begin to go outside of the house less and less because it is harder to walk.

Daily chores and activities become increasingly more difficult like cooking, shopping and taking a shower. You spend more time in the recliner and bed.

Well...you get the picture.

Moral of the story? Yes, you guessed it...Use your head...don't stay in bed!

Do your parents live alone?

On the other hand, maybe you are the child of an elderly adult. When your parent lives alone and is inactive, you may worry about him or her falling at home.

This is often a big concern of family members.

Exercising and staying active will improve their chances of staying safe.

Staying active, sensibly exercising and following a healthy lifestyle can add years of productive and functional living to your life. 

Explore our site for helpful information and exercise videos to start your journey to greater strength and better balance with exercise for seniors and the elderly. 

Where to begin? Start your journey with small steps

Remember to take small steps in the beginning. No need to hurry. Your body requires from 4 to 6 weeks to become accustomed to a new activity or exercise program.  

This is true especially if you have been inactive for a long time.  

Try exercising for a few minutes a day at first. Gradually build up to 30 minutes twice a week.

From there try exercising 3 days per week as your strength and endurance improves.

The exercises here are safe, even for those in less than good health.

Eldergym® promotes safe, simple and effective exercises for seniors and the elderly.  

We will give you the tools you need to succeed!

It really doesn't matter what your current age or fitness level is, you will be able to safely begin these exercises.

But please... be sure to check with your doctor first before beginning any exercise program.

He or she will advise you concerning precautions and limits for activity.

Are you ready to begin learning (and doing!) some safe, simple and effective senior and elderly exercises?

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Ready? Let's get started!

Start with the basics for exercises for the elderly. Get the big picture and explore how to safely begin an exercise program! 

Learn correct elderly posture before you start in order to help maximize the benefits of exercise. Watch our posture video for important exercises.

Review the proper techniques of elderly breathing to improve your lung function and energy level. This video will show you how.

Increase your elderly flexibility to allow full motion in your shoulders, hips, and legs with these exercises. Watch our stretching videos for valuable instruction.

Build elderly strength in the arms, legs and back to greatly enhance your functional independence with our strengthening videos.

Gain elderly endurance and improve your ability to walk and participate in energetic social activities like dancing and nature outings.

Develop better elderly balance to increase your safety in the home and in community.

We will demonstrate with over a dozen safe, simple and effective balancing exercise videos.

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Videos

We have created many free on line instructional videos covering every major muscle group with our senior students for you to view.

These include strength, balance, stretching, posture and breathing videos. You will find them summarized in the table of contents below. Try a few from every area. Good luck!

Having trouble viewing the videos? Try some suggestions from our video help page.

Table of Contents

Essential Lower Back Pain Exercises. Strengthen your core muscles for improved posture and balance. Check out our instructional video series and make a positive difference in your back health.

Safe Leg Exercises. Strengthen your leg muscles for improved mobility and safety. You need to know these basic exercises for your legs.

Effective Leg Stretch Exercises. Improve the range of motion of your low back, hips, knees and ankles with these safe and effective stretches for the lower body.

Simple Upper Body Strengthening And Shoulder Exercises. Strengthen your arms, back and chest for improved daily function. Grab some one or two pound weights and join us for a great all around upper body workout.

Essential Elderly Upper Body Stretches. Improve the range of motion in your upper back, shoulders, and neck with these simple and safe exercises.

Effective Elderly Balance Exercises. Work on increasing your safety and improve your ability to stand and walk. Stop by our balance section and see just how easy it is to improve your coordination and balance.

Simple Elderly Posture Exercises. Exercising with good posture when sitting or standing is very important in maintaining a neutral spine to allow your muscles to strengthen correctly. Take a look at some simple posture exercises to improve your workout habits.

Effective Elderly Breathing Exercises. Good breathing habits are important when exercising to improve our respiratory function. Increase your energy level by practicing consistent deep breathing when exercising.

Interviews. Informative and useful video interviews with professionals in the fields of health, wellness, fitness, nutrition and medicine. Take a look at our first video with Dr. Ed Bauman discussing nutrition topics related to aging well.