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Arm Workouts For Seniors And The Elderly

Arm workouts for seniors and the elderly like the Triceps Kickback are vital for older adults to maintain upper arm strength.  

This will give you more power when using armrests to rise from a chair or bed.

The tricep is the muscle that assists in extending your arm when reaching or raising your hand over your head to get something from a high shelf.

Increased arm strength will also help in most of your daily activities including, holding groceries, opening doors, sweeping floors, and lifting your grandchildren!

It is important in this exercise to keep your elbows high during the backward movement.

This will assure you optimal training in your triceps by keeping the shoulder still.

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Tricep Kickbacks

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Purpose of this exercise

• Strengthens and tones the upper arm.
• Improves your ability to rise from a chair.
• Makes reaching to a high shelf easier.

How to do it:

Step 1

• Lean over your knee if sitting, or over a chair or table if standing.
• Hold the weight in your hand.

Step 2 

• Straighten your elbow behind you as far as comfortable.
• Return to the start position and repeat 10 times.

Breathing:

• Exhale during the backward movement phase.
• Inhale during the forward movement phase.

Tips:

• Maintain body position.
• Keep upper arms and elbows stationary.
• Do not swing the weights. 
• Move at a slow to moderate speed.

Take it up a notch:

• Try this exercise standing to improve your balance.
• Increase the weight if you can perform over 20 repetitions.

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1. Bicep Curls

• Strengthens the upper part of your arm with elbow exercises.
• Will make lifting activities easier.

2. Overhead Elbow Extension

• Strengthens your upper arm muscles with this arm workout.
• Improves your ability to lift your arms above your shoulders when reaching high to a shelf.

3. Tricep Kickbacks

• Strengthening and toning arm workouts.
• Improves your ability to rise from a chair.
• Makes reaching to a high shelf easier.

4. Diagonal Inward Shoulder Raise

• Build the strength in your upper arm and back with arm training.
• Increase the mobility of your shoulder for better arm swing while walking.
• Add to your ability to reach overhead.

5.Diagonal Outward Shoulder Raise

• Strengthens the upper arm, back and shoulders with arm toning.
• Improves your shoulder mobility.
• Increases your ability to comfortably reach overhead.

6. Shoulder Rolls

• Improves the mobility with shoulder shrug.
• Stabilizes your shoulder blades for heavier lifting.

7. Overhead Press

• Improve the ability to safely reach overhead
• Stabilizes the back muscles shoulder rehab exercises.
• Increases the mobility of the shoulder joint.

8. Shoulder Press Lying Down

• Improve the mobility of your shoulder and chest with shoulder rehabilitation exercises.
• Increase your strength when reaching forward or lifting with two hands. 

9. Upright Rows

• Increase the strength in your upper arms and back with upper arm exercises.
• Improve your ability to lift heavier objects around the house.
• Assist in the mobility of your shoulder and elbow joints.

10.  Bent Over Rows

• Strengthens your upper arm and back with shoulder workout.
• Improves your ability to pull and lift.
• Increase shoulder range of motion.

11. Side Shoulder Raises

• Strengthen your upper arms, shoulders and chest with these best shoulder exercises.
• Improve your daily activities like opening doors or pushing a shopping cart.

12. Elbow Side Extensions

• Help strengthen your upper arm and shoulders with shoulder muscle workout.
• Improve your ability to grip and pull as in opening a stuck refridgerator, moving a chair to vacuum,  or opening a sliding glass door. 

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