By: John Griffin, MSc
Daily dose routines are mini movement routines that you can do at the same time as certain activities that you do every day. This is the third and final series of daily dose exercises, and it will focus on our core and trunk area. The exercises in these routines are designed to improve your flexibility, muscular endurance, strength, joint stability, and balance.
Be sure to consult with a physician, physical therapist, or other trained health or exercise professional before doing a new exercise routine, in case you have medical and physical conditions that affect the exercises and how they are applied.
This daily dose routine is linked to relaxing on the bed or sofa (commercial time, if you are watching TV!) For added stability, you may prefer to do these exercises on the floor, if you can get down on the floor and up again easily. One set equals performing an exercise for the number of counts specified.
Do 3 sets per day.
About the Author
John C. Griffin, MSc,is a professor in the Fitness and Health Promotion Program at George Brown College in Toronto, as well as a consultant, speaker, coach, and writer. This article is adapted with permission from “Boost lifestyle activities to support clients in aging well,” in The Journal on Active Aging, March/April 2013: www.icaa.cc.