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. In the first series of exercises, the focus was on our lower body. In this series of exercises, we will work on our upper body. 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 mini-routine is associated with getting dressed/undressed in your bedroom. 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.