How to Stretch the Triceps For Seniors

Video Transcript

AMY MCCAULEY: Hi. I'm going to demonstrate how to stretch the triceps for seniors. Take a towel. Bring your elbow up into the air. Elbow needs to be close to the head. With the opposite arm, wrap your fingers around the towel. You're going to gently, with your index finger and your thumb, pull down on the towel. At the same time, we're trying to pull the elbow towards the ceiling. You want to keep the elbow close to your head, lengthen the neck, chest lifted, abs are tight, back is nice and flat. So, I want you think about pulling down with one hand as the other arm is resisting the stretch up. So key points: Make sure that the elbow points towards the ceiling, opposite arm is going to pull down. The more you pull down with the opposite arm, the more pressure you're going to put on that triceps. Hold the stretch between 5 and 30 seconds. You're going to repeat 2 to 3 times. Once the arm feels like its stretched out, repeat on the other side. So, we're working from you're elbow to your shoulder, that's our target muscle, the triceps. So things to think about. Step one, index finger and thumb glued together. Index finger and thumb glued together. Elbows go towards the ceiling, step two. Step three, apply pressure on the bottom arm as the elbow goes towards the ceiling. Step four, you're going to exhale, breathe in nice and slow holding for 5 to 30 seconds, and that's how we do our triceps stretches for seniors.