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Senior Exercises: Leg Extensions

Last Update: November 7, 2008

Leg extension exercises for the elderly are a great workout for the quadriceps, hamstrings and calf muscles. Learn how to do leg extensions with tips from a personal trainer in this free senior citizen exercise video.

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Sue Conrad is a personal trainer with a certification through the American Council on Exercise (ACE) since 2001.

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O'kay in this clip we are going to be doing leg extension and I remember that we are doing our senior series so this is good for the quadriceps, the hamstrings, and the calf muscles. You can use any exercise band; the flat bands work the best. This is a red and this is a medium to medium difficulty level so you can go down to either the yellow or the orange or go all the way up to the blue but I probably wouldn't recommend going any higher than that. You are going to take your band and put it underneath the bottom of the foot, preferably do this with

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