Senior Exercises: Grip Strengthening Video

Many senior citizens have trouble with their grip due to arthritis or weakening muscles. Learn how to do grip strengthening exercises for seniors 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.

On this clip we are going to be doing a grip strengthening exercise and now you can be using your flat resistance band or you can even use your resistance tubing but this is just a little more comfortable for me to grip and you can also get the tubing and actually add handles as well, the tubing and the flat bands so you have different options that are very inexpensive so you can stay fit. What you are going to do is you are going to grab on either end of the flat band or the tubing whichever you are using. Remember the closer that you grip the band the more challenging it is going to be. So if your grip strength is not very strong you can start a little further out here but I have been working on my grip a lot so I am going to start a little bit closer. You can sit in upright position. You can also do this standing. Arms extended with a little bit of a bend in the elbows. Pull out, hold for two to three seconds and then release. Remember you can change resistance if that is too challenging and start out here and just pull open and then relax. So it is really good seniors for your functionality, just helping you with your day to day activities, grip strength is very important.

Senior Exercises: Grip Strengthening Video

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