Low body Exercises ~ Weekly Q & A

Now that you are eating adequate protein to build muscle and we know how very important muscle is to enjoying our later years by prolonging our Health Span its now time to have some fun!

 

I have four favourite Low body exercises for working the large muscle groups.  For all of these exercises it’s important to push through your heels instead of the forefoot and stay balanced.  Walking Lunge is great and all you need is a couple dumb bells.  Walk through, being the front knee to 100 degrees and make sure the knee cap goes over top of the second toe.  Dead Lift is great but should be observed and corrected by a person trained to keep your back safe.  It also requires a barbell so if you go to a gym you should be good to go.  Goblet squat is another safe squat but make sure you push through the heels and keep the weight close to your body.  Another great exercise is the Box step. The added bonus on the box step is requiring balance to perform which is also a very important comment to preserve as we age. 

 

If you’ve never done these exercises, start with zero weight!  Add weight slowly and build up.  Focus on the technique, holding balance and go slow.  Check out videos online for tips and if possible have someone observe all these exercises.  You can ask me or Kailey for demos on these!  Next week we’ll be discussing upper body exercises for building up muscle mass!

 

~Dr. Darrell 

March 2024 - Weekly Q & A

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