Don't want to skip leg day, but you're stuck at the office? Join Bianca in a quick and easy lower body workout you can do at your desk - perfect for those days where you're working overtime.
Start your workout strong with mobility-friendly dynamic cardio. Aida is a BCRPA-certified fitness instructor specializing in seniors mobility and fitness. Her cardio routine can be done standing, or on a chair if you're having troubles balancing.
This short country routine was created for those with mobility and/or memory challenges in partnership with GERAS Heatlhy Aging and the YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford. So take a seat, and get grooving to the music!
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Improve your balance with Cheryl’s simple mobility and balance routine.
As we get older, balance becomes increasingly important, and it can be helpful to work it into our daily routines. Try Cheryl’s exercises while doing the dishes, brushing your teeth, or as a cool down after a workout.
What's your belly button doing? Keep you core engaged with Michelle's chair-based workout! With a mixture of light cardio and resistance training, you'll be breaking a sweat in no time.
In this workout, Mike uses dumbbells and fully seated movements to give you a complete workout. Improve strength, cardio and flexibility in this easy to follow workout! Mini circuits are used to create the framework for this workout
A complete workout that will move your body, elevate your heart rate, and improve your balance. Suitable for beginners.
A complete workout that will move your body, elevate your heart rate, and improve your balance.
In this video, Janice will help you develop your cardio, strength and core while moving through a series of exercises that strengthen your body for everyday life! This is a beginner workout.
In this Chair Yoga class, Bonnie will help you improve your range of motion, ability to stand and balance all while helping you relax and centre your mind.
In this fully seated Yoga session, Bonnie has you engage your entire body in dynamic poses that will improve how you feel and move. Improve your posture, alignment and activate your hips. A chair with no arms is needed for this workout. This is a great workout for beginner or intermediate exercisers.
This chair yoga session was designed for those who struggle with standing elements or perhaps are recovering from an injury. Movements are designed to calm the mind, improve range of motion and restore your alignment. A chair with no arms is recommended for this session. This is a great workout for beginner or intermediate exercisers.
In this workout, Janice has put together a workout that will help improve strength and mobility for those who are ready to challenge some standing elements. Dumbbells or light plates are used to add intensity. Chair options are offered at times to allow participants to adjust the difficulty to suit their current fitness level. This workout is best for intermediate level exercisers.
In this 20 minute class, Janice takes you through a fully seated workout that will help you engage all your major muscle groups and get your heart rate up. Some flexibility movements are even included to give you a well rounded workout. Nothing but a chair is needed! This is a great workout for beginner exercisers.
In this session Bonnie takes you through a complete chair based yoga session to help you reduce tension and improve how you move. Some chair supported, standing elements are included. To complete the class, Bonnie takes you on a guided meditation. A sturdy chair with no arms is ideal for completing this class.
When performed at moderate intensity, cardio-focused workouts can benefit your heart, lungs, muscles and mood! In partnership with ParticipACTION, Join the YMCA team as they demonstrate cardio-focused, body weight exercises that can be done seated or standing. They’ll be sure to give your body and mind the pick-me-up it deserves!
Looking to increase your heart rate and challenge your entire body’s strength and endurance? Well, look no further — we’ve got the perfect workout for you! In partnership with ParticipACTION, follow along with the YMCA team as they demonstrate moderately paced exercises that you can do seated or standing and with or without weights to help you improve your technique while also increasing your cardiovascular strength and resilience.
In partnership with ParticipACTION, join the YMCA team for a cardio-focused body weight workout that introduces and adds each exercise individually to the “stack”, progressively increasing the amount of effort required in order to help challenge your cardiovascular strength and endurance. As the intensity builds, so does the fun!
In partnership with ParticipACTION, follow along with the YMCA team as they lead you through a series of varying-intensity body weight exercises. You can do them seated or standing, using your upper and/or lower body to help strengthen your heart and lungs, leading to a better day!
Want to get your heart rate up while challenging your muscular strength and endurance? Then this workout is ideal for you! In partnership with ParticipACTION, join the YMCA team as they guide you through fast-paced exercises that you can perform seated or standing and with or without weights. They’ll challenge your technique while increasing your cardiovascular strength.
In partnership with ParticipACTION, join us for a low intensity strength training workout, that is gentle on joints, while effectively challenging muscular strength and endurance. Whether you are returning to exercise after injury, returning to exercise, or just starting up, choose the best variation demonstrated, and get started today!
In partnership with ParticipACTION, join the YMCA Team for a no impact workout designed to improve range of motion around all joints. All exercises included will have you safely moving, contracting, and relaxing muscles through complete range of motion to increase fluid movement while increasing muscular strength and endurance. Whether performed seated or standing, this workout can help you restore, rejuvenate, and grow, so you may live a better day!
In this workout mike has created a chair based workout that will help you activate all your major muscle groups and improve your strength. You don't have to be able to stand to complete this workout. A little bit of cardio work is sprinkled in the middle of the workout and the session is wrapped up with stretching session.
In this chair-based workout Janice has you activate all your muscles and also has sections to help elevate your heart rate. The workout is chair-based but Janice keeps you engaged the entire time to give you a challenging workout.
In this workout Janice has created a primarily seated workout that will help you develop all of your major muscle groups and improve heart health. She has one small section where she challenges you to perform a sit to stand.
In this workout, Sherry has designed a routine for people who need the support of a chair to complete standing activities. This workout offers strength work, balance work, and flexibility to give you a complete workout. A sturdy chair with no armrests and light dumbbells are required.
In this chair based workout Janice has you activate all of your muscles and develop your balance and flexibility. Some standing elements are worked in so you can strengthen your legs but have the support of the chair available at all times. This workout is ideal for our older adults that are looking to improve their ability to walk independently. Only a chair is needed to complete this workout.
In this gentle yoga class Bonnie has put a flow together to help you release any tension in your body and calm your mind. Options are shown to make this suitable for our beginner audience and those with some experience. A matt is recommended but no equipment is required to complete this workout.
Mabel has put together a workout designed to activate all of your major muscle groups. It's ideal for those who struggle to walk independently and want to increase their muscular strength, including activating all major muscle groups of the legs. A TheraBand is used to create resistance in some movements and standing elements are performed with support available from your chair.
Mabel has put together a workout designed to activate all of your major muscle groups. It's ideal for those who struggle to walk independently and want to increase their muscular strength, including activating all major muscle groups of the legs. A theraband is used to create resistance in some movements and standing elements are performed with support available from your chair.
In this class, Sherry has put together a classic falls prevention workout. She will take you through elements to improve your strength, flexibility and balance. This session is ideal for older adult or low mobility participants looking to improve their ability to walk independently. Dumbbells and a chair are recommended to complete this workout.
In this workout, Melissa provides a total body workout with a variety of standing and seated elements. A sturdy chair, a TheraBand or a longer resistance band is needed to complete all elements. The video would be a good fit Gentle Fit participants with more mobility.
In this workout, Melissa takes you through a variety of walking and standing elements. This video is designed to improve your steadiness while walking, leg development, and overall balance. It's recommended that you have a wall nearby to enhance some of the elements Melissa teaches. This workout is ideal for our more mobile participant.
This workout is performed primarily seated but includes a challenging series of exercises to improve your coordination and activate all major muscle groups. A ball is used to add activation and challenging dexterity. This workout will offer a good challenge for our more mobile audience.
In this chair yoga, Bonnie takes you through a traditional yoga class with a variety of seated and standing elements. Bonnie emphasizes a very relaxing and intentional focus on her class. A chair without arms is recommended to complete this class.
In this 22 minute session, Melissa prioritizes standing balance work to create a challenging session for our more mobile participant. A chair with handles is recommended for this class. If you are capable of walking with minimal support then try to reduce how much you use the wall in this video to get more benefit from the balance section.
This class is ideal for participants who are capable of walking and are ready to start challenging the difficulty in their standing workout elements. Sherry begins the class with standing cardio style elements that will help develop coordination and balance. She then completes the class with some low impact strength movements. A band, light dumbbells, and a chair are recommended for you to be able to complete all elements in this class.
This workout is designed for our more mobile audience. It would be a good fit for people who are working on their mobility, including challenging standing movements. Melissa has designed the workout around functional movements that will help you activate all your muscles and develop your balance. A chair is needed for portions of this workout but the class has significant amounts of standing elements.
This is Melissa's second workout using a chair and ball. In this workout, Melissa incorporates more standing elements compared to her original ball video. This workout will help you activate all of your major muscle groups and challenges your coordination. This session is ideal for people who require no impact and a gentle pace but are ready to challenge standing elements. A light ball or similar household object is recommended for you to get the most out of this workout.
A chair-based workout using a light ball. Melissa helps you activate all of your muscles and challenges your coordination by having upper and lower body movements paired at the same time. Although the majority of the class is seated, the combination movements and speed of this class will make it most suitable for our more mobile audience. A light ball or similar household object is recommended for you to get the most out of this workout.
In this 20 minute class, Chico creates a chair based workout that will help you activate and strengthen all your major muscle groups. The majority of movements are performed seated but Chico does challenge participants by including sit to stand elements. A sturdy chair with arms is recommended to complete all movements in this class. This workout is suitable for our less mobile participant but with good effort and focus can add excellent muscle activation benefits for all of our Gentle Fit audience.
Join us for a 22 minute workout with a variety of seated leg and upper body work. It is recommended that you have a chair with arms for this class.
Join us for a 25 minute session that provides a variety of leg & upper body activation sequences and lengthening exercises. One standing element at the end of the class.
Join us for a 25 minute standing workout to help you develop your balance and major muscle groups. This workout has a gentle pace and no impact. A chair can be used to perform the exercises for those who will have difficulty standing for the entire workout.
Join us for a 25-minute total body chair workout. Moving well and in a variety of ways is the priority of this workout. Options to perform movements seated or standing are offered.
Join us today for a 15 minute standing workout with optional chair support. In this workout we challenge your balance, glute activation and core stability. Chair optional to support during balancing movements.
Join us for a 20 minute chair Yoga workout. Enjoy a calming, upper body chair yoga where you will enhance your breathing, posture and relax your mind.
Join us today for a 20 minute chair workout designed to increase mobility and range of motion in your upper body. This work out will aim is designed to active major muscle groups in your upper body.
A 15 minute chair workout ideal for those with no lower body mobility or those looking to activate and develop a foundation for strength in their upper bodies. only two hand held objects needed. This is a wheelchair friendly workout.
Join us today for a 15 minute chair workout that will serve as a warm up for any further GOLD workouts. This work out was developed to increase mobility and blood flow prior to continuing to a full GOLD workout.
Join us for a 15-minute GOLD workout focused on muscle development and flexibility for the legs, hips and core. A chair is required for this workout and it involves standing elements. No impact, calm pace, and delivery to the workout.
A 20 minute total body chair workout. Easy to follow leg, core and upper body exercises. No impact and only a chair needed for equipment.