Side Leg Raise – Strength Training Exercise for Older Adults

5. Side leg raise. Use a sturdy chair, table, or counter for this exercise. I want you to stand with your hand just as you've got it right here on this table or counter. You're going to draw your abs in. Always draw your abs in. That helps with your stability and balance. You're going to pull your shoulders back. Now, I want you to take your your leg out to the side, keeping your toe facing forward. Bring it back down. Perfect. Take it out again. We're going to do this 10 times, but normally, no tears here, normally take it up, hold for one second, take it down. Normally you would do it 10 to 15 times, take a rest, and then do 10 to 15 more times. Was that 10? Not yet. 15? We got five more. Now, what I want you to do, if this is too easy, you can always add an ankle weight, Irene. Oh, no, you're not going to put that on me. Not yet, but your form is good, so be sure that sometimes you can challenge yourself, okay? So, if it gets too easy, and let's go ahead and stop. That was great. Now, the other leg. Hand over here on this counter now. Draw the abs in. Let's get that positioning again. Feet shoulder width apart, shoulders back, nice straight back, and take that leg up and bring it down. I'm going to hold on too. Take it up again. That's three. So, we're going to do 10. Once again, how many are we going to usually do? 10 to 15? 10. Or 15. Let's take it up, and so what you want to do, 10 to 15 on one side, rest, then 10 to 15 more, then switch legs, okay? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got five more? It's so fun. I knew you'd like this. Feel it working in the hips? I feel it. I can feel it too. So, how about two more? Okay. Last one. All right. Good job. I think so.