Armchair Fitness DVD Gentle Exercise Elderly Limited Motion Full Body Routine

Description: Safe and enjoyable workouts for all ages! A 30-minute program for persons with limited strength and range of motion. The DVD begins with a slow and easy warm-up. Teacher Betty Switkes progresses through a gentle full-body routine including a seated dance and a refreshing relaxation with Broadway style music. Benefits of this program include: Improved flexibility and coordinationIncreased strength in hands, arms, and legsStrengthened heart and lingsLower blood pressureRelaxation and improved mind-body harmonyEnhanced sense of well-being and reduced susceptibility to depression About the ActorDancer and kinesthetics student, Betty Switkes developed her own concept of safe stretching and strengthening exercises for people who do not want to exercise standing unaided. She led classes and workshops on network TV, the Queen Elizabeth II, at the National Institutes of Health, and senior citizen centers. She designed this program for people who believe they can't exercise but want to improve. Anyone who can sit in a chair can benefit. About the DirectorClare Crawford-Mason was formerly senior producer for NBC News and founding Washington editor of PEOPLE Magazine. She recognized that the unique style of guided, safe exercises developed by Betty Switkes filled a need felt by many people who, for reasons of age, injury, or sedentary life style, believed they could not exercise. regain strength, flexibility and stamina with Armchair Fitness programs repeated two or more times weekly. About Armchair FitnessThe Armchair Fitness exercise DVDs are a family of safe, seated fitness improvement routines for people interested in increasing aerobic ability and overall body strengthening, stretching and relaxing. These classic best-selling DVDs are recommended by doctors, physical therapists and diabetes educators for people who limit vigorous activity because of preference, lifestyle, age or disability. With high production value and inspiring music, they are an excellent path to lowering blood pressure, increasing stamina, muscle tone, flexibility, coordination and a sense of well being. ReviewsFor those of us who can't manage Jane Fonda's Workout or who can't bear to see another aerobics DVD led by some slinky young thing can take heart.... Armchair Fitness...the exercise DVDs for anyone who's unable or unwilling to take part in strenuous activities. --USA Today Researchers are finding that moderate exercise can not only retard the effects of aging but can actually reverse them. Furthermore...no matter when in life a person starts to exercise, improvements in functioning can occur. --Jane Brody, New York Times The Armchair Fitness DVDs are outstanding...for anyone of any age interested in overall body strengthening and stretching plus relaxation. They make a comprehensive program. The instruction and movements are well organized, safe and easy to follow. --Jean Costa, Physical Therapist

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Location: Montgomery, Alabama

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