Fitness to Maintain Your Independence - Woodchoppers

In order to continue to live independently, we have to be able to bend down to touch the floor or reach up above our shoulders. Think putting away groceries, emptying the dishwasher or retrieving an object that falls to the floor. 

This exercise can be done with ANY object:

• Make sure your feet line up with your shoulders
• Keep your back straight
• Bend elbows and knees slightly
• Keep your eyes on the object you are holding
• Raise it up over your left shoulder
• Going into a squat position, bring it down over your right knee

For more instruction and a visual, check out this video from Fully Fit by Runner’s World at AimFitness.

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Check back tomorrow for the third article in this Fitness Series - how to perform the Step Ups and Gate Movements exercises!

Click here for our 1st exercise in this series, Squats, which was posted yesterday.