Less stretching, more mobility: 3 simple chair exercises for people over 60s (that don’t involve sitting)

Everyone loves a convenient workout, whether that involves a quick abs blast on your break or stretching on your yoga mat after a long day on your feet. This short but effective standing mobility routine releases tension across your upper body, and you only need a chair to try the exercises for yourself.

The hips get notoriously tight from prolonged sitting, but your posture takes a real beating, too, especially if you tend to hunch over, which means muscle groups in your shoulders and upper back can hold tension and become weak.

Not everyone enjoys getting down onto the floor to exercise, so these three exercises can be done standing, and all you need to do is find a chair and a few spare minutes.

I recommend a light adjustable dumbbell for one of the exercises, but you could swap that