Advanced Standing Exercises for Balance & Strength
Boost Your Balance and Mobility: Advanced Standing Exercises for Seniors
Looking to stay strong, steady, and independent? Welcome to Advanced Lower Extremity Exercises in Standing, a specially designed resource to help older adults improve balance, build strength, and enhance overall functional mobility.
This program includes five dynamic standing exercises—vertical reaches, staggered squats, forward lunges, lateral lunges, and lateral weight shifts—carefully selected to challenge lower body strength and stability in a safe, progressive way.
Perfect for seniors and aging adults who want to prevent falls, move with greater confidence, and stay active, these exercises are ideal for improving real-world mobility. Plus, we’ve created a custom Home Exercise Program (HEP) so you can easily practice these moves at home, at your own pace.
Take control of your balance and mobility today—stronger steps start here!
Check it out:
Vertical Reaches
Progressing from Supported to Unsupported.
Beneficial for improving balance, strength, and coordination.
Compound movement activating the glutes, hip flexors, and plantarflexors.
Forward Lunges
Progressing from Supported to Unsupported.
Beneficial for improving balance, strength, and coordination.
Compound movement activating the quadriceps & glutes.
Lateral Lunges
Progressing from Supported to Unsupported.
Beneficial for improving balance, strength, and coordination.
Compound movement activating the quads, hip abductors, and the glutes.
Lateral Weight Shifts
Progressing from Supported to Unsupported.
Primarily beneficial for improving balance & coordination.
Compound movement activating the hip abductors & adductors. Dynamically trains the balance by modifying your center of gravity & challenging your balance & proprioception through the full range of your base of support.
Staggered Squats
Progressing from Supported to Unsupported.
Beneficial for improving balance, strength, and coordination.
Compound movement activating the glutes and quadriceps; biasing the lead leg, serving to increase intensity & leading to greater strength outcomes than a standard squat.
