SIT-TO-STAND EXERCISE

SIT-TO-STAND EXERCISE TECHNIQUE

  • Sitting up tall in your chair, with your feet shoulder-width apart.

  • Shuffle forward to the front of your chair.

  • From this position, bringing your feet back, so your heels are behind your knees.

  • With your hands on the chair, on the arm-rests of the chair, or on your thighs, you’re going to lean forward at the hips so your nose comes over your toes.

  • Now stand up putting equal weight through both feet/legs.

  • Make sure you fully extend your legs at the knees and the hips.

  • And to sit down, hinging at the hips, reaching for the chair and sitting down.

  • Make sure to keep your chest up throughout the exercise.

  • Repeat for the set repetitions.

  • Also, make sure that your knees remain in line with your toes, and they don’t move inwards when you sit down and stand up.

    NOTE: 

  • To further challenge yourself, trying placing your arms across your chest or using a lower chair.

  • To make this exercise easier, use a higher chair.

MUSCLES WORKED

Buttocks (glutes), thighs (quads), hips, calves, core and back.