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Exercises and Crosstraining for Walkers

Walkers should tone their upper and lower body and core muscles in addition to their walking. These exercises and crosstraining can give a walker a complete fitness routine.
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  7. Upper Body Workouts

Upper Body Exercises

Upper body exercises with video demonstration including shoulder overhead press, seated row for the lats, chest crossover, biceps curl and triceps extension.

Lower Body Exercises

View lower body exercises with video demonstrations including toe raises for the shins, standing calf raises, bent kick crosses for the gluteus, and lying leg curl for the hamstrings.

Gluteus Exercises

Gluteus exercises to build your buttocks.

Hamstring Exercises

Hamstring exercises to build your hamstring muscles.

Standing Calf Raise Exercise

Description of the standing calf raise exercise to stretch and build the calves.

Shin Exercise: Toe Flexes

Use toe flexes to build up your shin muscles, especially the anterior tibialis muscle.

Triceps Overhead Extension Exercise

Description of the triceps overhead extension exercise.

Biceps Curl Exercise

Description of the biceps curl exercise.

Chest Fly Exercises

Description of the chest fly exercises

Shoulder Press Exercise

Use the shoulder press exercise your shoulders and the trapezius muscles.

Upper Back Exercise: Seated Row

Description of the seated row using a resistance band, to exercise the latissimus dorsi and upper back.

The Best Ab Exercises - For Killer Abs

If you spend time doing crunches, sit-ups or using ab machines, here's your chance to find out if you're on the right track. We finally have a definitive study that tells us exactly what exercises we should be doing.

J-Fit Fit Disc

Do you want to get a little core activation while sitting in your office chair? A Fit Disc can substitute for using an exercise ball as a chair. Plus, you can stand on it to do other exercises.

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