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Squats. Definitely important to continue doing squats/Asian squats and getting in and out of them without hands, just with leg and core strength. Getting more challenging with age, but so crucial.
Was pleased to find this was never something I thought was difficult, although doing it all the ways you do is a little beyond me. In general doing it without putting a knee on the floor is a bit challenging, but I can do it provide I have plenty of room to wobble a bit. I’m 68 and have some back problems, and don’t consider myself that strong, but I am flexible and I think I learned a technique for getting up and down from the floor in a school modern dance class that I have never forgot. It involves reaching behind with a bent knee, placing one lower leg on the floor behind, then going to the sit from there, then bringing the other leg down and around. It can enable one to do a pretend fall as well safely by continuing down instead of bring the leg around. I must video it some time.
Any advice for someone who cannot bend toes or wrists? Both my big toe MTPs are fused and my hands cannot bend back at the wrists. I can put pressure on my elbows and knees. Putting all my weight on the points of my big toes is very painful.
After I saw 75 year old women sweeping the grass in front of the Taj Mahal in a deep squat, I realised how DISABLED I was due to the western habit of sitting in CHAIRS. I stopped using chairs as much as possible and have regained the strength and flexibility of my body, although it took about 2 years doing it very gradually. Remember that seniors living alone who fall and are unable to get themselves up and off the floor by themselves have no option but to move into a Retirement Residence of some kind, so that someone is available 24/7 to help them get up. What motivation to get our bodies BACK TO NORMAL, strong and flexible. Thank you for this VERY IMPORTANT and valuable video. Continued success in your work. B-)😃😃
THANK YOU for sharing this. People REALLY need to keep this perspective. The work you put in NOW means your life improves now AND in the future. It's the best, safest, and highest return on investment of time you can possibly make. NOT putting in the time now means you end up suffering some dire, disempowering, and highly dissatisfying consequences.
because my mobility got worse after major surgery i found that sitting on a small 9 inch stool really helped, but the asian squat is really the same....... so thats why this lesson is so useful... ps 70 already.... ha ha
@@Uprighthealth I think I am pretty healthy for my age of 70 years. I do a lot of walking and running, I just finish a 5K in Feburary of this year. I cannot do the 10K or the 1/2 marathon anymore since I had a bad sciatic nerve pain rare its head up last year in January. I could not walk for almost 7 weeks. I have sciatica in both feet. Now I notice my muscles are breaking down. Can you please tell me of any kinds of vitamins or nutritional foods or powder I can take to help my muscles out. I agree that you have to put in the work now to reap the benefits later on in life. I wish someone told me that in my earlier years. But now I am trying, hope it's not too late Thankyou very much in advance.
A wise person once told me never to stop sitting on the floor or one day you won't be able to. I am so happy I took her advice because now I can sit on the floor and play with my granddaughter and get up and down no problem.
You do know your son is totally upstaging you throughout this video. That said, 🙏 I watched my parents age prematurely which could have been avoided had they practiced getting up and off the the floor.
Wow! I thought that I couldn't get up without a chair! I tried the way you demonstrated and I did it!!! 60 year old woman. Now I will practice and increase my strength. Thanks for the video!!
Hope you followed through and have successfully increased your strength and mobility. As a 75-year-old woman, I can attest to the fact that those 15 years between your and my ages closes very quickly. Would that I had found this vid at your age. Still, I'm thankful I found it now.
I am absolutely sobbing right now. I haven't been able to get up off the floor without using a chair in years and years but following the technique where i put a leg outside of my hands and got my other leg up under I was able to stand. I used to avoid getting on the floor for fear of being stuck down there but you absolutely gave me so much confidence.
Congrats! Same! I could NOT get off the floor easily without assistance and it took a while. I wanted to work up to getting off the floor wth assistance, but tried the no hand method using these techniques and was able to do it no problem from the first attempt. Who knew?? I thought I was going to have to give up gardening (among other things). Im in the last few minutes of my 50's, so seriously - anyone can do this.
I am 78 1/2 . Last week I fell out side. Nothing to help..This I worked out for for myself . There was no help..I am so independent if I could have I would have to fig. It outfit my self. I was proud of myself, I done it. No help from eny one or thing.
Unfortunately, I have had knee surgery and I have been told I need a second one. The first didn’t work so this is great. I can’t use that one knee but this should help!
It is sad that some people are critical of people like Matt who go to some effort to bring potential solutions that are not cookie cutter in their approach to life's everyday difficulties. I have followed this guy for some years now and have always sensed his approach was genuine and not just self serving. I'm 76 years young so always looking for ways to help my day to day activities. I only know of him through his videos. Come on guys recognise the good.
Thank you for your comment and recommendation with this teacher! I have both a physical therapy background and was a registered nurse! I can honestly say that what he advises makes sense! It’s refreshing to listen and see ways that work! I will be following this channel! Your comments are an encouragement for others!
All you have to do is click on his link to realize that this video is an infomercial teaser to sell his other videos. Whatever value Hsu may offer, his disparagement of doctors smacks of quackery.
At 61, I’m missing part of my left foot. I couldn’t even climb out of my bath tub. I have very painful knees, 28 surgeries, autoimmune diseases, fibromyalgia, Costochondritis, POTs, and more. In the past year, I’ve built up enough strength to get up off of the floor, but it takes many movements and hands, and things to grab onto. I’m going to practice your your steps
My right leg doesn't want to bend at all, so seeing me get up off the floor is quite a sight! But I don't let anyone help me get up. I love Matt's videos and don't like anyone criticizing him!
This is so important... escpecially for seniors who live alone and no one there to help them. I practice this regulary and at 73 I have no issues getting up and down. Excellent video!
After years, YEARS, of not being able to get up from the floor and thus being terrified of falling, your technique has helped me get up from the floor, consistently every time. Thank you so much!!! I tried so many other ways but did not have much success. I use the second technique, where I get on my knees, put one leg in front and 'walk' to the side and put my other leg up. This way, I do not need anything to hold on to, just my own legs. Thank you again, very much.
This is the method I’ve used for years. I didn’t realize it was a technique. I want to work toward using the first method of just rising up. I remember a time when I did this. I used to be so darn flexible. I could put both feet behind my head - pick myself up using hands and arms and swing there with both feet behind my head. I spent a lot of time in the floor though. I could do a frog stand. But, I could also put my feet on the back of my arms instead of the usual frog stand with knees on the back of my arms. I also frequently stood on one foot with the other foot placed on my inner thigh. I think some of these are yoga poses - but I didn’t know it at the time. 😎 Older now. Overweight. Arthritis in my knees. I’m still fairly flexible. I’m working on balance. And, getting myself down to the floor and back up to standing in a smoother motion.
I'm 84 with MS and knee problems. Most of the time your techniques work, but sometimes my knees just buckle and are painful. I just can't get up! After panicking, I scooted over to the sofa, backing into it. I raised my arms up onto the cushion, and using my feet and stomach muscles, was able to get up onto the couch. It's good to have a worst case backup plan.
@@Uprighthealth yes always have a back up plan. Sorry for the dad joke. Good content BTW. Must be so satisfying to know you are helping a lot of people.
Thank you again, Matt!! I have learned a lot from you over the years. Not as svelte as you. 74 and stiff but so much better than I would have been. Covid has made a couch potato of me which of course, activates the RA, spinal degeneration, one knee replacement done etc. As OR nurse for 42 yrs, body was abused, carrying heavy instrument trays, moving sleeping bodies, before the patient movers so every bone and muscle kills. I so love watching you, keep up your great passion.
Your patience and understanding of the condition of older persons who are restarting exercise is wonderful. Please keep providing such useful tips to increase progress. Thanks!
Last month I fell hard on both my knees on a floor trim. Ouch!!! I was alone and in shock. I've fallen before, but this is the first time I've ever been afraid to get up as I truly thought I had broken a knee cap. Wow. I'm 72. It took me a full ten minutes to get my sycnchronisity and figure out what to move first Amazingly, I didn't break anything, no blood. If it weren't for a thick stick I had left by the door to use as a support,, it would have taken forever to get the strength back and figure it all out. I'm putting up my ballet bar again so I can do leg and barre exercise again. I never understood as a dancer why it was always so easy for me to get up and move from my hundreds of falls. I had stopped exercise for about two years since I moved and had a concussion. Thank you sir for reminding me about my barre exercise bar.
I have been following your videos for a little over a week now and doing what you recommend, let me tell you, I’m a stroke survivor and have been going to physical therapy on and off for almost three years now, but haven’t progressed much, after watching your videos for a week, only a week! I have gained more than the three years of physical therapy, flexibility and strength very fast, what a difference! Thank you for your help. I will be praying for you so that you keep helping people.🙏God bless you.
At 64 I decided to get back to playing my Indian musical instrument which required me to squat on the floor. To my horror I just couldn't do it So glad I found your video.. hopefully it'll help me get back to my old hobby.
As a group exercise instructor and personal trainer for more than 40 years now, I see this problem in people in their 20s so it’s not necessarily for the elderly. Every few weeks I push my coffee table away from the sofa and spend the weekend sitting on the floor using pillows to pad my boney butt and to force myself to get up and down. I have to say it’s always an eye-opener and a bit of a work out since mostly what I do is sitting in a chair or a car.❤️
Yes!!! I went from being fairly agile and able to get up,off the floor to being highly embarrassed at how I had to contort myself and ridiculously pull myself up with no leg strength. Now I’m going to practice this and get back to normal. Thank you.
I'm excited to start doing this ... I'll be 70 this month and ever since covid began and I was forced to stop teaching my fitness classes, I've succumbed to a sedentary lifestyle. What I love about your approach is its immediate practical application... not just crunches and squats for the sake of them.
Since covid I also got so I couldn’t go to the gym; now back to 3-4 x week & daily walking. I’ve walked for most of my 70plus years; coming from a European family also dogs to walk. So good to keep fit!
@@deefee701 Yes, have thought of such things, but have lost the desire to lead others and am focusing on my own physical improvement, along with other projects of interest.
Hey Matt, I’m a 38 year old woman who has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis since I was a toddler. I have noticed that my fingers wrists and upper body in general are in better condition than my hips knees and ankles. I realize that I don’t do deep squats nor do I sit on the floor. In fact I’m kind of scared to get on the ground due to pain struggling to get up. I love how you break down ways to do simple activities like in this video. Starting with the movement you can do and work with that until the next step. I’m going to get working on my lower body using your method, if I can do this with my disability, then anyone can. I’ll do an update in a few weeks.
I want to thank you for showing me how to live with confidence! In just a couple of weeks, training my legs, I am now walking like a young person, going up and down stairs without having to hang onto the stair rails. It's not about aging, it's spending hours at my desk chair, letting my muscles weaken. I am very close to being able to get up from the floor without using my hands. Your presentation about Joint Health is an eye opener. You are So correct about straying away from the Medical people for this.
I’m 83 have fallen and hurt my body. I saw your video am scared to try it. But I will do it and hope to build strength on lower hall of my body so I can get up.
Just found this video and it’s exactly what I’ve been looking for. My lower body strength is very poor and I couldn’t get up off the floor unless I was able to grab hold of something solid. I’ll turn 70 next month and I could see myself deteriorating bit by bit. I tried out your second movement starting on all fours and bringing my foot forward them twisting around and up. I did it first time. So pleased. Ok, it’s not the most elegant of postures but it’s a start and has encouraged me to keep practicing and trying the lunges too. They may be more difficult as I can’t bend my toes without a degree of pain but I’ll still try. Thank you.
I’m extremely happy that I found your video, it’s just what I need. I’ve been struggling with leg strength since injuring my back during a fall last year. I’m 85 and realize I need to work harder at maintaining my body. I’m using your video for motivation!
This is SO important for seniors. I have been trying to teach my father this. He has fallen a couple of times and he can't get up without someone helping him. He sadly remained on the floor for several hours because my mother didn't hear him. He now has a button to call people so this doesn't happen again.
In 2006 I started having seizures several times in a week. It would take me so long to recover. After a while I noticed I wasn't able to get up and down as easily as befote. These exercises are bringing back muscle memory. Thank you so much. 💓
I'm 74 and feel encouraged. Although I can get off the floor without a chair, my goal is to get up and down without using my hands. I just started your suggestions, and will keep at it. Every day I'm going to practice getting up and down several times a day. Thank you.
This was an excellent video! At 71, I was horrified to see that from sitting so much while gyms were closed during covid, I could. n't rise gracefully from the floor. Your video hit the spot. Tomorrow is training day 1. Thank-you, and I will check out your other programs!
I think what she wrote,@@trafalgar22a8, was shorthand for the following "This was an excellent video *-watching experience that I just had!* The bold part was implied, and not written.
I could do all of this until 62 then I injured a knee. I have gone to mush since but do walk 3 km daily. I am determined to learn to do this again. Thanks, great video.
I used to be able to squat and get on and off the floor. Then my left hip started to collapse. Had to have a hip replacement...didn't want it but it really had to happen. Now I'm recovering and really want to regain this skill. Thanks for these!
I am 82 and thought this was something i would have to live with. You have given me hope. Thank you. My next problem is going upstairs I can barely make it upstairs.
In my mid 30's I knew I had a problem. Knees that are hurting and using my hands for standing up a chair. I needed to change. Thank you for this video and your channel! You're inspiring me to work on myself.
From what I've observed in people around me, RIIPS is a one-way ticket to increasing disability. ATM to prosper, for sure! Your story gives me hope that it's not too late at 78, that with patience and persistence I can still achieve a deep squat and full cross-legged seated position that are comfortable enough to spend extended periods of time, as well as to get up without hands. Thank you!
I'm a senior and just took a course to help other seniors with balance. I also have a sister who cannot get up if she falls and I worry about her a lot. I had another sister who fell outside her house in freezing temperatures and sat out there for hours until her neighbor came home and helped her up. I was very frightened for her when I found out that happened! I definitely don't want to be like that! Thanks for the wonderful video!
This is just so brilliant. So inspirational. I knew I was getting out of shape, was not exercising enough, and yes getting up and down was very difficult. Then four months ago I injured all 10 of my fingers and thumbs and both shoulders, and for 12 weeks I couldn't do anything hardly with my arms and hands. What a humbling experience that was. But it taught me a lesson: I need to do what you have done. And I'm going to. I'm already getting better. I can now get in and out of chairs and in and out of bed without using my hands, but when I was that far out of shape, I couldn't, and then when I lost the use of my hands and arms, brother it was brutal. So I turned to exercise, and I will never let myself get out of shape ever again. So thank you for this. Your videos are going to be instrumental in me reaching this goal. I'm really happy that you are on my side in this.
I could do all the agile getting down on and up from the floor without any help when in my 20's 30's and 40's but as I started being less active in general, I now have a harder time getting up and down from the floor as it's true if a person doesn't use their muscles, they will lose strength in them. Since watching your videos, Mr. Hsu, and it's only been a couple weeks, I can get up and down from the floor smoothly without assistance and am 75.
My 90 yr old grandmother could get down on the floor AND back up, no hands, using this method, to play with her grandchildren. A worthy goal for me! Thank-you.
@@WaterFunFL Aw, thanks for asking. I can do it from my knees. I still do not feel especially well-balanced, but I can do it from my knees. Next goal is to try to do it from sitting crosslegged-- no knees.
That standing up with a spin is something I've been doing since I was a kid. And I kept being able to do it into adulthood, until I gained some extra weight for a few years. I had to lose the weight to get back that ability. But then I had a slight injury to my knee and now I'm rebuilding knee strength.
Great video! Being 60 and a heart bypass patient , I felt like life was going to crap, but a few months ago I started doing stick exercises, some indian clubs and stretches. Better now , except torn miniscus. Im going to try your exercises here. Right now Im like a crab getting off the floor lol thanks
I used a computer a lot in my working days. After a while I got a stand-up station and only sat when I was counseling a student. I might do some squats when I was standing at my computer just to get the blood flowing. I rarely used the phone to speak with colleagues. I would just walk to their offices or classrooms. This frequently involved steps. Although I had an office job I got a lot of exercise this way.
Been watching your videos non-stop for a few days. Recently found your channel. You are the best physical therapist online. I have watched a few over the past 3 years as I broke my leg 2021. Then earlier this year 2024 had an accident in a hotel room due to a fire alarm going off by someone or faulty one? Tried to get myself ready to leave and twisted my front leg tendon. Could not walk had to go to hospital. Thankfully no broken bones. Fast forward now 2024 walking now much better. Renting in house but driveway with my car is above house and steep so am using your exercises to strengthen. I will have inhome physical therapy soon too. I do not want to risk falling trying to walk up 45 degree paved but uneven driveway. But already for past couple days been watching your videos and practicing your exercises and feel better. Thank you.
I love the info I get from your channel. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 10 years ago and I use exercise as my number one prescription to slow the progression of the disease. I can now do Asian squat for 3 minutes and I work on that every day. I refuse to give in to all the drugs and I spend 3 hours a day combatting the disease using exercise and stretching. I am currently unable to get up off the floor without using my hands. Once again you are giving me exactly the information I need. I’m 70 and going to work every day on this one. Thanks so very much for all the time you take to provide such life-changing information. Jim in Oregon
Thanks for the tips and the encouragement. As an almost 70-year-old, I can still touch my toes and do a downward-facing dog. So I get on all fours and reverse the sequence. It has yet to fail me, but I do appreciate your more "dignified" options. I like the idea of strengthening other muscles. When I first saw this, I thought it was a quick gimmick, but I see that it is a more comprehensive approach with many benefits. Thanks.
Thanx, Matt - I was always rather flexible and never obese, but after a foot injury and later a knee injury my running/walking was curtailed for a year or so. Suddenly, I found I could no longer stand from a sitting position now that I'm in my mid-sixties. This video gives me lots of encouragement and options to rebuild strength.
Thank you! I’ve had to get help to get up off the floor, or ground, for several years. My neighbor had to call 911 the other day because I was pulled off my feet by my dog. I’m 73 and weigh 300lbs. I’ve put on over 50 pounds after a TBI and Covid. I’m 6’2” so that makes me morbidly obese. This may help me get up from the ground but I still have a lot of work to do.
At age 69 I can confirm that strengthening my muscles has improved my ability to get up from the floor, among other great benefits! Thanks for this video because it encourages me to think I can continue to get even stronger and keep my abilities longer.
Thanks! I got stuck in the RIIPS cycle. I always pushed for PT it wasn't something they went to. Insurance barriers paying for PT was my next challenge. So I turned to youtube and found your videos. THIS is EXACTLY what I needed! Off to check out back fix...
I always ask for PT as well, but insurance usually limits it. Also, almost all places require a doctor's prescription, so even if you wanted to pay on your own, they can't treat you.
Can’t thank you enough for this helpful video as a 66yr old who has been fairly sedentary due to dealing with LongCovid pain and fatigue for 2 years now and getting up and down from the floor is extremely painful and very difficult so I am just starting to move a bit more each day to regain my muscle strength and will be doing these exercises….you are an angel Thank You! ♥️🧘♀️
I’ve watched a couple of your videos now and really enjoy them. Your pace is good, you are motivating and easy to understand and I especially enjoy your subtle humor. Thank you.
i lived my entire life sitting on the floor - being able to kick my height and then - and accident - tore the tendons in my knee . Physio did n't really help , i did things that i knew i could do and i was getting better. but the knee was snapping really loud, (and hurting) then the knee swelled again and it's seems to be going down hill badly for the last half year - - i don't want someone poking holes in my knee but no one is offering examining and advice. I feel more trapped everyday - it's was only wee more than a year i could bike in the snow and dance all night if i wanted - now i can't walk and i'm in pain all the time. Help. i will see if i can manage one of these somehow - as i used to be able to pop up from the floor like you did,. i wish people didn't assume that if you are 60 it is time to fall apart and that's acceptable -it isn't to me.
Agreed! At any age we should not be told immobility is the new norm! No! Losing one's abilities is scary and depressing to one's outlook! Doctors need to do better...we are living too long to just give up our abilities.
I love your examples, and they work well for me except where a flexible front toe is required. I think many like me have had foot surgery and can’t flex the front portion of the foot. I bet you would have some great ideas on how to get around this! Thank you
You make some excellent points at the end of this video. Mindset is everything! Even though we all learned of the engine that could, if you think you can't you won't and if you think you can you will, we need reminders not to become an "I can't" thinker. My problem is I need to become a doer also. Maybe I should think "no coffee until I exercise" until I make it a habit. Thank you for your excellent videos and advice!
My hero! ATM became my mantra when I first heard you talk about it. Have progressed from hanging onto chair for dear life to get up, to just using one hand. Lower body slowly getting stronger. Need help with doing the leg pull through, like from a down dog. Suggestions? Thanks Matt for your continued encouragement, keep up the great work!
VERY happy to hear that!! If I understood your question, you need to build more hip flexor strength! Hip Flexor Video 1: ruclips.net/video/mWOWpBGGY4k/видео.html Hip Flexor Video 2: ruclips.net/video/b2c5HiFl6ZE/видео.html
Thank you for giving such great verbal detail and modeling to do this no hands sit to stand muscle training exercise. These movement/exercises get scheduled in to my routine. I have pain in my left knee when I do a half kneel and wall squats. Massaging while doing the exercise does help relieve the discomfort. The right knee has no pain but it pops when doing these same positions. I have no back or hip pain, however I will be following the hip exercises because I do think/know those muscles are weak. Thank you again, you have a subscriber here! 😊🙃
Oh, the agony of kneeling! My knees have been destroyed by arthritis and decades of pounding up and down hospital corridors. While I could still get on my hands and knees I was able to maintain core strength and get up from the floor with ease. All of that ended, however, when I was no longer able to tolerate resting any portion my weight on my knees to kneel. Do you know of any solutions for this that don't involve the dreaded kneeling?
Have you tried using knee pads, as used by some tradesmen? I'm thinking of the softer sort, not those with hard shells. I don't like kneeling normally, but using knee pads makes it acceptable, at least for reasonably short periods.
@@noramitchell9327 I would strongly suggest starting off with working your hip muscles. It may seem "unrelated" but it's most definitely not. When I was at my lowest point, my knee caps were EXTREMELY tender and sensitive and I could not kneel. Contrast that with when I was in high school and college playing hockey as a goalie, SLAMMING my knees down for hours at a time. Getting my hip muscles working again restored my ability to kneel. 😀 Find any of the follow along hip videos like these: ruclips.net/video/YqLchqRnUS0/видео.html OR ruclips.net/video/1lHkZQHUU-I/видео.html Do what you can! I also have a hip workout video coming out soon with zero exercises on the ground so you can start to restore some hip muscle without having to get down to the floor.
@@Uprighthealth Working the hips does make sense to me, as my knees reached their worst after lung disease forced me to stop working and my ambulation was reduced to a quarter of what it had been. Arthritic changes in my knees had already begun while I was working, but I certainly did notice that swelling and tenderness *increased* rapidly with diminished use. Thanks for the response!
Enjoyed this video - really loved getting validation for the completely graceless way I get up & down off the floor plus getting suggestions on how to practice for improvement. Thank you for this and for the encouragement to keep working at it.
Looking forward to working on these exercises. I fell in my living room a few weeks ago and broke a bone in my left foot. Also sprained my left ankle. Should be healed enough soon to get going on these. Thank you.
Great content, great explanation, great demonstration, great attitude. You are making people's lives better, one video at a time. Earned my subscription. Looking forward to more of your work. Thank you so much for posting
This gives me hope and some practical ways to start exercising and practicing getting up off the floor by myself. I'm a senior citizen woman who fell recently and had to call my son to help me get up. I don't want that to happen again! I want to get better; not older.
I'm 67 years old and I've been following your videos for a couple of years and guess what. I have made a lot of progress including getting off the floor without using my hands. You are an excellent coach. Plus you are funny and handsome. Good combination!
i ry appreciate the exercise routines you put together and I'm going to ask my physio if we can add some to my routine. i will say reading the comments from some ppl can be hard tho. i've been disabled since i was 8 yrs old and it's hard to see nondisabled talk about disability as a failure, and an abnormality. even "laziness" . disability is a natural part of life and some of us will never "recover" or be "normal" and that's ok. it's not shameful to need assistance/carers to live independently. the ableism in wellness + calisthenics communities is so frustrating bc i rly feel that we should belong in those spaces. i think this is why i feel better in physio than at a gym, which sucks bc i actually do want to go to the gym. my focus is improving my wellbeing, not to be magically nondisabled bc im not ashamed of being disabled
I'm 77 and I love the information you provide. Your instructions are so helpful. I'm trying to stay flexible and as strong as I can. Knee tendons have been really challenging. Hoping to strengthen my muscles to keep up, stay active and be flexible. Going down steep hills and stair is my biggest challenge.
"Okay time to get up so I can go eat some I've cream." LOL! Excited to try this. Age 56. Good flexibility but horrible lower body strength. Getting older is scary! I want to stay as strong and flexible as possible! Thank you!!!
I don't know how this came into my videos but I am so pleased. I'm only 60 but I have had a couple of scares lately in getting up. Life time of sitting. Love your style 💖
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I used my foam roller or my stick to get up from the floor doing the exercises or stretches from FAI fix
Squats. Definitely important to continue doing squats/Asian squats and getting in and out of them without hands, just with leg and core strength. Getting more challenging with age, but so crucial.
Was pleased to find this was never something I thought was difficult, although doing it all the ways you do is a little beyond me. In general doing it without putting a knee on the floor is a bit challenging, but I can do it provide I have plenty of room to wobble a bit. I’m 68 and have some back problems, and don’t consider myself that strong, but I am flexible and I think I learned a technique for getting up and down from the floor in a school modern dance class that I have never forgot. It involves reaching behind with a bent knee, placing one lower leg on the floor behind, then going to the sit from there, then bringing the other leg down and around. It can enable one to do a pretend fall as well safely by continuing down instead of bring the leg around. I must video it some time.
@@rickkane8043 awesome! Thank you!
Any advice for someone who cannot bend toes or wrists? Both my big toe MTPs are fused and my hands cannot bend back at the wrists. I can put pressure on my elbows and knees. Putting all my weight on the points of my big toes is very painful.
After I saw 75 year old women sweeping the grass in front of the Taj Mahal in a deep squat, I realised how DISABLED I was due to the western habit of sitting in CHAIRS. I stopped using chairs as much as possible and have regained the strength and flexibility of my body, although it took about 2 years doing it very gradually. Remember that seniors living alone who fall and are unable to get themselves up and off the floor by themselves have no option but to move into a Retirement Residence of some kind, so that someone is available 24/7 to help them get up. What motivation to get our bodies BACK TO NORMAL, strong and flexible. Thank you for this VERY IMPORTANT and valuable video. Continued success in your work. B-)😃😃
THANK YOU for sharing this. People REALLY need to keep this perspective. The work you put in NOW means your life improves now AND in the future. It's the best, safest, and highest return on investment of time you can possibly make.
NOT putting in the time now means you end up suffering some dire, disempowering, and highly dissatisfying consequences.
because my mobility got worse after major surgery i found that sitting on a small 9 inch stool really helped, but the asian squat is really the same....... so thats why this lesson is so useful... ps 70 already.... ha ha
@@Uprighthealth Thank you so much for putting this in writing. I am working on my NOW for my NOW and my LATER!
You are not disabled. I have Cerebral palsey. I am disabled, you are a poor excuse for a human being
@@Uprighthealth I think I am pretty healthy for my age of 70 years. I do a lot of walking and running, I just finish a 5K in Feburary of this year. I cannot do the 10K or the 1/2 marathon anymore since I had a bad sciatic nerve pain rare its head up last year in January. I could not walk for almost 7 weeks. I have sciatica in both feet. Now I notice my muscles are breaking down. Can you please tell me of any kinds of vitamins or nutritional foods or powder I can take to help my muscles out. I agree that you have to put in the work now to reap the benefits later on in life. I wish someone told me that in my earlier years. But now I am trying, hope it's not too late Thankyou very much in advance.
I told my sister about your channel and I hope she is as impressed with your presentation as I am. We are in our 70's.
A wise person once told me never to stop sitting on the floor or one day you won't be able to. I am so happy I took her advice because now I can sit on the floor and play with my granddaughter and get up and down no problem.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Kathleen Reese!
Yeah 40 years of sitting on the floor with children (Montessori teacher), all good. 4 years of retirement and I’m crippled with back and knee pain
Grand children no problems..grate grand children. Impossible..
You did right ! My 93 year old mother-in-law can still sit comfortably cross-legged on the floor for a long time because she never stopped doing it.
You do know your son is totally upstaging you throughout this video. That said, 🙏 I watched my parents age prematurely which could have been avoided had they practiced getting up and off the the floor.
Wow! I thought that I couldn't get up without a chair! I tried the way you demonstrated and I did it!!!
60 year old woman. Now I will practice and increase my strength. Thanks for the video!!
Hope you followed through and have successfully increased your strength and mobility. As a 75-year-old woman, I can attest to the fact that those 15 years between your and my ages closes very quickly. Would that I had found this vid at your age. Still, I'm thankful I found it now.
This channel should be mandatory subscription for every office worker.
I am absolutely sobbing right now. I haven't been able to get up off the floor without using a chair in years and years but following the technique where i put a leg outside of my hands and got my other leg up under I was able to stand. I used to avoid getting on the floor for fear of being stuck down there but you absolutely gave me so much confidence.
Love this!
Congrats! Same! I could NOT get off the floor easily without assistance and it took a while. I wanted to work up to getting off the floor wth assistance, but tried the no hand method using these techniques and was able to do it no problem from the first attempt. Who knew?? I thought I was going to have to give up gardening (among other things). Im in the last few minutes of my 50's, so seriously - anyone can do this.
I am 78 1/2 . Last week I fell out side. Nothing to help..This I worked out for for myself . There was no help..I am so independent if I could have I would have to fig. It outfit my self. I was proud of myself, I done it. No help from eny one or thing.
Feel for u 🍀
Unfortunately, I have had knee surgery and I have been told I need a second one. The first didn’t work so this is great. I can’t use that one knee but this should help!
It is sad that some people are critical of people like Matt who go to some effort to bring potential solutions that are not cookie cutter in their approach to life's everyday difficulties.
I have followed this guy for some years now and have always sensed his approach was genuine and not just self serving.
I'm 76 years young so always looking for ways to help my day to day activities. I only know of him through his videos. Come on guys recognise the good.
Thanks for the kind words and support. 🤙 I've been working on tuning out the negative so I can keep putting out the positive. 😀
Haven’t seen a critical word in the comments yet …
@@arrjee9474 Me, neither. There are 8,200 likes.
Thank you for your comment and recommendation with this teacher! I have both a physical therapy background and was a registered nurse! I can honestly say that what he advises makes sense! It’s refreshing to listen and see ways that work! I will be following this channel! Your comments are an encouragement for others!
All you have to do is click on his link to realize that this video is an infomercial teaser to sell his other videos. Whatever value Hsu may offer, his disparagement of doctors smacks of quackery.
At 61, I’m missing part of my left foot. I couldn’t even climb out of my bath tub. I have very painful knees, 28 surgeries, autoimmune diseases, fibromyalgia, Costochondritis, POTs, and more. In the past year, I’ve built up enough strength to get up off of the floor, but it takes many movements and hands, and things to grab onto. I’m going to practice your your steps
i appreciate that you cover the most basic/inelegant method without any condescension. please make more series like this to share with our folks
Do whatever you need to do to get the job done (and in a way that sets you up for long-term success)!
My right leg doesn't want to bend at all, so seeing me get up off the floor is quite a sight! But I don't let anyone help me get up. I love Matt's videos and don't like anyone criticizing him!
I'm 55.5yrs old and thisnis a doddle. Easy. But I have truly worked my butt off to be able to do this.
This is so important... escpecially for seniors who live alone and no one there to help them. I practice this regulary and at 73 I have no issues getting up and down. Excellent video!
After years, YEARS, of not being able to get up from the floor and thus being terrified of falling, your technique has helped me get up from the floor, consistently every time. Thank you so much!!! I tried so many other ways but did not have much success. I use the second technique, where I get on my knees, put one leg in front and 'walk' to the side and put my other leg up. This way, I do not need anything to hold on to, just my own legs. Thank you again, very much.
💪 AWESOME!!! Thank you for sharing that! I'm absolutely stoked to hear it!
This is the method I’ve used for years. I didn’t realize it was a technique. I want to work toward using the first method of just rising up. I remember a time when I did this. I used to be so darn flexible. I could put both feet behind my head - pick myself up using hands and arms and swing there with both feet behind my head. I spent a lot of time in the floor though. I could do a frog stand. But, I could also put my feet on the back of my arms instead of the usual frog stand with knees on the back of my arms. I also frequently stood on one foot with the other foot placed on my inner thigh. I think some of these are yoga poses - but I didn’t know it at the time. 😎
Older now. Overweight. Arthritis in my knees. I’m still fairly flexible. I’m working on balance. And, getting myself down to the floor and back up to standing in a smoother motion.
I'm 84 with MS and knee problems. Most of the time your techniques work, but sometimes my knees just buckle and are painful. I just can't get up! After panicking, I scooted over to the sofa, backing into it. I raised my arms up onto the cushion, and using my feet and stomach muscles, was able to get up onto the couch. It's good to have a worst case backup plan.
Always have a backup plan! 😀
@@Uprighthealth yes always have a back up plan. Sorry for the dad joke. Good content BTW. Must be so satisfying to know you are helping a lot of people.
Thank you again, Matt!! I have learned a lot from you over the years. Not as svelte as you. 74 and stiff but so much better than I would have been. Covid has made a couch potato of me which of course, activates the RA, spinal degeneration, one knee replacement done etc. As OR nurse for 42 yrs, body was abused, carrying heavy instrument trays, moving sleeping bodies, before the patient movers so every bone and muscle kills. I so love watching you, keep up your great passion.
Your patience and understanding of the condition of older persons who are restarting exercise is wonderful. Please keep providing such useful tips to increase progress. Thanks!
Thank you, I will! 😀
Last month I fell hard on both my knees on a floor trim. Ouch!!!
I was alone and in shock. I've fallen before, but this is the first time I've ever been afraid to get up as I truly thought I had broken a knee cap. Wow. I'm 72.
It took me a full ten minutes to get my sycnchronisity and figure out what to move first
Amazingly, I didn't break anything, no blood. If it weren't for a thick stick I had left by the door to use as a support,, it would have taken forever to get the strength back and figure it all out.
I'm putting up my ballet bar again so I can do leg and barre exercise again.
I never understood as a dancer why it was always so easy for me to get up and move from my hundreds of falls. I had stopped exercise for about two years since I moved and had a concussion.
Thank you sir for reminding me about my barre exercise bar.
First time I felt encouraged to even try to fix the problem
I have been following your videos for a little over a week now and doing what you recommend, let me tell you, I’m a stroke survivor and have been going to physical therapy on and off for almost three years now, but haven’t progressed much, after watching your videos for a week, only a week! I have gained more than the three years of physical therapy, flexibility and strength very fast, what a difference! Thank you for your help. I will be praying for you so that you keep helping people.🙏God bless you.
At 64 I decided to get back to playing my Indian musical instrument which required me to squat on the floor. To my horror I just couldn't do it So glad I found your video.. hopefully it'll help me get back to my old hobby.
This is the most useful info I've seen for strength and mobility
Thank you!
As a group exercise instructor and personal trainer for more than 40 years now, I see this problem in people in their 20s so it’s not necessarily for the elderly. Every few weeks I push my coffee table away from the sofa and spend the weekend sitting on the floor using pillows to pad my boney butt and to force myself to get up and down. I have to say it’s always an eye-opener and a bit of a work out since mostly what I do is sitting in a chair or a car.❤️
Yes!!! I went from being fairly agile and able to get up,off the floor to being highly embarrassed at how I had to contort myself and ridiculously pull myself up with no leg strength. Now I’m going to practice this and get back to normal. Thank you.
I'm excited to start doing this ... I'll be 70 this month and ever since covid began and I was forced to stop teaching my fitness classes, I've succumbed to a sedentary lifestyle. What I love about your approach is its immediate practical application... not just crunches and squats for the sake of them.
Just what I was thinking - there is a payoff at the end that makes me excited to do these.
Since covid I also got so I couldn’t go to the gym; now back to 3-4 x week & daily walking. I’ve walked for most of my 70plus years; coming from a European family also dogs to walk. So good to keep fit!
Can you restart your classes outside? My local regulations allowed for this as a beginning to relaxing Lockdowns.
@@deefee701 Yes, have thought of such things, but have lost the desire to lead others and am focusing on my own physical improvement, along with other projects of interest.
Yes!!! Very practical and smart!! I loved your comments!
Hey Matt, I’m a 38 year old woman who has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis since I was a toddler. I have noticed that my fingers wrists and upper body in general are in better condition than my hips knees and ankles. I realize that I don’t do deep squats nor do I sit on the floor. In fact I’m kind of scared to get on the ground due to pain struggling to get up. I love how you break down ways to do simple activities like in this video. Starting with the movement you can do and work with that until the next step. I’m going to get working on my lower body using your method, if I can do this with my disability, then anyone can. I’ll do an update in a few weeks.
Ok
I'm 86 and wish that I had found you ten years ago. It is amazing to watch your fluidity of motion. I think I may have found a role model. Thank you.
I really appreciate the stages of rising up from the floor. Options! “Baby steps” to change to reach goal!
THANK YOU! 🌹👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I just got off the floor with my first try of your two-legged twist-and-up.
Thanks for your support!
I want to thank you for showing me how to live with confidence! In just a couple of weeks, training my legs, I am now walking like a young person, going up and down stairs without having to hang onto the stair rails. It's not about aging, it's spending hours at my desk chair, letting my muscles weaken. I am very close to being able to get up from the floor without using my hands. Your presentation about Joint Health is an eye opener. You are So correct about straying away from the Medical people for this.
AWESOME. Happy to read this, Milton!
I’m 83 have fallen and hurt my body. I saw your video am scared to try it. But I will do it and hope to build strength on lower hall of my body so I can get up.
Don't be scared...I am the same age as you. Go slowly, one step at a time. @@rodmoses6781
Just found this video and it’s exactly what I’ve been looking for. My lower body strength is very poor and I couldn’t get up off the floor unless I was able to grab hold of something solid. I’ll turn 70 next month and I could see myself deteriorating bit by bit. I tried out your second movement starting on all fours and bringing my foot forward them twisting around and up. I did it first time. So pleased. Ok, it’s not the most elegant of postures but it’s a start and has encouraged me to keep practicing and trying the lunges too. They may be more difficult as I can’t bend my toes without a degree of pain but I’ll still try. Thank you.
I’m extremely happy that I found your video, it’s just what I need. I’ve been struggling with leg strength since injuring my back during a fall last year. I’m 85 and realize I need to work harder at maintaining my body. I’m using your video for motivation!
This is SO important for seniors. I have been trying to teach my father this. He has fallen a couple of times and he can't get up without someone helping him. He sadly remained on the floor for several hours because my mother didn't hear him. He now has a button to call people so this doesn't happen again.
In 2006 I started having seizures several times in a week. It would take me so long to recover. After a while I noticed I wasn't able to get up and down as easily as befote. These exercises are bringing back muscle memory. Thank you so much. 💓
I'm 74 and feel encouraged. Although I can get off the floor without a chair, my goal is to get up and down without using my hands. I just started your suggestions, and will keep at it. Every day I'm going to practice getting up and down several times a day. Thank you.
This was an excellent video! At 71, I was horrified to see that from sitting so much while gyms were closed during covid, I could. n't rise gracefully from the floor. Your video hit the spot. Tomorrow is training day 1. Thank-you, and I will check out your other programs!
How has your training gone, Jan...?
Why do talk in the past tense? THIS -IS- AN EXCELLENT VIDEO.
I think what she wrote,@@trafalgar22a8, was shorthand for the following
"This was an excellent video *-watching experience that I just had!*
The bold part was implied, and not written.
I’ve never been to a gym. You don’t need a gym nor equipment to exercise. You have walls, chair, mat and body weight to do all exercise
I could do all of this until 62 then I injured a knee. I have gone to mush since but do walk 3 km daily. I am determined to learn to do this again. Thanks, great video.
I used to be able to squat and get on and off the floor. Then my left hip started to collapse. Had to have a hip replacement...didn't want it but it really had to happen. Now I'm recovering and really want to regain this skill. Thanks for these!
I am 82 and thought this was something i would have to live with. You have given me hope. Thank you. My next problem is going upstairs I can barely make it upstairs.
In my mid 30's I knew I had a problem. Knees that are hurting and using my hands for standing up a chair. I needed to change. Thank you for this video and your channel! You're inspiring me to work on myself.
I appreciate how much compassion you have for people like me. Thank you for your help.
From what I've observed in people around me, RIIPS is a one-way ticket to increasing disability. ATM to prosper, for sure!
Your story gives me hope that it's not too late at 78, that with patience and persistence I can still achieve a deep squat and full cross-legged seated position that are comfortable enough to spend extended periods of time, as well as to get up without hands. Thank you!
I'm a senior and just took a course to help other seniors with balance. I also have a sister who cannot get up if she falls and I worry about her a lot. I had another sister who fell outside her house in freezing temperatures and sat out there for hours until her neighbor came home and helped her up. I was very frightened for her when I found out that happened! I definitely don't want to be like that! Thanks for the wonderful video!
WOW! First time I have ever seen someone address this issue! Thank You!
I’m 75 and have so much trouble getting up from the floor! It took so much to get up following this guide!!! Yay! I did it!!! Thank you so much 🎉🎉
This is just so brilliant. So inspirational.
I knew I was getting out of shape, was not exercising enough, and yes getting up and down was very difficult. Then four months ago I injured all 10 of my fingers and thumbs and both shoulders, and for 12 weeks I couldn't do anything hardly with my arms and hands. What a humbling experience that was.
But it taught me a lesson: I need to do what you have done. And I'm going to.
I'm already getting better. I can now get in and out of chairs and in and out of bed without using my hands, but when I was that far out of shape, I couldn't, and then when I lost the use of my hands and arms, brother it was brutal. So I turned to exercise, and I will never let myself get out of shape ever again.
So thank you for this. Your videos are going to be instrumental in me reaching this goal. I'm really happy that you are on my side in this.
I like you ,because you are an honest man,most others talk,talk,talk and then they try to sell you a product of theirs,thank you.
I could do all the agile getting down on and up from the floor without any help when in my 20's 30's and 40's but as I started being less active in general, I now have a harder time getting up and down from the floor as it's true if a person doesn't use their muscles, they will lose strength in them. Since watching your videos, Mr. Hsu, and it's only been a couple weeks, I can get up and down from the floor smoothly without assistance and am 75.
My 90 yr old grandmother could get down on the floor AND back up, no hands, using this method, to play with her grandchildren. A worthy goal for me! Thank-you.
This is my New Year's Resolution. Get up without hands. Thanks for posting this at an ideal time to reinforce my commitment.
You got this.
You're welcome!
How’s it going?
@@WaterFunFL Aw, thanks for asking. I can do it from my knees. I still do not feel especially well-balanced, but I can do it from my knees. Next goal is to try to do it from sitting crosslegged-- no knees.
This guy is very knowledgeable and effective. Helps even the most feeble slowly get stronger.
That standing up with a spin is something I've been doing since I was a kid. And I kept being able to do it into adulthood, until I gained some extra weight for a few years. I had to lose the weight to get back that ability. But then I had a slight injury to my knee and now I'm rebuilding knee strength.
Am 74 years old with both knee replacements am excited to do this
Great video! Being 60 and a heart bypass patient , I felt like life was going to crap, but a few months ago I started doing stick exercises, some indian clubs and stretches. Better now , except torn miniscus. Im going to try your exercises here. Right now Im like a crab getting off the floor lol thanks
Transform from a crab to a kangaroo! 😄
At 74 I sleep on floor mattress in a tent in the summer. It really helps to have cushion under knees when I get up.
As a computer nerd, sitting all day severely weakens my glutes and thus, mobility...Thank you, Upright, for your positive attitude and useful videos!
You're welcome, Rodney Dangerfield!
I used a computer a lot in my working days. After a while I got a stand-up station and only sat when I was counseling a student. I might do some squats when I was standing at my computer just to get the blood flowing. I rarely used the phone to speak with colleagues. I would just walk to their offices or classrooms. This frequently involved steps. Although I had an office job I got a lot of exercise this way.
Been watching your videos non-stop for a few days. Recently found your channel. You are the best physical therapist online. I have watched a few over the past 3 years as I broke my leg 2021. Then earlier this year 2024 had an accident in a hotel room due to a fire alarm going off by someone or faulty one? Tried to get myself ready to leave and twisted my front leg tendon. Could not walk had to go to hospital. Thankfully no broken bones. Fast forward now 2024 walking now much better. Renting in house but driveway with my car is above house and steep so am using your exercises to strengthen. I will have inhome physical therapy soon too. I do not want to risk falling trying to walk up 45 degree paved but uneven driveway. But already for past couple days been watching your videos and practicing your exercises and feel better. Thank you.
If there was a “super like button”, I’d definitely hit it! Thank you for always providing important advice and logic.
Thanks! You can use the "THANKS" button if you'd like to support the channel! 💪
I love the info I get from your channel. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 10 years ago and I use exercise as my number one prescription to slow the progression of the disease. I can now do Asian squat for 3 minutes and I work on that every day. I refuse to give in to all the drugs and I spend 3 hours a day combatting the disease using exercise and stretching. I am currently unable to get up off the floor without using my hands. Once again you are giving me exactly the information I need. I’m 70 and going to work every day on this one. Thanks so very much for all the time you take to provide such life-changing information. Jim in Oregon
Matt! I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love and appreciate you! I feel like you are my secret weapon against aging!
❤️ thanks sylvia! 😉
That’s a mere dream for me !! My muscles are too weak and there’s also pain. You are great . Many thanks to you
The rotation you include really makes getting up easier for me, thank you.
Thanks!
Welcome!
Thanks for the tips and the encouragement. As an almost 70-year-old, I can still touch my toes and do a downward-facing dog. So I get on all fours and reverse the sequence. It has yet to fail me, but I do appreciate your more "dignified" options. I like the idea of strengthening other muscles. When I first saw this, I thought it was a quick gimmick, but I see that it is a more comprehensive approach with many benefits. Thanks.
FINALLY a REAL person with REAL and practical tips. Thank you and I guess I have some work to do.
Thanx, Matt - I was always rather flexible and never obese, but after a foot injury and later a knee injury my running/walking was curtailed for a year or so. Suddenly, I found I could no longer stand from a sitting position now that I'm in my mid-sixties. This video gives me lots of encouragement and options to rebuild strength.
Great. You may want to see knees over toes guy
Thank you! I’ve had to get help to get up off the floor, or ground, for several years. My neighbor had to call 911 the other day because I was pulled off my feet by my dog. I’m 73 and weigh 300lbs. I’ve put on over 50 pounds after a TBI and Covid. I’m 6’2” so that makes me morbidly obese. This may help me get up from the ground but I still have a lot of work to do.
Good luck 🤞🏼 hidesertmusic! I bet you can do it!
At age 69 I can confirm that strengthening my muscles has improved my ability to get up from the floor, among other great benefits! Thanks for this video because it encourages me to think I can continue to get even stronger and keep my abilities longer.
Thanks! I got stuck in the RIIPS cycle. I always pushed for PT it wasn't something they went to. Insurance barriers paying for PT was my next challenge. So I turned to youtube and found your videos. THIS is EXACTLY what I needed! Off to check out back fix...
I always ask for PT as well, but insurance usually limits it. Also, almost all places require a doctor's prescription, so even if you wanted to pay on your own, they can't treat you.
Can’t thank you enough for this helpful video as a 66yr old who has been fairly sedentary due to dealing with LongCovid pain and fatigue for 2 years now and getting up and down from the floor is extremely painful and very difficult so I am just starting to move a bit more each day to regain my muscle strength and will be doing these exercises….you are an angel Thank You! ♥️🧘♀️
I’ve watched a couple of your videos now and really enjoy them. Your pace is good, you are motivating and easy to understand and I especially enjoy your subtle humor. Thank you.
Thanks
Huge thanks, Carlos!
i lived my entire life sitting on the floor - being able to kick my height and then - and accident - tore the tendons in my knee . Physio did n't really help , i did things that i knew i could do and i was getting better. but the knee was snapping really loud, (and hurting) then the knee swelled again and it's seems to be going down hill badly for the last half year - - i don't want someone poking holes in my knee but no one is offering examining and advice. I feel more trapped everyday - it's was only wee more than a year i could bike in the snow and dance all night if i wanted - now i can't walk and i'm in pain all the time. Help. i will see if i can manage one of these somehow - as i used to be able to pop up from the floor like you did,. i wish people didn't assume that if you are 60 it is time to fall apart and that's acceptable -it isn't to me.
Agreed! At any age we should not be told immobility is the new norm! No! Losing one's abilities is scary and depressing to one's outlook! Doctors need to do better...we are living too long to just give up our abilities.
I love your examples, and they work well for me except where a flexible front toe is required. I think many like me have had foot surgery and can’t flex the front portion of the foot. I bet you would have some great ideas on how to get around this! Thank you
This just came across my RUclips recommendations. This guy is my new hero. Thank try. Sir. You're giving me hope along with a plan.
You make some excellent points at the end of this video. Mindset is everything! Even though we all learned of the engine that could, if you think you can't you won't and if you think you can you will, we need reminders not to become an "I can't" thinker. My problem is I need to become a doer also. Maybe I should think "no coffee until I exercise" until I make it a habit.
Thank you for your excellent videos and advice!
I'm really hoping this will help in my mid 60's body/legs.
THANK YOU - I am 74 and needed to relearn how to get up from the floor. I really appreciate your videos.
My hero! ATM became my mantra when I first heard you talk about it. Have progressed from hanging onto chair for dear life to get up, to just using one hand. Lower body slowly getting stronger. Need help with doing the leg pull through, like from a down dog. Suggestions? Thanks Matt for your continued encouragement, keep up the great work!
VERY happy to hear that!!
If I understood your question, you need to build more hip flexor strength!
Hip Flexor Video 1: ruclips.net/video/mWOWpBGGY4k/видео.html
Hip Flexor Video 2: ruclips.net/video/b2c5HiFl6ZE/видео.html
Nice useful info, thanks much, I’m not into impressing people but that will and I can live with it, thanks
Great video! I find that daily yoga has kept me flexible at 69 years.
Thank you so much 🥰. I thought I was the only one who cannot use my legs so early (I am 51 years old)
I have just discovered your channel. I am 73 yrs old, I need a lot of work. You make the exercises so simple and easy. Thank You very much.
More videos about leg lenght discrepancy please
Thank you for giving such great verbal detail and modeling to do this no hands sit to stand muscle training exercise. These movement/exercises get scheduled in to my routine.
I have pain in my left knee when I do a half kneel and wall squats. Massaging while doing the exercise does help relieve the discomfort. The right knee has no pain but it pops when doing these same positions. I have no back or hip pain, however I will be following the hip exercises because I do think/know those muscles are weak.
Thank you again, you have a subscriber here! 😊🙃
Amazing and so informative, easy to follow and much appreciated!
Great advice and exercises as always I am so stiff will start to do this as I have been struggling up from floor.
You got this!
Oh, the agony of kneeling! My knees have been destroyed by arthritis and decades of pounding up and down hospital corridors. While I could still get on my hands and knees I was able to maintain core strength and get up from the floor with ease. All of that ended, however, when I was no longer able to tolerate resting any portion my weight on my knees to kneel. Do you know of any solutions for this that don't involve the dreaded kneeling?
Great question!
Have you tried using knee pads, as used by some tradesmen? I'm thinking of the softer sort, not those with hard shells. I don't like kneeling normally, but using knee pads makes it acceptable, at least for reasonably short periods.
@@mikewellwood1412 I've tried using soft pads, pillows, gel, foam... anything I could think of, and nothing takes the hellishness out of kneeling.
@@noramitchell9327 I would strongly suggest starting off with working your hip muscles. It may seem "unrelated" but it's most definitely not. When I was at my lowest point, my knee caps were EXTREMELY tender and sensitive and I could not kneel. Contrast that with when I was in high school and college playing hockey as a goalie, SLAMMING my knees down for hours at a time. Getting my hip muscles working again restored my ability to kneel. 😀
Find any of the follow along hip videos like these: ruclips.net/video/YqLchqRnUS0/видео.html OR ruclips.net/video/1lHkZQHUU-I/видео.html
Do what you can! I also have a hip workout video coming out soon with zero exercises on the ground so you can start to restore some hip muscle without having to get down to the floor.
@@Uprighthealth Working the hips does make sense to me, as my knees reached their worst after lung disease forced me to stop working and my ambulation was reduced to a quarter of what it had been. Arthritic changes in my knees had already begun while I was working, but I certainly did notice that swelling and tenderness *increased* rapidly with diminished use. Thanks for the response!
Great stuff thank you! As an aside I knew a 92-year-old woman once that could perform free standing one legged squats, so I know it's possible!
Enjoyed this video - really loved getting validation for the completely graceless way I get up & down off the floor plus getting suggestions on how to practice for improvement. Thank you for this and for the encouragement to keep working at it.
"You're probably not sitting like this. I know how inflexible you are." Me. Me. Pick me. That's hysterical. Were you watching? Lol. ♥️
Me too
Yup. I was watching you.
@@Uprighthealth Well, I just got up from the floor the way you taught. Without the chair! Thanks, Matt! Your healthy hip program has helped so much!
That was hilarious and sadly true for me.
Looking forward to working on these exercises. I fell in my living room a few weeks ago and broke a bone in my left foot. Also sprained my left ankle. Should be healed enough soon to get going on these. Thank you.
Great content, great explanation, great demonstration, great attitude. You are making people's lives better, one video at a time. Earned my subscription. Looking forward to more of your work. Thank you so much for posting
This gives me hope and some practical ways to start exercising and practicing getting up off the floor by myself. I'm a senior citizen woman who fell recently and had to call my son to help me get up. I don't want that to happen again! I want to get better; not older.
Is it still possible to regain muscle strength/build muscle even after our mid sixties or even later? Thanks a lot, Matt. 💖
YES! Please look for my comment. Within two weeks, I am so much stronger! 58, morbidly obese, sedentary woman! Move anyway you can!
I'm 67 years old and I've been following your videos for a couple of years and guess what. I have made a lot of progress including getting off the floor without using my hands. You are an excellent coach. Plus you are funny and handsome. Good combination!
Thanks and congrats on your progress!
i ry appreciate the exercise routines you put together and I'm going to ask my physio if we can add some to my routine. i will say reading the comments from some ppl can be hard tho.
i've been disabled since i was 8 yrs old and it's hard to see nondisabled talk about disability as a failure, and an abnormality. even "laziness"
. disability is a natural part of life and some of us will never "recover" or be "normal" and that's ok. it's not shameful to need assistance/carers to live independently. the ableism in wellness + calisthenics communities is so frustrating bc i rly feel that we should belong in those spaces.
i think this is why i feel better in physio than at a gym, which sucks bc i actually do want to go to the gym. my focus is improving my wellbeing, not to be magically nondisabled bc im not ashamed of being disabled
I'm 77 and I love the information you provide. Your instructions are so helpful. I'm trying to stay flexible and as strong as I can. Knee tendons have been really challenging. Hoping to strengthen my muscles to keep up, stay active and be flexible. Going down steep hills and stair is my biggest challenge.
"Okay time to get up so I can go eat some I've cream." LOL! Excited to try this. Age 56. Good flexibility but horrible lower body strength. Getting older is scary! I want to stay as strong and flexible as possible! Thank you!!!
Right there with you
I don't know how this came into my videos but I am so pleased. I'm only 60 but I have had a couple of scares lately in getting up. Life time of sitting. Love your style 💖
So important. I love that you tell us to start easy and get better.