Wheelchairs and fitness

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Blackwing1002
Blackwing1002 Posts: 14 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Long story short I was injured awhile back and now have trouble using my legs most of the time. Any suggested exercises that don't require legs.

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  • alondrakayy
    alondrakayy Posts: 304 Member
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    I think you could go by any workout program and simply ignore lower body exercises. Or maybe I'm not understanding your question? Sorry to hear about your injury :(
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited June 2017
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    Look for seated or chair exercise -

    Fitness Blender, Jessica Smith, Denise Austin. Look for cardio or upper body.
  • fitdaisygrrl
    fitdaisygrrl Posts: 139 Member
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    TeaBea wrote: »
    Look for seated or chair exercise -

    Fitness Blender, Jessica Smith, Denise Austin. Look for cardio or upper body.

    Yes, this! I broke my ankle last fall and during my recovery I found seated/chair exercises that would translate well to sitting in a wheelchair. My favourite was Sparkpeople (search youtube for sparkpeple seated workout). I also did a quick search on youtube and found several results under "wheelchair workout."
  • curlsintherack
    curlsintherack Posts: 465 Member
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    I have a friend who is wheelchair bound and one thing he does is have someone hold resistance bands that are tied to his chair and he pulls against them. He also does things like dips to help him transfer into and out of the chair.

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