As you age, your body changes quite a bit.
It’ll also become harder to do daily tasks and you may become dangerously sedentary over time.
Thankfully, it’s not hard to prevent this decline.
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One of the best ways to turn the tide is with exercises that start on the floor.
Read on for nine of the best floor exercises to improve your muscular endurance.
Start doing a few of these several times a week and watch your endurance grow.
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Drive through your heels, and squeeze your glutes to push your hips up.
Do not use your lower back you pull yourself up.
Keep your hips low and your head up.
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Alternate while keeping your hips low and your chest up.
Land on all fours.
Keep your body straight from head to toe, and don’t let your lower back sag.
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Extend one arm straight ahead, hold for two seconds, and alternate arms.
Don’t let your body twist as you reach.
Keep your body straight, your glutes squeezed, and your shoulders pulled back.
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Don’t let your hips sag.
Twist your body toward the ground, switch arms, and do a side plank facing the other way.
Squeeze your glutes, and extend your hips.
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Do not use your lower back to “pull yourself up.”
Curl your knees up to your head, and slowly bring them back.
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