@walk4life

You mentioned being able to get up from the floor. Wow, that is so important to be able to do especially if you live alone. Our gym guy had us do that once and said to check yourself for injuries first if you have fallen. He wanted us to be able, at the minimum, to crawl to a sturdy object to lift yourself up. A few of our members had difficulty with that. One lady who fell outside in her driveway had to wait for a neighbor to pass by. She didn’t have her phone and her husband, who was inside, had no idea she was laying in the driveway.

When I do my floor exercises (and even when I don’t) that’s one thing I do daily. You need your core strength and the only way to keep that core strength is to do what exercises you can on a daily basis.

For those of you who don’t think you can, try (on carpet preferably) to crawl over to a chair and hoist yourself up.
Progress to getting yourself up without help. You can also practice getting up from a chair without using your arms. That might be a safer start . Try doing that several times daily. Putting both arms out in front of you will give you momentum. Get into the habit of not using your arms to get up. Who cares what you look like. Try a soft chair first so you can fall back into it.

And stretch stretch stretch . Dance, dance dance too ..why not.

FL Mary