If You Can Do This Many Sit-to-Stands After 60, Your Lower-Body Endurance Is Elite

Do you have difficulty getting up off the floor after playing with the grandkids? If so, one of the best workouts you can do to build lower-body strength is an old-fashioned chair squat, also known as sit-to-stands.

This exercise forces your body to lift its own weight repeatedly against gravity, which helps to boost mobility and build stamina. The movement imitates daily actions like walking and standing, so it’s an excellent way to preserve your mobility. You’re working the same lower-body muscle groups you need to do these daily actions, which include the glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps.

This workout is quite telling of how fit your lower body is. In fact, we have a goal for you to work toward: If you ca...