Health News Share Email Print Standing leg lifts All you need to complete this exercise is a chair. View the infographic Reviewed 1/15/2024 Standing leg lifts This strength and function exercise helps with balance. Select each step to learn more. Step 1: Grasp the back of a chair, keeping your feet slightly apart and toes forward. Step 2: Inhale slowly. Step 3: Exhale slowly and raise right leg to the side. (Keep toes forward, back straight and left leg slightly bent.) Step 4: Hold for 1 second. Step 5: Lower right leg while inhaling slowly. Step 6: Repeat 10 to 15 times. Step 7: Raise and lower left leg 10 to 15 times. Step 8: Start with 2 sets per leg. You can increase the number of sets over time. Source National Institute on Aging. "Side Leg Raise – Strength Training Exercise for Older Adults." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=045sWtKt5D4. Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Providers Family Medicine Internal Medicine Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgery i Services Rehabilitation Home Health Services RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.