WTF is chair tai chi?

[Gato Moteado]

i keep seeing ads on youtube about it and now i'm even seeing ads for it on facebook.

[chouchou]

1. I think it's a work-out plan. ..or something you eat sitting on a chair...

[SheltieLover]

2. Perhaps for those who are mobility challenged?

Seniorplanet.org offers free classes of all types, including chair yoga & tai chi.

Give it a try & let us know what you think?

[Gato Moteado]

4. the ads seem to be targeting 50+ year old men who are couch potatoes or just a bit too pudgy.....

...promising to turn them into muscle bound athletes in 2 months with just 7 minutes of chair tai chi (whatever TF that is) per day.

[Clouds Passing]

9. I put links below. Been doing tai chi 5 years.

[SheltieLover]

10. Thx, Clouds!

[Tasmanian Devil]

3. It's a well-funded scam

Advertise like crazy, get people to buy in, disappear before the bad reviews have time to catch up.

[List left]

5. comments are always turned off... nt

[List left]

6. AI Garbage.

Total scam..

...a sucker born every minute.

[Clouds Passing]

7. Great for seniors who have lower body challenges. Mainly consisting of tai chi arm movements

and some leg movements. Building energy movements are wonderful.

Good for upper body and arms

Good for back and legs

[SheltieLover]

11. And good for those with balance issues!

Ty for sharing!

[Clouds Passing]

12. Before my hips started going to pot, doing tai chi was improving my balance immensely.

[SheltieLover]

13. Yup it will def improve balance & overall health

[badhair77]

8. It's a modified form of traditional tai chi.

There are loads of free videos online so no one needs to pay for the workout. I have lower back issues so I can sit through part of the program. It’s very helpful for people with disabilities.

[BluesRunTheGame]

14. I've signed up for a 'chair marathon' this spring.

I’m training for it right now. Wish me luck!

[LudwigPastorius]

15. Is it anything like Irish Yoga?

[electric_blue68]

16. I love tai chi! I leaned 1/3 of a form in a class...

Which I practiced regularly for about 5 yrs, then tapered off.

A few years later I learned a differ form from a PT who was learning from a teacher in Chinatown.
I developed a text, and special simple drawn figure illustrations from the side, and above.
Did that for 5 years, then tapered off. I made a very nice version that i gave a copy to the PT, as a TY bc, wr met 1xs wk during her morning break.

I remember a little, and do the "cloud hands" part with a bit more.

I keep thinking I should relook at my notes/drawings. They're somewhere!
I attribute partly having no chronic pain at 72 3/4s to those 10 solid yrs of it plus the 4 yrs off tapering off.

Ty for reminding me. Going to put a reminder on my phone! 👍

[Gato Moteado]

17. well, OK....i am impressed.....i was skeptical when i kept seeing AI ads saying 7 minutes a day, sitting in a chair....

...doing tai chi chair exercises will turn a couch potato into a lean, healthy person.

so how did strength in your legs and lower back improve if you do the exercises while sitting in a chair for only 7 minutes a day?

[electric_blue68]

18. Oh, dear, I wasn't clear enough! This was Fully Standing Up tai chi!. NOT in a chair.

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And I did it more than 7 mins.

ETA. Looking some stuff up.Some things i remember.
There are short forms, and long forms. The 2 styles that began were Chen, and Yang. I think Yang became more popularized.
Several more later were Wu, Hao and ?
You have moves- 16, 24, 28, 30+ something and way more up to like 108 moves.

Seems like the ideal is to reach a ?15 - 20 mins practice, or at least 12 mins.
A short form can be repeated to reach the time goals.

I just found a video: Jenny Lu yoga+
- Yang 24 on YT. A lot of vids. Looks like she mostly covers 2 movements at a time in each vid.

There's tons of stuff from many teachers. Some in still photos, and many vids.

Hope this helps!👍

[Gato Moteado]

19. ah, that's very different.....

....i was talking about all these AI ads on youtube and facebook for something called chair tai chi or tai chi chair workouts.

[electric_blue68]

20. Got it.

Just wanted to give a postive experience of one type of the full practice.
Never Seen an ad for this chair tai chi!