Gentle and slow repetitions with little weight will maintain muscle tone, at least, and gradually build strength, at best. Exercising moderately two or three times a week will take you a long way toward attaining the strength, stamina, and general health you desire. I find that a very simple routine of exercising doing push-ups in my wheelchair, using moderate free weights, and other resistance types of workout really makes a big difference. Once after an extended illness I lost some of that tone and really noticed the change in strength. Aerobic exercise Heart disease is a widespread problem in Western culture.
Heart disease is a greater risk to many whose mobility is limited.
In the mid 1990s, heart disease accounted for almost 20 percent of deaths following spinal cord injury. Difficult as exercise may be for some people with a disability, it benefits your quality of life. The heart is, after all, a muscle too. It helps reduce blood pressure and heart rate. It helps control your weight.