Happy Tuesday Friends! I hope you are well. I’ve got a chair based workout with a video follow along for you today!

Chair workouts get a bad rap, IMHO. We tend to think of them when we think of retirement home group workouts. Or as a sad way to modify exercises. But, I say, give me a solid chair and a couple of resistance bands and I can duplicate about half of the machines in any given gym. And I also say, give me a chair and 15 minutes, and you might have 99 excuses not to exercise, but time won’t be one!

As I’ve been calling out, the only wasted workout is the one you didn’t do. I’d rather see clients complete 15 minute quickie workouts 5 days a week every week, than 2 long workouts here and maybe 1 over there off and on for months. Additionally, when you already have the (minimal) equipment and don’t need to drive to a gym, you have just exponentially increased the odds of starting (and thereby completing) a workout.

For this workout, you will need a stable (i.e. not wheeled or rocking) chair that allows access to the front legs. I use one of my dining room chairs in the video, but any chair that meets the criteria will work. You’ll also need a resistance band or two. In the video, I demo using a booty band, or small looped band, but if you have the longer loop bands just double or triple them up or tie a knot in flat bands. Tubes, especially those with handles, aren’t ideal here.

I demo each exercise for one full set of 10 (I show both right and left for sided exercises). This is a full body workout and the whole thing takes about 15 minutes. If you have longer, you can rewind and repeat.

Exercises Demonstrated:

Loop Band Chest Press

Loop Band Rear Deltoid Fly

Loop Band Bicep Curl

Loop Band Leg Extension

Loop Band Glute Kickback

Loop Band Tricep Kickback

Loop Band Mermaid Twists

Enjoy and don’t forget to use the #mentalmusclewellness on Instagram if you try it!