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  • Description: Looking to amp up your fitness routine? Join Nancy Campbell, MS, in this advanced strength training circuit including a short warm-up, four standing exercises for both upper and lower body, and two floor exercises. You will need a chair and dumbbells. If you don’t have dumbbells available, try soup cans or water bottles.
  • Description: Resistance bands can be a fun, affordable way to boost your strength without needing fancy gym equipment. This quick workout will target all your major muscle groups, including a short warm-up, three standing exercises, and two floor exercises.
  • Description: You can perform these standing core exercises anywhere – no equipment needed – to stabilize and strengthen your core. Follow our yoga instructor, Juliana Berfield, PhD, E-RYT 500, CPT, in this short video for better core strength.
  • Description: You don’t need to take much time with this full body workout! Nancy Campbell, MS, guides you through a short warm-up, along with upper/lower body movements and a core strengthening exercise. You can do the exercises in this video once, or you can repeat this circuit 2-3 times for a longer workout. 
    You will need a chair and dumbbells. If you don’t have dumbbells available, try soup cans or water bottles.
  • Description: Join us for a quick lower body workout, including a short warm-up, two standing and two floor exercises. You can do the exercises in this video once, or you can repeat this circuit 2-3 times or pair it with an upper body circuit for a longer workout. You will need a chair, mat, and support for your head during the floor exercise, like a pillow or blanket. You may want to use a weight - if you don’t have dumbbells available, try soup cans or water bottles.

  • Description: Single leg exercises are a great way to build leg muscle and improve your balance. In this video, Nancy Campbell, MS, breaks down how to do a split squat and reverse lunge.

  • Description: What are partial reps, and how can you incorporate them into your strength training regimen? Partial reps are exercises that do not include the entire range-of-motion of a given exercise, and can be useful for progressing your training without needing more equipment. In this video, Nancy Campbell, MS, shows you three exercises in which you can incorporate partial reps and boost your strength!

  • Description: This quick chair-based strength class led by Juliana Berfield, PhD, E-RYT 500, CPT will help you get your body moving in a healthy way, and build muscle. You can do the exercises in this video once, or you can repeat 2-3 times or pair it with lower body exercises for a longer workout. 
    You will need a chair, preferably one with no arms. If you don’t have dumbbells available, try soup cans or water bottles.

  • Description: Join us for a quick chair-based strength class led by Juliana Berfield, PhD, E-RYT 500, CPT that will help you get your body moving in a healthy way, while building muscle and improving stability. You can do the exercises in this video once, or you can repeat 2-3 times or pair it with upper body exercises for a longer workout. 
    You will need a chair, preferably one with no arms, and a yoga block (substitute pillow).

  • Description: Get a quick upper body workout in with this strength training circuit, including a short warm-up, three standing (using a chair is optional!) and two floor exercises. You can do the exercises in this video once, or you can repeat this circuit 2-3 times or pair it with a lower body circuit for a longer workout. If you don’t have dumbbells available, try soup cans or water bottles.

  • Description: In Part 2 of our hip flexor strength series, Nancy Campbell, MS, shows two floor exercises you can quickly do at home. Remember to watch Part 1 if you haven't already!  Strengthen your Hip Flexors: Part 1

  • Description: Research shows that strength training can help slow down bone loss, and can even help build stronger, denser bones. This is especially important for patients who have osteoporosis and are at risk for bone fractures. Join Nancy Campbell, MS, exercise physiologist at the Zakim Center, for a quick workout focused on strengthening the whole body. Equipment needed and substitutions: Chair Hand weights – soup cans, water bottles Yoga mat - move to carpet, take off socks