{"id":1170318,"date":"2026-08-26T12:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1170318\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:06:26","slug":"trinny-woodall-62-shares-5-simple-resistance-band-exercises-she-uses-to-build-full-body-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1170318\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinny Woodall, 62, shares 5 simple resistance band exercises she uses to build full-body strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\"><a data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"181\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/uk\/fitness\/strength-training\/a71160961\/trinny-woodall-core-workout-back-strength\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/uk\/fitness\/strength-training\/a71160961\/trinny-woodall-core-workout-back-strength\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Trinny Woodall\" data-node-id=\"4.0\" class=\"body-link css-1e57p3n emevuu60\" target=\"_blank\">Trinny Woodall<\/a> has shared the quick resistance-band workout she relies on when she\u2019s travelling and short on time.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8216;Good morning from New York! I&#8217;m so happy to be here. We&#8217;ve got a lot on today. I&#8217;m going to do my quick morning workout,&#8217; the entrepreneur said in an <a data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"498\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trinnywoodall\/?hl=en\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trinnywoodall\/?hl=en\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Instagram post\" data-node-id=\"9.1\" class=\"body-link css-1e57p3n emevuu60\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram post<\/a> while away in the city.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8216;This is my favourite travel-friendly workout to do when I\u2019m away from home. All you need are a couple of <a data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"747\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/uk\/fitness\/strength-training\/a31986994\/resistance-band-exercises\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/uk\/fitness\/strength-training\/a31986994\/resistance-band-exercises\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"resistance bands\" data-node-id=\"13.1\" class=\"body-link css-1e57p3n emevuu60\" target=\"_blank\">resistance bands<\/a> and around 10 minutes. It&#8217;s incredible what these bands can do,&#8217; she added.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"18\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Before getting started, Trinny warmed up with her usual tapping routine, moving over her arms, legs, chest and stomach.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"23\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8216;You&#8217;re going to tap down one side [of your arm] and up the other&#8230;then tap down your legs,&#8217; she explained.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"27\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8216;This just gets your lymph moving and&#8230;is just waking everything up,&#8217; she said before moving into the banded sequence.<\/p>\n<p>Trinny Woodall&#8217;s 5 resistance-band moves for a quick travel workout1. Rising arm pulses<img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787745979_216_poster.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"32\" class=\"css-12c7ta7 emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"32.0\">Place a resistance band around your wrists.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"32.1\">Stand with your feet hip-width apart and raise your arms to around chest height, shoulder-width apart, with your palms facing each other.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"32.2\">Keeping tension in the band, pulse your arms slightly outwards as you gradually raise them overhead.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"32.3\">Continue pulsing as you lower your arms back down to just below chest height.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Standing crab walk with arm Ys and Ts<img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787745980_754_poster.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"35\" class=\"css-12c7ta7 emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"35.0\">Place the resistance band around your calves.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"35.1\">Stand with your feet hip-width apart and soften your knees, hinging slightly at the hips.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"35.2\">Step your left foot out to the side to create tension in the band. At the same time, raise your arms out into a &#8216;T&#8217; shape.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"35.3\">Step your right foot in to return to a hip-width stance, lowering your arms.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"35.4\">Step left again, this time raising your arms up and out into a &#8216;Y&#8217; shape.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"35.5\">Bring your right foot in and lower your arms.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"35.6\">Repeat the sequence in the opposite direction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"39\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8216;This is going to get your upper trapezius [a large triangular muscle in your upper back] open,&#8217; Trinny said.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"43\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8216;I always sleep badly when I&#8217;m in any new bed \u2013 I curl up like a ball \u2013 so I need to open up my back again. So make sure your back&#8217;s straight when you do this [as it] gives you good coordination,&#8217; she added.<\/p>\n<p>3. Seated leg extensions<img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787745981_215_poster.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"46\" class=\"css-12c7ta7 emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"46.0\">Sit on the edge of a chair with a resistance band around your calves.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"46.1\">Keep your feet hip-width apart and your knees bent to around 90 degrees.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"46.2\">Keeping your hips level and your core engaged, straighten one leg by extending your knee and lifting your foot off the floor.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"46.3\">Keep the opposite foot planted and maintain tension in the band.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"46.4\">Lower with control and complete all your reps on one side before switching.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"50\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8216;If you want really good knees that last forever, this is something that <a data-start=\"3626\" data-end=\"3676\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kokuafit.co.uk\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.kokuafit.co.uk\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"PT Nathalie Hayward\" data-node-id=\"50.1\" class=\"body-link css-1e57p3n emevuu60\" target=\"_blank\">PT Nathalie Hayward<\/a> taught me to do,&#8217; Trinny said.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"54\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8216;I do it now every morning [as I drink my] hot water and lemon. It&#8217;s just strengthening your [quad] muscles,&#8217; she added.<\/p>\n<p>4. Shoulder dislocates<img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787745982_284_poster.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"57\" class=\"css-12c7ta7 emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"57.0\">Stand upright with your feet hip-width apart and hold the resistance band with both hands using a wide overhand grip.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"57.1\">Start with your arms straight in front of you at around shoulder height.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"57.2\">Keeping your elbows straight, raise your arms overhead and continue moving them behind your head as far as is comfortable.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"57.3\">Reverse the movement, bringing the band back overhead and down in front of you with control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"61\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8216;This has got to be my favourite exercise,&#8217; Trinny said, although she admitted it isn&#8217;t always the most comfortable.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"65\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8216;I find when I first do it I&#8217;m like, &#8220;Oh God, help me,&#8221; but it&#8217;s so good for us \u2013 for our posture [at] any age&#8230;it reminds us to take breaths because we&#8217;ve opened out our chest,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>5. Around the world<img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787745983_894_poster.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"68\" class=\"css-12c7ta7 emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"68.0\">Hold the resistance band overhead with both hands, keeping your arms straight and the band under tension.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"68.1\">Bend your torso gently to one side, then continue moving down and around in a circular motion while keeping the band overhead.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"68.2\">Return to the starting position, then repeat in the opposite direction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"73\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"73.0\">One of our most frequently asked questions here at Women\u2019s Health? How to build muscle and burn fat at the same time. 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