It’s so easy to get out of our fitness routine this time of year. Between time pressures and all that delicious food and drink, many of us start January with a goal of losing a few pounds. To help you stay active over the Christmas holidays, I’ve compiled a list of Christmas workouts from my favourite YouTube fitness channels.

These Christmas workouts vary in length from 8 to 37 minutes so it will be easy to squeeze in a quick burst of activity amid the festivities. So get ready to crank up the sound and dance like an elf!

This post was originally published in December 2022. It was updated and republished in December 2025.

10-minute (or less) Christmas workouts

Fun and easy winter wonderland workout adventure – Lucy Wyndham-Read

This one is more of a winter theme, but Lucy is awesome so I had to get her in this lineup. The video is just under 8 minutes long and features Lucy doing simple movements against a snowy, winter animated background. Perfect for when you just want to fit in a little light movement without breaking a sweat.

10 Minute Christmas Workout – Improved Health

That annoying American singer may have declared herself the “Queen of Christmas” but I’m declaring Jules from Improved Health the “Queen of Christmas Workouts” because she adds several new ones every year. Her videos are all low-impact and perfect for anyone new to exercise or just looking to fit in a little light movement.

This is another short low-impact video that’s perfect when you don’t have a lot of time but want to get in some quick full body movement. You don’t even need to change into your workout gear for this one.

15-minute Christmas workouts

Christmas Combat Walking Workout – Get Fit With Rick

All of Rick’s videos are fun and fast paced. This shows as 13 minutes but add a little time for a short warmup and cool down. It fell a little short of the 2000 steps but got my heart rate up.

15-Minute Full Body Christmas Workout For Women Over 50 – Fabulous 50s

This video from 2021 starts with 5 minutes of arm exercises, followed by 5 minutes of cardio, and then 5 minutes of standing ab work. Pay attention to the cute graphics on screen. They will make you smile.  

Christmas Walking Workout – Get Fit With Rick

Unlike a lot of Rick’s videos, this one has no talking…just awesome music. It’s fast paced but don’t get hung up on steps and just have fun. Rick bills this one as “family friendly” and it definitely is. His wife is in the video and his daughter makes an appearance, too. Oh…and you might just see Santa drop by.

14 Min Christmas Dance Party – Grow With Jo

If you’re a fan of more modern Christmas music, this quick video from Jo is probably just what you’re looking for. It’s fast paced with short bursts of different moves to really pump up the energy.

15 Min CHRISTMAS Dance Workout at Home – Brand Fitness

This video features more traditional Christmas songs you’ll be sure to recognize. It’s short and sweet and a quick energizer.

Winter Wonderland Workout – Lucy Wyndham-Read

Another winter wonderland workout from Lucy. This one is 11 minutes but comes in at 15 with the intro and outro. Set against a wonderful animated winter backdrop, it features eleven 60-second scenes, each with a different exercise. Like all of Lucy’s workouts, it’s suitable for all fitness levels and the only equipment you need is you!

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20-minute Christmas workouts

Holiday Walking Workout – Brand Fitness

As with all of Marion’s videos, I love the music selections and that she lets you listen to the music. This one is billed at 2300 steps, and I found that to be pretty accurate.

20 Minute Full Body Standing Christmas Workout – Fabulous 50s

Because Schellea is from Australia, I enjoy her videos because they always include music I haven’t heard. I especially like that she includes simple instruction while letting us mainly enjoy the music. This video has 5 minutes each of exercises focusing on abs, arms, and cardio, along with some balance work.

Christmas Walking Workout At Home – Improved Health

This low-impact cardio workout lets you listen to the music with no talking. The pace is fairly easy with the moves changing every 30 seconds to keep things interesting. Pay attention to the fun Christmas-themed names Jules gives the moves.

Christmas Workout – Improved Health

This video has 20 minutes of cardio set to upbeat music. The moves change every 30 seconds and work all major muscle groups. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself having so much fun dancing to the music that you forget to switch up the moves.

Longer Christmas workouts

Christmas Walking Workout | 3000 Steps – Get Fit With Rick

Time: 24:46

If you love to dance, this is the video for you. This family-friendly workout starts slowly and then the pace ramps up. Rick says a few times “No rules. Steps don’t matter. Just keep moving.” so just have fun and enjoy. The workout itself is 15 minutes followed by two bonus tracks featuring choreographed routines with Rick and his family and friends. I didn’t quite get to 3,000 steps but I had a ton of fun and worked up a sweat.

Christmas Walking Workout – Brand Fitness

Time: 28:04

Another fun Christmas workout from Marion Brand. It features upbeat contemporary music and no talking so you can enjoy the music. It’s billed as 3,000 steps in 25 minutes, and I did get pretty close to that.

Fun Seated Christmas Workout – Improved Health

Time: 29:31

Perfect for anyone with mobility or balance issues, or just for a fun change of pace, this is a full-body workout you can do while seated. I love how Jules gives all the moves fun Christmas and winter-themed names like throwing snowballs, and taking the cookies out of the oven.

Christmas Walking & Dance Workout – Cardio & Strength With Weights! – SeniorShape Fitness

Time: 24:59

This is a fun one with dance moves set to Christmas music. It starts with 14 minutes of warm-up and cardio, then has 6 minutes of full-body strength training using light weights, and wraps up with a 4-minute cool down and light stretch. It’s terrific for days when you have a bit more time, but don’t want anything too strenuous.

Holiday Workout – 12 Days of Christmas Strength Ladder Exercises – SeniorShape Fitness

Time: 26:04

This is a strength workout using light dumbbells that follows the 12 days of Christmas theme. You start with 1 of an exercise, then 2 of a different exercise followed by 1 of the first exercise, and so on up to 12 exercises. I loved this video, it was fast paced, fun and deceptively challenging all at the same time.

35 Minute Christmas Walk at Home – Fat Burning Cardio – Fabulous 50s

Time: 36:55

New for 2025, I think this might be my favourite one of all. It’s a compilation of some of Schellea’s earlier videos. She alternates 15 seconds of walking with 45 minutes of full-body exercises using body weight. She even adds in some brain training and balance exercises to make things interesting. And, her cute Christmas graphics and sound effects are the angel on top of the tree.

Keep it going in the New Year

Once you’ve established a routine, check out these posts to keep active in the new year:

• 15-minute YouTube workouts to keep you fit all year round
• It’s easy to keep fit at home with these 22-minute workouts
• 10 fabulous 30-minute YouTube workouts you’ll love
• Try these balance exercise videos to promote healthy aging
• Seated workouts are surprisingly challenging

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When it’s cold and snowy at this time of year, I always appreciate these wonderful YouTube channels and the time the hosts take to help us get fit and stay active. My goal is to do one of these Christmas workouts every day over the holidays—although I might take a day off on Christmas Day.

How do you keep fit over Christmas? Do you have other Christmas workouts for me to try? Tell me your tips and ideas below.