A mobile chair and method for exercising in the chair include a mobile chair that includes a seat portion, an undercarriage coupled to and supporting the seat portion, the undercarriage including a frame, a rocking mechanism coupling the seat portion to the frame and movable relative to the frame, and a set of rolling wheels coupled to the frame, and at least one exercise handle mechanically coupled to the frame and shaped to extend above a lower portion of the seat portion. The method includes sitting in the seat portion and applying a sufficient force to the at least one handle to cause the seat portion to move in a substantially lateral direction relative to the frame.