Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Workout Wednesday ~ Have some fun with playing cards

Hi Everyone!

How is your week going? Today is a workout challenge :) Instead of traditional workout routines, we have come up with a fun way to workout and stay engaged! Also, it can be a good choice to do with your kids too.

Have fun with it and get moving :)


Warm up:  3 rounds of the following: 3 min jump rope; 10 squats; 10 push ups

Card Game Stations: Take a deck of playing cards and assign one of the 4 exercises to a suit. Now, start picking one card at a time and do that number of reps for the exercise matching with that suit. Then, keep picking cards until you go through the whole deck


1.Spades - Squat
2. Hearts- Windmill
3. Diamonds- Crunch pulling legs out and in (abs)
4. Clubs- Lunge jumps


Cardio: walk or jog 50 meters with various items or a weight
To 1st cone: Log carry
To 2nd cone: Carry plate
To 3rd cone: Dumbbells (farmer walk)
To 4th cone & back to 3rd cone: MB with twist

Card Game:

1. Lunges
2. Squat and row
3. Side crunch (do the number you draw on each side) 
4. Supine Bridge with pulses


Cardio: Jump rope 3 minutes


Card Game:

1. One-leg squat (do # on card on each leg)
2. Russian Twist
3. push ups
4. Swimming

Card Game:

1. Burpees
2. Bicycle abs
3. calf raises
4. Lateral squat


Stretch for 10 minutes

We hope that you find this workout entertaining and fun! Make sure you modify where it is needed but also challenge yourself!!!!!!!!!!!

Let us know how you feel about the card game workout!


Challenge Accepted!
D & K

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