Wednesday, December 7, 2011

At home workouts

I have been involved in sports my entire life. Even when i was 8 months pregnant, I was doing bootcamp and kick boxing classes. So, after having Chloe, i wanted to find a way to stay as active as possible, which was tricky with Roby on the road all the time for basketball. Some at home workouts I found to be awesome was just a simple card workout that i would change each day for which muscle group i wanted to target. I could also change the level of intensity from week to week as i got back into shape. 

So, grab a deck of cards and get ready to sweat!!!

-If you are a beginner and just getting back into working out try half the deck.
-Get a note card or any scrap piece of paper to jot down what each suit stands for.

Mine would look something like this...

Hearts = Burpees

Spades = Jumping Squats

Diamonds = Lunges


Clubs = Abs 

So if i drew a 9 of spades, i would do 9 jumping squats. Aces are 15 reps and face cards are 10 reps. By the time you get through a whole deck, i can promise you, you will be feeling it!!!
-Allow yourself a break half way through your deck

-You can change up the workouts from arms to legs, to a mixture of both!
Some other awesome substitutions are...

-push ups
-calf raises
-dips (just grab a kitchen chair or the edge of a couch)
-mountain climbers

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