12 Days of Fitmas

Dec 12

Back by popular demand! It’s the 12 Days of Fitmas!!

This is a special holiday workout that will fire up your metabolism and help keep you on track with your goals.

Why create a special holiday workout? Well, first: because it’s FUN.

And even MORE importantly, keeping your activity level up over the holidays is critical. It will help you:

Sleep better
Fight off colds & other illnesses
Feel more upbeat & relaxed
Have more energy

You can do this one solo, with your co-workers … or with your kids, family, and friends.

This workout is a total body high-intensity workout done to the format of the holiday song The 12 Days of Christmas.

Here’s how it works:

There are 12 rounds … and every round, you add a new exercise that corresponds to the day it represents in the song.

So, for round 1, you would do 1 minute of jump rope (do “pretend” jump roping if you don’t have a rope available or haven’t mastered jumping rope yet).
*For another modification, check out this video —> MODIFIED JUMP ROPE

Round 2 you would do 2 push-ups + 1 minute of jump rope.
*For push up modifications, check out this video —> PUSH UPS | HOW TO

Round 3 would be 3 lunges (each side) + 2 push-ups + 1 minute of jump rope … all the way to round 12, where you would do the whole thing from day 12 through day 1.

Listen to your body and take breaks as needed!

***I’m not a huge fan of Burpees because I don’t think many people perform them correctly. So please check out this modification for those, OR feel free to sub with your favorite exercise! MODIFIED BURPEES

12 Days of Fitmas Workout

Warm up with 5-10 minutes of light cardio … walking in place, treadmill, etc., and light stretches (leg swings, arm circles, etc.)

1 min. jump rope

2 Push-ups

3 Lunges (each side)

4 Mountain Climbers (each side)

5 Bench (or Couch) Dips

6 Step-ups (each side)

7 Plank Jacks

8 High Knees (each side)

9 Plank hip dips (each side)

10 Jumping Jacks