Things You'll Need:
- A deck of cards
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Step 1
Once you have your cards, think about how many different exercises you want to have available during your workout. This can be as simple as red being push ups and black being sit ups all the way to having suits, face cards and jokers be different exercises.
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Step 2
I like to make sure that I get a full body workout set up with the cards so I currently have mine labeled like this.
Spades are up downs 2-10.
Spade face cards are jumping jacks 20 a piece.
Hearts are push ups 2-10.
Heart face cards are crunches 20 a piece.
Clubs are dumbbell snatches 2-10.
Club face cards are dumbbell presses 10 a piece.
Diamonds are body squats 2-10.
Diamond face cards are lunges 10 a piece.
Aces are grip work. 1 set of any type. -
Step 3
Once you have decided what exercises are for which cards you simple draw 10-15 cards and flip them over one at a time to do what's on the card. For example if you were doing my above workout and flipped over a 6 of clubs you would do 6 dumbbell snatches and then flip over another card.
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Step 4
If you are at home and just want something to do while watching TV you could set yours up like the example below.
Spades are push ups 2-10 and face cards are 10.
Hearts are sit ups 2-10 and face cards are 10.
Clubs are body squats 2-10 and face cards are 10.
Diamonds are lunges 2-10 and face cards are 10. -
Step 5
This is simple, easy to remember and requires no equipment other than a deck of cards. The beauty of this workout is it's flexibility. You can make it as simple or complex as you want. You can use lots of equipment or no equipment at all. You can take it to the gym or do it in your own living room. You can change the exercises any day and have a totally new workout routine. The possibilities are endless.
Comments
zennode said
on 12/13/2007 To also have a new workout routine every time check out www.xercisefactor.com which has a feature called XGen