Monday Workout: True Love????

Just to make sure we don’t miss it this year, we’re doing the dreaded 12 Days of Christmas workout this week.  The dread is somewhat misplaced; it is not as hard as it used to be for those of us who have kept up with our workouts.  Also, it is always an option to substitute out inappropriate exercises if a person’s body doesn’t do jumping, or has knee issues or a shoulder injury.

Here’s how it works:  on “day one,” we do one push press.  Then we move to “day two” and do two goblet squats and one push press.  “Day three” brings three overhead presses, two goblet squats, and one push press.  Most people find that they need to rest for the first time after “day five” and after every “day” after that.  Of course, we can rest any time we need to, but we try to make it between the days.

Yes, I do realize that we end up doing 42 burpees before we are done.  We will survive.  The good news is that when we finish the twelfth day, we are actually entirely finished with the workout and can head out to find a new true love.

1 push press

2 goblet squats

3 Overhead press

4 1 leg squats each leg

5 deadlifts

6 burpees

7 pushups

8 renegade rows

9 mountain climbers

10 jump lunges

11 kb swings

12 plyojacks