This might be my very favorite workout. Yes, it is challenging, but it’s also a good way to see what happens when we do something out of the ordinary. We do it twice a year, once sometime in the summer and once, like now, when it is seasonally appropriate. (I know the twelve days of Christmas actually start on Christmas Day, but I’m not working then. Feel free to do it again, though!)
For those of us who have NOT done this one before, here is how it works. On the first “day” of Christmas we do one push press. Hooray! Day one is done! However, then we have day two, on which we do two goblet squats and one push press. Day three brings three overhead presses, two goblet squats, and one push press. Most of us want our first rest after day five. We want to try to keep our rests to the spaces between the days, but since those last days are pretty cardio intensive, this may not work; rest when needed.
Also note that if a particular exercise is not appropriate, substitutions can be made (knee people might want to sub out the jump lunges, for example).
And yes, I do know that this workout involves doing 42 burpees (I did the math!). The good news about that is that there will definitely not be any burpees next workout. It’s a rule.
All right. Enough explanations. Here’s the workout. Go through it all once!
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 |
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