Workout: 12 Days of Christmas

Hey All!

I hope your holidays have been FABULOUS!  Since we are off this week from boot camp, I wanted to make sure to post a workout.  We did this one last week called the 12 days of Christmas.  The best thing about this workout (and most of the ones I post) is that you can pick whatever exercise YOU want to do in the format given.  With this one, for example, you can choose any 12 exercises you want.  I would always recommend as many full body exercises you can as well as alternating lower body, upper body and core focused exercises.  So try not to do push-ups, presses and up-downs all in a row.  You will be more efficient if you let a muscle group "rest" while you work another muscle group.

Here the format (with exercises I have chosen) and if you know the song "12 days of Christmas," it is done just the same:

1 - inchworm w/ push-up
2 - squat and press
3 - side planks
4 - pop-ups (start in plank position and "pop up" to a squat
5 - run up and down your stairs at home (or pick some other form of cardio that works at your home or park or wherever you are doing the workout)
6 - pull-ups (or another type of "pull" exercise like rows)
7 - wall sit and press
8 - skydivers
9 - split squat jumps (each leg)
10 - bent -over tricep extensions
11 - squat jump with dumb bells
12 - Burpees!

So this is the format.  Do the first round (one inchworm).  Then do the first and second round (one inchworms and TWO squat and presses).  The next round, add THREE side planks on each arm (add dumb bell for difficulty):

1
12
123
1234
12345
123456
1234567
12345678.....
all the way up through 12 rounds! (you can choose to go "backwards' thorough this if you want as well)

TIME YOURSELF AND POST HOW LONG THIS TAKES YOU!  I am curious since we didn't quite get through it all in the 40 minutes we had at camp.... Just make sure you WARM UP and STRETCH afterwards....

See you ALL JANUARY 3rd at a location near you!