Get In The Festive Spirit With A 12 Days Of Christmas Workout!
Fitting in your workouts during the lead up to Christmas is no easy feat. In between Christmas parties, hectic working hours and heading home for the holidays, a trip to the pub and a mince pie or two is far more tempting than trudging to the gym. So, to help you have the best of both worlds, these three workouts are relatively short in length and will help you get a quick sweat on whilst still getting in the festive spirit!
Just like the song the “12 Days of Christmas,” complete each exercise in ascending order, working back down to 1 and adding one exercise per round. So, it goes: Exercise 1, then Exercise 2 & Exercise 1, then 3, 2 & 1, then 4, 3, 2 & 1, etc. – all the way to 12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1... happy sweating!
The Workout, For Time:
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1 Sumo Deadlift High-Pull (75/55 lb)
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2 Thrusters (75/55 lb)
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3 Push Presses (75/55 lb)
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4 Power Cleans (75/55 lb)
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5 Power Snatches (75/55 lb)
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6 Kettlebell Swings (53/35 lb)
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7 Pull-Ups
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8 Knees-to-Elbows
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9 Box Jumps (24/20 in)
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10 Double-Unders
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11 Burpees
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12 Overhead Walking Lunges (45/25 lb Plate)
Remember; there are 12 rounds in total, starting with 1 sumo deadlight high-pull in the first round, and 2 thrusters with 1 sumo deadlight high-pull in the second round. Continue on like this until you’ve hit the 12th round!
The Workout, For Time:
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1 Thruster
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2 Front squats
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3 Push press
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4 Pull-ups
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5 Overhead kettlebell swings
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6 Goblet squats
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7 Box jumps
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8 Barbell bent-over rows
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9 Burpees
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10 Barbell reverse lunges per leg (20 total)
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11 Deadlifts
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12 1200 m (0.75 mile) run or row
Bodyweight Version From Throwback Fit
The Workout, For Time:
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1 Burpee
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2 Push Ups
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3 Sit Ups
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4 Squats
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5 Mountain Climbers
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6 Lunges
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7 Jumping Jacks
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8 Russian Twists
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9 V-Ups
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10 Tuck Jumps
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11 Leg Raises
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12 Burpees