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Deck of Cards

Deck of Cards

Use a standard deck of 52 playing cards.  Each suit requires a different exercise.  To start the workout, start with a fully shuffled deck of cards.  All face cards (jack, queen, kings) are 10 reps.  Aces = 11 reps.  Number cards will be face value (7 of spades – 7 reps).  Draw a card – [...]

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Roll The Dice – All Trick No Treat

Roll The Dice – All Trick No Treat

This spooky Halloween fat burner will be done with a dice.  It’ll be 25 minutes AMRAP (as many rounds as possible). Run 200 meters (1/8th mile).  After the run, roll 2 dice.  Whatever numbers come up on the dice, do the corresponding exercise with the prescribed number of reps.  Each time you finish the 2 [...]

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Gambling With Dice – The Big Nasty

Gambling With Dice – The Big Nasty

We’re getting the dice out for this one, but the workout will be anything but dicey.  A little randomized is all.  But no matter what numbers you roll, you’ll be getting rid of ugly flab and building some muscle in the process.  The workout…

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Roll The Dice – The Big Nasty

Roll The Dice – The Big Nasty

Workouts are always more fun with dice, right?  Not so fast.  It may seem like a game to you – that is -  until you Roll the Dice.   After 30 minutes, you’ll be drenched with sweat, but you’ll be thanking me for the results.   Here’s how it goes…

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Metabolic Gasser With A Deck of Cards

Metabolic Gasser With A Deck of Cards

This is a total body meltdown where all you’ll need is a deck of cards.  the cool thing about this workout is that part of it is randomized and the element of adding cards into the mix makes this workout a lot more fun.  The time goes by fast as well.  So first you’ll want [...]

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Dynamic Warm Up With A Deck Of Cards

Dynamic Warm Up With A Deck Of Cards

I love doing randomized warm ups with a deck of cards.  I usually take out the 2′s, 3′s and 4′s and of course leave all the rest of the numbers in.  So grab a deck.  Face cards = 10 reps, Aces = 11 reps.  And we’ll assign each suit a different exercise.  In this warm [...]

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Cards, Dice And Other Games

Cards, Dice And Other Games

Your workouts should be fun, right?  Especially intense bootcamp worrkouts.  Well there’s nothing better than making a game out of your bootcamp.  Whether it’s Bootcamp Baseball or Gambling The Bootcamp Way, you’ll have fun with these calorie burning workouts, whether you’re in a group, with your kids, or by yourself.  Here’s a cool one to [...]

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