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Happy Veteran's Day! Thank you to all who have given their service to our country.

 

Holiday season is starting to get into full swing. Stores are filled with reminders, shopping has already started, red cups are causing an uproar, etc... You might not have as much time as you like to exercise.

Don't worry our red kettlebells still say Merry Christmas!

Don't worry our red kettlebells still say Merry Christmas!

Over the next few weeks I will occasionally send you out some workouts that you can do at home in your garage.

 

If you don't have a garage, I hope you at least have a warehouse or a barn loft or whatever Kevin Bacon was using in Footloose. Similar to As Seen On TV workouts!

 

Side note- I once bought my mom a gift that was labeled "Similar To As Seen On TV". Didn't quite have the cash for the As Seen On TV gifts.

Set up cones or some type of markers in a square. Each corner of the square will have its own exercise and then the middle will be an exercise as well. So here is how to set it up.

 

Corner 1-Jumping jacks
Corner 2-Cross country ski
Corner 3-Punches
Corner 4-High knees
Middle-Jump ropes (or the invisible jump rope)

 

You do 60 seconds in corner 1, go to 30 seconds in the middle, 60 seconds in corner 2, 30 seconds in the middle, 60 seconds in corner 3, 30 seconds in the middle, 60 seconds corner 4, 30 seconds in the middle.

Go as hard as you can on every exercise, the whole circuit will take you 6 minutes. Then have an active rest break (walk around, stretch, just keep moving) for 2 minutes.

 

This is a cardio based workout, but you can choose any 5 exercises you like. If yo need more rest, you can skip the middle exercise and get an additional 30 seconds rest in between each exercise. Make it your own like you are on American Idol.

 

Repeat the circuit 2 more times for a total of 3 times all the way through. The whole workout will take 24 minutes and it can be as hard (or easy) as you make it.