Deck of Cards
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Here we come 2016! Ain’t nothing gonna hold us back, down or away from hitting and maintaining our goals. This workout was brought to me by our trainer Kaylie and I absolutely love it! If you’re not going to follow along, grab yourself a deck of cards and let fake guide you. We don’t do the whole deck in this video as I wanted to keep it around 20 mins but if you do the whole thing it should take you about 30 minutes if you use these moves.
What you will need:
- Just yo’ sexy self, a mat and a deck of cards (if you’re not following along)
Warm-Up:
- 3 mins of cardio warm up: jumping jacks
Workout: The cards determine your routine. Each number on the card is the number of reps you do for the assigned move. Face cards are 10 and Aces are 11. Each Suit has an assigned exercise. I will list the suit and corresponding move below. Shuffle the deck and begin turning cards over. If you do this on your own finish the whole deck!
- Spades – Squats – Just your average squat. Feet hip distance apart, keep your chest up and squat that but down as low as you can. Push up throw those heels to stand.
- Clubs – Push-Ups – You can do these from your knees or your toes. Be sure to have your hands nice and wide so that your chest drops between them. Push your pointer finger and thumb into the ground, you don’t want these to pop up, if they do, move your hands wider. If you are doing these from your knees, start in plank and then drop your knees. You want to make sure you have an angle in your legs so you are not in table top.
- Diamonds – Sit Up Hand Claps – Be sure to do the assigned number of reps with both legs. Starting flat on your back bring your upper body up followed by one leg bending it 90 degrees. Keep your other leg flat on the floor. Bring your hands forward and clap under your leg so one arm is on each side of your thigh and the clap is under your calf. Release back down slowly and repeat on the other side for 1 rep. A good solid clap is important here to fully engage those abs.
Modification: You can do this from a v-sit position with your legs flat. Lean backwards and as you come forward bring that leg up and clap underneath your leg. If this still bothers you, lay on your back. Crunch up so just your shoulders are up and bring one leg up and clap under it. - Hearts – Burpees – Obviously this would be the heart! Jump up then bring your hands down to your feet and jump or walk your legs out into plank. Jump or walk them back in and jump up.
- Jokers – 1 minute Plank/Inverted Chair – Get into plank here ladies. Low or high plank is fine. You can also do this from your knees. If you can’t do plank or want to switch it up lay on your back keeping your back flat on the floor. Bring your legs up and make sure your knees are over your hips and ankles are in line with your knees. Squeeze that back down on the floor the whole time.
Cool Down/Stretching
- Complete 5-10 minutes of nice gentle stretching.
High Fives For Sweaxy Times!
Nicole
I almost slept in instead of getting up early to do this workout… but I’m so glad I didn’t! That was fun! Thanks!
I’m so glad you didn’t sleep in too! Great job on keeping that motivation going!
That was great! I love the surprise factor!
Me too! It’s been a fan favourite in classes too. The surprise element makes the moves a little more bearable :)
My daughter joined me this morning and we both agreed what a fantastic start to our day! Thanks
I love that your daughter joined you and it set you both up for an awesome day! Great work both of you!
Done!
Booya!
When you pulled that 11 burpee card (3 set of burpees in a row) I honestly said out loud “F@ck you Nicole” haha
hahaha best comment ever! I’m sure I was saying that in my head…although I think I did say “you’ve got to be kidding me” during the ab onslaught! Great job jess!
Done ..
Yeah baby!
I loved this workout! Great first workout to help me get back on track.
Awesome! I have a lot of fun with it, probably because you don’t have to think about what’s next…fate decides!
Pretty sure you stacked that deck
I totally didn’t! I promise!
Done! And the baby is still napping…that’s a win in my books :)
Totally is! I hope you enjoyed a long shower and some you time after that :)
Happy New Year Nicole! That was a very creative workout but I like knowing what exercise is coming up next. I prefer a structured routine. This was still a good workout, I am sweating lots:)
Happy New Year Andrea! This is the great thing about everyone’s feedback as you see what works and what doesn’t. Thanks for this! In the future, you can always do this same workout and start at 11 reps (be sure to do 4 sets of 10 though hehe) then work your way down to 2. You can work through them in your preferred order. I would do: Burpees, squats, push-ups, sit ups, and throw in a 1 minute plank every 10 minutes or so :)
ive sworn a million time at Ashley and I have just swore at you a hundred times during this workout. Not sure about your deck of cards…. Way to many sets of 10 burpees! Thanks for the sweat
Hey this is why I shuffled the deck on camera! No stacking! I had to do it too remember, I like those small numbers which clearly didn’t come our way haha Glad I got a hundred swears though! Makes me smile!
Done!
Boom!
all done thanks
Great job Roxanne!
Done! Thank you, that was fun!
Glad you liked it! Well done!
Rigged! That deck was rigged! I am so proud of myself as I was able to do all the pushup from my toes! Proof I’m not only getting slimmer but stronger! Thank you!
hahaha I think that is the most used comment on this board right now! I promise it wasn’t! I love that you killed all the push-ups from your toes! Great job! You are totally getting stronger and I love that it you’re feeling all your power!
Buck Furpees!!!!! Lol that was a Monday worthy workout!
hahahahaha Great comment! Way to kill it Nicky! it was a Monday worthy and a post-holiday worthy workout in my books!
Holy shit balls. Lots of swearing in my basement between burpees and freaking abs. Lol
I swore more at the abs haha I could barely move by the end! Great job Pat!
Oh Burpees…… Great work out.
Love hate relationship for sure! Nice work Ash!
Burpees and abs were ridiculous! Glad that’s over!
I know but way to kill it and start your week off strong!
OMG….Rigged! Burpees suck! lol WE can next go to the casino together Nicole you play cards like me! Wrong on levels! lol
hahaha if I was rigged there would not have been such a crazy amount of abs and burpees in a row! haha
I loved the surprise factor in this one, it was different and a lot of fun. I had a couple interruptions from my little one but managed to jump back in and get it done!
Nice! Great work Carly! I love the surprise element too, a lot of ladies seem to like (and despise) that :)
I’m so sweaty right now but feel great! Thanks!!!!
Awesome! Great job Anna!
That sucked!! I hate burpees!
But I still like you!! :-)
Phew! I got worried :) Glad I got a good sweat outta ya lady!
lots of fun!!!
Dunno!
I’m so happy you liked it….and worked so hard! Great job!
haha got to love the random cards!
Totally! Thats the best part! Great job!
I’m glad I had my 2 ladies joining me or I wouldn’t have stuck with it. It was different, which is nice, but I didn’t like the randomness. I couldn’t keep up going from one activity to the next. It’s nice to be back at it though :)
Nice work supporting and motivating each other! Love it!
I totally get it Cassandra. People either love it or hate it for that exact reason, structure. I’m glad you stuck with it and had friends along to help motivate you!
i did this yesterday and an ab workout on Monday…great workouts
Nice work! Your tummy should talk to you every time you laugh now :)
i did this yesterday and an ab workout on Monday…great workouts
So glad that I had my workout buddies with me to do this one or I probably would have not finished it. The randomness was kinda fun but burpees and I do not get along lol
hahaha I hear that loud and clear! Great job pushing through lady!
Almost finished had 6 mins left will finish later on next break
Great job lady! I say you put in a wicked effort to keep it at that :)
I will never look at a deck of cards again…wholly shit! with the burpees and abs…Awesome !
Great job Jo! I thought the same thing when I first did it, but I’ve come to love it!
Done! Blah – you know I feel about the deck of cards as I got hit with a similar routine in your Ugi fit! Kills!
hahaha but you did it girl! Well done!
O man finished this one this morning… definitely didn’t need those extra 15 cards Im dripping and shaking! I do enjoy the deck of cards work outs!!!
Nice! I’m glad you snuck a sweaty session Katie. You’re off to an awesome start this year!
I felt the same way! Great job Katie!
Finally felt well enough to work out. That was wicked! I would have sworn during all of the burpees but my 4 and 6 year old daughters were doing it with me. Ha! Great workout!
Haha that’s amazing! So glad you feel better and can really start to give it now.
Awesome job Tracy! I love even more that you rocked it with your daughters! What a great role model you are for them!
Better late then never! Done
Most definitely! Hope you had a great trip Ash!
Awesome sauce!
Did this one as an extra today because it looked interesting last week but I was too sick to try it……….. FUCK those repeat burpees in the middle!!!!!! lol
Haha I keep hearing that! Those damn cards lol
hahaha I know! its the fate of the shuffle! Glad you came back to it when you were feeling better girl
Great workout! Never thought I’d welcome pushups and squats!! Are you sure you shuffled those cards? lol Those burpees and situps in the middle were killer!…but good none-the-less! Thanks!
She’s got me wondering the same! I’ll be weary of playing card games with her. Lol
hahaha that’s why I shuffled on screen at the beginning! I had to do it too so there’s no way I would have stacked it
I have been a slacker this month. i am 7 work outs behind. one done.
Jenn that’s totally cool! Just means now is your time to start! So your best and don’t worry if you don’t get them all in by the end of this month. As long as you’re moving we’re happy ;)
Missed this one a few weeks back so thought I’d finally dive in. I may have been cursing your shuffling skills at several points during that nightmare but feeling pumped and ready to start my day now that it’s over :-) Thanks Nicole!
Trust me I was cursing it too but like you said you put in a tough workout and started your day of strong!!
Not sure if I killed it, or if it killed me lol. I had a love hate relationship with you Nicole! Holy your card unlucky! Lol
No kidding! Way to push hard lady! I hope you felt awesome after :)