Wondering how you'll fit in exercise today with the littles? Here's a fun way to get your exercise on and get the kids involved. All you need a pack of playing cards and you have yourself a workout!
Let's get started! Open your pakc of playing cards and assign a exercise with each suit. We've given you 4 examples below but feel free to switch it up to work on your target areas.
All cards have a value that will equal the number of times you will repeat the exercise associated with the suit. All cards 2-10 in every suit hold their face value. (So if you pull a 10 of hearts you will do 10 push-ups). All face cards (jack, queen, king and ace) are worth 12. (So if you pull a Jack of spades you will do 12 squats.)
Get the kids involved by pulling the cards and letting you know what exercise you have to do. Challenge them to join in on the fun and get moving...you never know having your little workout to a full deck of cards could help secure a fuss free nap time this afternoon!
Be sure to come back and let us know what you thought.
Hearts ~ push ups
Clubs ~lunges
Diamonds ~ crunches
Spades ~ squats
Love this idea! It's so easy and you can mix up the exercises too (if you have dumbbells at home, or want to add jumping jacks or something else). And you can take it anywhere!
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