12 Days of Christmas

Hi there!

So Christmas is almost upon us! Which means chocolate, cake, alcohol/soft drinks and an incredibly indulgent Christmas dinner! Cannot wait! However, you don’t want to un-do heaps of hard work in a few weeks so here’s a little Christmas challenge! It’s the 12 Days of Christmas.

12 Days of Christmas will start on the 26^th December. It’s the day after you’ve eaten until you literally can’t eat anymore. Presents have all been opened, merriment was had, games were played and everything. One thing? Time to get back to business. It’s not a difficult challenge at all. It’s just a way to keep motivated and do a little something each day to keep in the swing of exercise.

It’s very straightforward, there are 12 exercises listed below. Each day choose a different one and do 100 repetitions of it through the day. I plan on doing 10sets of 10 repetitions throughout the day sporadically. I’m not going to set an order because I think being told exactly what to do makes it so much easier to convince yourself not to do it.

The Moves

• Push ups (modified or normal)
• Tricep dips
• Superman (Total of 10 minutes throughout the day)
• Plank (Total of 10 minutes throughout the day)
• Squats #
• Calf raises
• Kick-backs (100 each leg)
• Bicycle crunches
• Lunges (100 each leg)
• Bridge
• V-sits *
• Side plank pulses (100 each side)- this is where you are in the side plank position, then pulse upwards 10 times each side. *

That’s it! 100 repetitions for 12 days! Not so hard right!? If you’re feeling adventurous, exercises with a * can be made harder with dumbbells and exercises with # can be made harder with a kettlebell.

Merry Christmas everyone and have a fabulous New Year! Posts will become more sporadic from now until after Christmas because I have exams and then I’m off home! I promise to try be as active (in more ways than one) as I can though.

Gym Bug