For this evenings workout I ran up to the football pitch and worked through a deck of cards and after a quick drink, shuffled the cards and worked through the deck again. The exercises were:

Suits
* Hearts : Diamond press-up
* Diamonds : Tuck jumps
* Spades : Squat thrusts
* Clubs : Leg raises

Repetitions
* ace = 11 reps
* 2 = 2 reps
* 3 = 3 reps and so on
* Jack = 11 reps
* Queen = 12 reps
* King = 13 reps
* Joker = 25 of the previous exercise.

Using a deck of cards to workout is one of my favorite fitness tips as the workouts don’t require any equipment, can be done anywhere, are portable and are as challenging as any workouts that you could ever try. For people who are just starting with strength training a bodyweight workout using a deck of cards is often more than enough to begin with and it gives you a good foundation of strength you can build on later.

Give the deck of cards a whirl, you won’t be disappointed.

Originally posted 2009-08-19 20:49:02.

This evenings workout, another deck of cards workout:

Suits
* Spades = Rustys
* Hearts = Push-ups
* Diamonds =Tuck Jumps
* Clubs = Squat Thrusts

Repetitions
* ace = 11 reps
* 2 = 2 reps
* 3 = 3 reps and so on
* Jack = 11 reps
* Queen = 12 reps
* King = 13 reps
* Joker = 25 of the previous exercise.

I worked through the deck of cards twice for a total of 908 exercises, make no mistake about it, there are few routines that are as challenging as a deck of cards workout. Don’t rest between exercises and only have a very short rest between decks.

Originally posted 2009-07-14 19:29:19.

Starting with any exercise perform:

50 Burpees
50 Squats
50 Sit-ups
50 Thrusters
50 Elephants
50 Walking Lunges
50 Push-ups
50 Tuck Jumps

Grab a quick drink and work through it again.

This was my workout for 2nd December 2010.