Thursday, August 24, 2017

Take a hike with a deck of cards


   One of my favorite work outs when doing body weight exercises is using a deck of cards.
Pick an exercise for each suit, and use the number shown for reps, face cards are ten and aces are till failure. Shuffle that deck, warm up and start flipping over cards.

 This will give you over a hundred reps per exercise, and is a great test of endurance and strength. It is can be done any where, and I recommend once a month under a full moon.
Doing this along a hike at a good spot is a scenic all body option, and best to focus on upper body at that time.

  Exercise ideas for suits

   This can be done to target different body parts, upper/ lower splits or an all body. You are certainly encouraged to try the deck in many different variations of exercises used. The options are endless possibilities of a useful training session.

  All body
  Diamonds:push ups
 Spades:squats
 Hearts:8 count body builders
 Clubs:Everest climbers

    Upper body
  Diamonds: push ups
  Spades: pull ups
  Hearts: dips
  Clubs: chin ups

    Lower body
 Diamonds: squats
 Spades: side lunges
 Hearts: pistol squats
 Clubs: one leg dead lift hand to floor

  Keep a deck of cards in your car, and take a field trip with this idea. Take a hit, and get through this deck 3 times for a good time.

 



 

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