Today is Thanksgiving Day. Most fitness people will be giving you pointers on how to not over eat and what food to avoid today. I am not going to do any of that. Holidays are the only days when I tell my clients to enjoy themselves. So go ahead and enjoy yourself… today. One day of over eating will not make a huge impact but four days straight will.
Now that you have the “OK” to eat whatever you want you should also be armed with the knowledge that you will be working extra hard to get it off. Here is your pre Thanksgiving meal workout:
Warm up: 1 mile jog
Workout: (ladder drill) 10 pushups run, 1/2 city block, 10 jump squats, run back to starting point. 9 push ups, run 1/2 city block, 9 jump squats, run back to starting point. Repeat this cycle decreasing one repetition each set until you get to 1 push up and 1 jump squats.
Once you complete your last jump squat do walking lunges back to starting point, 50 jumping jacks, 20 squat thrusts and sprint to where you started your walking lunges. Repeat this cycle three times.
The closer: Tabata Burpees (a squat thrust with a push up at the bottom and jump squat at the top) Do as many burpees as you can in 20 seconds with a 10 second rest. Repeat this circuit 8 times or for four minutes.
After you have completed this workout you will have burned a lot of fat and calories and will continue to burn throughout the day. We still have work to do though so check back in the next few days for the post Thanksgiving Day workouts and tips to help you get ride of all the “bloat”