12 Days of Core-mas! 💪 {Another Festive Workout}
Hey everyone! With the holiday season here, I was inspired by my pal Julie to create another workout video to share after doing this particular routine on Thursday. She’s known for doing variations of a “12 Days of Christmas” workout this time of year. Between her Training & Champagning page and the Excellence in Exercise social media sites, she has shared quite a few awesome workouts that are easy to do anywhere you find yourself this season. My version is a little twist that was specially created for my core class. They always enjoy (at least once we’re done) a good workout!
Most everyone has heard of the song used for inspiration, and the workout scheme basically follows right along as you would expect! Perform 1 V-Up. Then perform 2 Leg Lifts and 1 V-Up. Next move up to 3 X-Body Sit-Ups, 2 Leg Lifts and 1 V-Up. Keep adding the next exercise each round until you do all 12 exercises for the full pyramid. It may seem easy at first, but I can assure you by the end you’ll be feeling it, especially if you take minimal breaks throughout the workout. You can also start with the reverse and do 12 Hip Bridges. Then 11 Reverse Crunches and 12 Hip Bridges, all the way down. In class we did the reverse then the original for a major core burning workout!
- 1 V-Up
- 2 Leg Lifts
- 3 X-Body Sit-Ups*
- 4 Chops*
- 5 Plank plus Reach*
- 6 Back Extensions
- 7 Bird Dogs*
- 8 Side Plank with Hip Lift*
- 9 Toe Reaches
- 10 Bicycles*
- 11 Reverse Crunches
- 12 Hip Bridges
*All of the starred exercises make sure you do the full count for EACH side. We don’t want to be lopsided, right? 😉
You can easily adapt this workout to all different kinds of exercises. If you need any modifications to try this yourself, please ask and I’ll be happy to help you find movements that work for your current fitness level! This is a great one to be able to do on the go, whether you are staying in a hotel or with family this holiday season. Why not get the whole family involved? Remember, working out is a great stress reliever to help keep you sane during the busy holiday season!
As always, consult your doctor if you have any contraindications before starting a new workout regime. This is intended as workout motivation, not an exercise prescription.
