ATTENTION: We are now entering the Danger Zone! This is the time of year that the waist lines start to expand and people tend to throw in the towel early and seek refuge within a food coma until January. We want to give you some quick holiday workouts that you can do the morning before you have your holiday feast so you can burn it forward!

Quick Holiday Workout #1: 15 minute Interval Hill Climb

• Minute One: 30 seconds Mountain Climbers/30 seconds Rest
• Minute Two: 40 seconds Mountain Climbers/20 seconds Rest
• Minute Three: 50 seconds Mountain Climbers/10 seconds Rest
• Minute Four: 30 seconds Jack Knife Crunch/30 seconds Rest
• Minute Five: 40 seconds Jack Knife Crunch/20 seconds Rest
• Minute Six: 50 seconds Jack Knife Crunch/10 seconds Rest
• Minute Seven: 30 seconds Push Ups/30 seconds Rest
• Minute Eight: 40 seconds Push Ups/20 seconds Rest
• Minute Nine: 50 seconds Push Ups/10 seconds Rest
• Minute Ten: 30 seconds Jump Squats/30 seconds Rest
• Minute Eleven: 40 seconds Jump Squats/20 seconds Rest
• Minute Twelve: 50 seconds Jump Squats/10 seconds Rest
• Minute Thirteen: 30 seconds Plank Rotation/30 seconds Rest
• Minute Fourteen: 40 seconds Plank Rotation/20 seconds Rest
• Minute Fifteen: 50 seconds Plank Rotation/10 seconds Rest
• Then GO EAT……you will be the sweaty person at the table!

Quick Holiday Workout #2: Treadmill Ab Blast

• Plank and Hold one minute
• Run on treadmill one minute
• Legs Up Crunch one minute
• Run on treadmill one minute (increase speed)
• Plank and Hold one minute
• Run on treadmill one minute (increase speed)
• Flipper kicks one minute
• Run on treadmill one minute (increase speed)
• Plank and Hold one minute
• Full Sprint one minute
• Plank and Hold for max time
• Do a 2-5 minute walk on treadmill to cool down

Quick Holiday Workout #3: All Abs All The Time

• Legs Up Crunch 10 reps
• Seated Ab Twist 20 reps
• Bicycle Crunch 30 reps
• Knee In Crunch 40 reps
• Flipper Kicks 50 reps
• Arch Crunch 40 reps
• Reach Across Crunch 30 reps
• Plank Rotation 20 reps
• Negative Crunch 10 reps

Check out this video to be sure you are doing all of these exercises correctly:

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to choose one or more of these quick workouts to do before each holiday feast so that you can get a jump on that calorie balance. As always, I like to remind people to keep their food in check as much as possible during this time of year. Remember that this is a holiDAY…..it isn’t a holiWEEK….so enjoy your day and then get right back to those healthy habits!