12 Days of Fitmas 2021

I'm a huge believer in ending the year on a strong note.

It's also a busy, yet festive, time of year. Why not combine the two?

Well, that's just what some fitness friends, and myself, did!

Here's how things went, and a few thoughts on the matter...

With Coco's initiative, we all thought it would be fun to incorporate some fitness fun into an end-of-year grand finale (of sorts). This time of year is stressful and most of us are in a crunch to fit everything in. Sometimes, the fitness gets short-changed, so we came up with a quick and (somewhat) easy routine to keep us all accountable and active without tapping away at what precious limited time we all had.

Let's not forget, doing things as a group just makes it that much more fun! 

Here's five thoughts and reflections on these 12 Days of Fitness (and FUN):

It was simple to do.

Seriously, this was really easy to fit into my day. I was already doing some form of exercise anyways, adding a few extra "bonus" moves was kind of an easy-peasy no-brainer. I even did a lot of these moves outside.

 

It started out easy.

The first few days were very easy-peasy. Looking back, I should have intensified them a bit (with added resistance or slower reps), but that's alright. It was nice having the gradual build of stamina as the 12 Days continued on.

1 push-up, 2 jumping jacks, 3 bicycle crunches, 4 plank jacks

Each day got a little more challenging with the increased moves.

I found myself momentarily forgetting the sequence, especially since I did this workout immediately following my "scheduled" morning workout. Brain fog, anyone? 

5 burpees, 6 curtsy lunges (each side), 7 tri dips, 8 standing side crunches

By the end, it got a little spicy!

As one would expect, each day did get a little bit longer. That's a given when more moves are added, and more reps. Nothing wrong with pushing that endurance a bit further, right? 

9 jump squats, 10 single-leg dead lifts, 11 biceps curls, 12 sets of walking lunges 

Looking back, it was a little more lower-body dominant.

In the final days, it did seem like we were doing a lot of lower-body work, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. This workout still was a short one, and it did not get too intense because I didn't add any extra weight (except for the biceps portion). No harm, no foul.

Overall, this was a fun way to add some camaraderie to our group, and I look forward to doing it (or another one) next year. 

What are your thoughts on a holiday-inspired fitness challenge, such as this? Have you every done anything similar? Would it add to your already busy load, or do you think you'd find a way to work it in? 

 I'm linking this with Michelle, Renee, Darlene, Jenn and Zenaida for the Fit Five Friday Link-up.

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