The new year is upon us, so why not shake things up? In that spirit, this month’s routine looks a little different than the ones we’ve done so far. Instead of randomly picking four exercises per day, all 13 movements are fair game every day.

Instructions

Each card face value represents one exercise, and the suite represents the amount of reps. What that means is when you draw a card, you’ll perform the exercise associated with the face value, and will perform the amount of reps associated with the suite. (The reps and exercises are listed further down).

For instance, drawing the Five of Diamonds card would mean you’d perform five arm curls with your right arm.

As usual, keep track of your results so when you hit the monthly goal for a particular exercise, you’re done with it! And because of the nature of this month’s program, you can take the “completed” cards out of the deck until next month. For instance, if you achieve the total goal for Arm Curls with your Right Arm, you can take all the five cards out of the deck – you won’t need them anymore.

Again, you’re only going to use one dumbbell for all exercises spanning the entire month, so choose your weight carefully. This month uses a combination of body weight exercises and dumbbell exercises.

(For more information, visit the How To page – though this month is such an deviation from the norm that it probably won’t help you much, other than to give first-timers a general idea about the Lazy Bum Fitness program).

Repetitions

The amount of reps per card is determined by the suite.

  • Hearts: 3 reps
  • Diamonds: 5 reps
  • Spades: 8 reps
  • Clubs: 10 reps

Exercises

The exercise you perform is based on the card value (i.e. number or face value) of the card you draw. We aren’t using Jokers this month, so you can remove them from the deck if you’d like.

  • Ace: Push Ups
  • Two: Overhead Press – Right Arm
  • Three: Overhead Press – Left Arm
  • Four: Abdominal Crunches
  • Five: Arm Curls – Right Arm
  • Six: Arm Curls – Left Arm
  • Seven: Lunges – Right Leg Forward
  • Eight: Lunges – Left Leg Forward
  • Nine: Pull Ups*
  • Ten: Bicycles
  • Jack: Dumbbell Rows – Right Arm
  • Queen: Dumbbell Rows – Left Arm
  • King: Chin Ups*

*Note: Just perform one rep of Pull Ups or Chin Ups per card, depending on your skill level.

Goal

350 total repetitions per exercise.

If you perform just one Pull Up and Chin Up per card, the goal for those is 50 each.

Total Sets / Cards Per Workout

Draw 20 cards for each workout.

If you meet or exceed the monthly goal for any particular exercise, remove those cards from the deck.