Ultimate Christmas Eve Workout – 12 days of Christmas

Christmas is basically here! But there’s always time for one more workout right? Especially one as fun and festive as our Ultimate Christmas Eve Workout – 12 days of Christmas edition.

Get ready to push yourself, get sweaty and most of all have fun! We’ve pulled together this quick Ultimate Christmas Eve Workout is inspired by the Christmas Classic – The 12 days of Christmas, so give it a go get the heart rate up and enjoy a little bit of gym-based festive cheer!

First things first… Find a speaker and set yourself up with the Christmas banger: The 12 days of Christmas 

Once you’ve got the song ready, complete each of the below exercises and their corresponding reps every time they sing that part of the song for example; A partridge in a pear tree = 1 chest to floor burpees. so every time this is repeated you need to perform a burpee, keep going for the entire song and see if you can keep up!

The Workout

• A partridge in a pear tree = 1 chest to floor Burpee
• Two turtle doves = 2 Jump Squats
• Three French hens = 3 push-ups
• Four calling birds = 4 Lunge jumps
• Five gold rings = 5 Box jumps
• Six geese a-laying = 6 sit-ups 
• Seven swans a-swimming = 7 mountain climbers
• Eight maids a-milking = 8 high knees
• Nine ladies dancing = 9 Narrow to sumo squat jumps
• Ten lords a-leaping = 10 Ice skaters
• Eleven Pipers piping = 11 Step-ups
• Twelve drummers drumming = 12 Star Jumps

Let us know how you go on, or if you’ve got any more fun festive workouts for us to share.

Go for it in your Christmas Training and fuel yourself  Pre, Intra and Post-workout – You can grab yourself all your workout must-haves here.  Make sure to let us know how you get on with your training program and tag us in your workouts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter – @phdnutrition.

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Written by Amy Golby

Amy is our very own content manager and has been a sportswoman for over 18 years playing rugby and netball up to a national level, she has been a qualified personal trainer for 6 years and further her nutritional knowledge with a diploma in sports and exercise nutrition as well a psychology degree. She has been training in a gym and weightlifting for over 10 years and competed in her first body building competition this year. She continues to learn and improve her training in order to reach her goals. She believes in both the physical and mental advantages of sport and fitness as well as a balanced diet and lifestyle. In her spare time, Amy enjoys playing sport, socialising with friends, and fuelling her shopping addiction to gym wear. She can be found here – https://www.instagram.com/dreams_and_dumbbells/?hl=en