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12 Days of Christmas Workout

How to make a festive finisher for your young athletes

 When dealing with young people before Christmas, it is important to change the pace and style of delivery to keep them fresh and engaged.

Here is an example of a finisher I have done with some athletes over the last week.

“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…

 

1 L- Pull up (or bear crawl, or 400 m run or 200 m row). Something hard for the person concerned.

 On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me..

2 Turkish Get ups

And 1 L-Pull up.

And so on

 3rd day-  Burpees,

4th day- 1\2 pikes

5th day Hindu press ups

6th day Hindu Squats

7th day Parallel curls

8th day back twisties

9th day parallel presses

10th day pull ups

11th day squat jumps

12th day alternate v sits 

You can change the variation and weight to suit your athletes. Be aware that the higher reps are challenging, the lower reps can be hard exercises as cumulatively 10-12 sets gets a training effect. 

This takes about 20 minutes, so you can get your main training done beforehand.  .

 Enjoy and Merry Christmas

 

 

 

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  1. […] smiling faces, this may be due to each of the 12 days involving the exercises mentioned in James blog a few weeks ago. It was good to provide the session with a bit of variety and theme whilst still […]

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