Emergency Workout Or...
How to Fight the Food Coma!

Funny how one Thanksgiving meal turns into an extended holiday's worth of stuffing ourselves into our fat pants. Monday hits and it's back to reality, back to work, and back to the realization that you probably should've put down the fork somewhere between the pumpkin pie cheesecake and the homemade mac and cheese. Ugh. Well instead of telling you what you should've done, I'm going to get right to it and give you a quick fix for getting your body back on track. This workout won't undo everything done to your belly (and heart and lungs) over the past week, but it'll definitely help you feel better and get back into the routine of fitness. So hop off the sloth train and get sweaty!

And in case you're thinking it...running around aisles throwing things into a cart at 1:30 A.M. on Black Friday does not count as exercise. That just earns you crazy points...

The Warm Up (5-10 minutes)

• This could be walking, jogging, doing jumping jacks, squats, easy lunges, arm circles, kicks, etc. Anything to get your body warm, your blood pumping where we need it to and your pulse elevated.

The Workout
Complete the following in as little time as possible. This way you don't just waste time between each exercise. By all means catch your breath before moving on the next exercise, but don't take more than a minute. The goal is to keep the intensity going. If you don't know what an exercise is you can Google it and you'll find demos.

• 100 Jump Roping Hops – If you don't have a jump rope, pretend you're using one.

• 80 Bicycle Crunches – 40 each side

• 60 Jumping Jacks

• 40 Bicep Curls

• 30 Squats

• 20 Crunches (crunches, not sit-ups)

• 15 Push-Ups – Don't skip these just because you can't do them on your toes. Performing push-ups on your knees is fine, my friends. Just keep your hips and butt down.

• ½ - 1 Mile Run – Can't run that far? Walk/jog instead.

• Rest 3-5 Minutes

• Complete 1-3 Rounds: 30 second crunches, 30 second bent-knee crunches (feet in air, knees over hips at 90 degrees), 30 second crunches with feet straight up

Cool Down & Stretch (5-10 minutes)