20-Minute Total Body AMRAP + 5 Health Centered Valentines Day Date Ideas!
This no equipment, do anywhere 20 minute workout is the perfect way to get your heart pumping and muscles burning quick, so that you can focus the rest of your evening on your sweet valentine!
Valentine’s Day is the dream day for all the florists, chocolate makers and fancy restaurants, but let’s be honest here, it’s definitely not the healthiest day of the year...
And while it’s always fun to be {wined + dined} by your significant other or friends or family, waking up to a midweek slump because of 1 too many glasses of wine or chocolate truffles may not be the ideal start to your Wednesday. So why not spend your Valentines Day a bit different this year with one of my non-traditional Valentines Day Date Ideas!
1. Grocery shop + cook a delicious, healthy, homemade dinner together--- like my Paleo Filet Oscar, my Honey Mustard Glazed Chicken or my Oven Baked, Pecan Crusted Pork Chops.
2. Find a local fitness or dance studio offering a special Valentine’s Day Class {or lessons} and get that heart rate pumping!
3. Whip up a batch of healthy sweet treats like my absolute favorite Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies, Cranberry Walnut Energy Balls or my Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Almond Clusters and snuggle up on the couch to catch your favorite chick flick on Netflix.
4. Have an at-home spa night complete with candles, massages, and facial masks--- all while sporting your comfiest bathrobe.
5. Get outdoors--- go for a hike or bike, try rock climbing or crush a workout together.
I truly believe that all of the above are amazing ideas and I will definitely be partaking in 1 {if not more} of them myself, but if you decided to crush the at-home workout together, I’ve got the perfect {short + sweet} workout for you! I kept it only 20 minutes so that you can get a solid sweat sesh in and still have the rest of your evening to relax and sip some kombucha or wine {or whatever else you might choose to do}!
20-MINUTE TOTAL BODY AMRAP {EQUIPMENT FREE}
Complete 10 reps of each exercise in this Crossfit style AMRAP {As Many Round/Reps As Possible} workout and see how many rounds you can complete in 20 minutes!
Burpees x 10 ---> Jump vertically into the air, then land in a squatted position. From there hop back into a high plank and lower down into your pushup. Press yourself back up into a high plank, then hop forward into your squat again. Repeat.
Sit-ups x 10 ---> Lie on the ground with your belly button pulled tight into your spine to engage your core, heels on the ground beneath you, hands resting lighting on the back of your head and elbows out wide. Use your core to lift you from a lying position to a seated position and also to lower you back down to the ground. Repeat.
Push-ups x 10 ---> Come into a high plank position, stacking your shoulders directly over your hands. Then pull your belly button in closer to your spine and squeeze your inner thighs together as you lower yourself to hovering directly over the ground with your elbows pulled tightly into your rib cage. Press yourself back up to a high plank, Repeat.
Squats x 10 ---> Standing with your feet hip width distance apart, toes slightly angled to the outside and hands pressed together at heart center, lower down into your deepest squat position, keeping the weight in your heels. Squeeze your glutes to return to a standing position and be sure to fully extend your hips to complete the movement. Ensure that you keep both your head and chest lifted throughout the entinre movement. Repeat.
**Complete as many rounds as you can in 20 minutes.
Burpees
Sit-Ups
Push-ups
Squats
*Note: be sure to listen to your body and modify interval lengths/rest time when needed + eliminate any jumping to make the exercises low impact.
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What are your plans for this Valentines Day? Do you like to go all out for the holiday or do you just see it as {another day}? Do you and your significant other ever exercise together? If so, what’s your favorite way to exercise with them?
P.S. If you need some tasty appetizers to snack on while your making dinner tonight try out my Classic Homemade Guacamole, Bacon Wrapped Goat Cheese Stuffed Dates or my Deliciously Paleo Salsa!
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