This summer I did a twelve-week boot camp sponsored by Fitmixer.
I met the team behind Fitmixer at BLEND this year, and because they were so rad (seriously good people), I agreed to jump on the bootcamp bandwagon.
I’m so glad I did. Candice, Alicia, and Robin (the three lovely ladies up there) were so encouraging and motivating. I legitimately had FUN with every workout, every day. Plus they helped me keep my diet on track during the bikini months.
If you’re looking for an accessible, do-at-home (twenty to thirty minutes per day) challenge, I can wholeheartedly recommend Fitmixer’s Boot Camp.
If you have specific questions about my experience, I’d be more than happy to answer them. Until then, I’ll leave you with one of my favorite workouts of the twelve-weeks…just a little snippet of what you get.
FULL HOUSE
Get a deck of cards and shuffle them well. Put them in a nice little stack on your coffee table and then draw one card and do the following exercises to correspond with each card:
Hearts: Frog Jumps
Diamonds: Plyo-Lunges
Spades: Supermans
Clubs: Pike-Ups
Joker: run 400 meters
Do the number of reps on each card. So, if you draw a 5 of hearts, you do 5 frog jumps. If you draw a 10 of clubs, do 10 pike-ups. All face cards are 10 reps, and Aces are 11.
You’re finished when you’ve gone through the entire deck.
I’ve been meaning to check out one of these at-home boot camps. Did you see results? How quickly?
I was already in pretty good shape going in to it, but I lost about 5lbs in the first 2 weeks and kept it off throughout. I definitely got more muscle tone in my shoulders/arms as well.
What a brilliant workout!
I have try so many of those program that I’m a bit discouraged. But you can be proud of yourself
I LOVE deck of card works outs! This one looks like it would be challenging..but also very rewarding in the end!
YAY for fitmixer! They’re sponsoring me for Fitbloggin’ – I’m obviously in love.
Fun! What great timing – I was just thinking I needed an extra kick in the booty with my workouts… will definitely be signing up!
Thank you for sharing!
I’m so glad that you liked the bootcamp! I can’t wait until I’m cleared to workout like that again and I can do the bootcamp!!
You are so bodoss.
That workout idea is genius. Now I need to buy a deck of cards (and when I say “buy” what I really mean is I’ll steal one from my parents house).
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This looks great and really interests me as I’ve been needing quick and fast at home work outs, that don’t require a full gym. Curious if you don’t mind me asking… do you feel that your results (ie. weight loss) were really from the work outs or more-so the calorie-counting/nutrition plan? And did the results (weight loss, muscle tone) last when it ended and you went back to your previous lifestyle?
Like I said, I had a pretty healthy lifestyle going into the bootcamp, but the weight loss was definitely from the nutrition plan. Somehow, those five pounds have stayed off even though I’m not counting my calories anymore.
OMG, the whole deck of cards?! Intense!
In college, I felt like I had the bad ass workout routines down and was in really good shape (but drank entirely too much and ate horribly)… Now, I feel like I’ve got the nutrition part down but, because of injuries and whatnot, only exercise twice a week, and it’s nowhere near as intense as boot camp stuff! Go you! Super inspiring
Such a cool idea! I’ve never seen a workout like this, I bet it would be super fun to do with friends!
great workout! I’m still dying to try that fitmixer and now i want to meet the team!
HA! What a cute way to do a workout!
Also, it obviously worked because you’re looking amazing!
Hi! I read your blog often but this is my first time commenting. I should comment more often, though, because I’m a big fan. Your recipes are amazing and your daughter is adorable!
So I wanted to thank you for the GREAT deck of cards workout idea. I did it today but my exercises were squats, push ups, sit ups, supermans, and all faces/aces were run two laps around the house. Phew, it was hard!!! I’m a stay at home mom to a 9 mo old and my “me time” is my workout while she naps. So thanks for helping me make today’s a really good one!
Once I had kids, I started working out at home too. There really are some great home workouts out there!
Looking good!! Like the the full house workout.
From your comments above it sounds effective! How many calories a day were you approximately eating? Did you track macros as well?
I’m in this round of the boot camp after reading about it here and from Lindsay’s list! I’m totally in love so far. I’m even managing to get my non morning workout self up before teaching and coaching to do the workouts! Tomorrow is our first deck o cards workout
Thanks for the recommendation. Your blog is one of my all time favorites!