Playing cards

I played cards with my friend Lisa yesterday.

My friend Lisa plays cards a little ... unconventionally.  In an atypical, unusual, and uncommon way. My friends, if Lisa invites you over to play cards, you might want to run the other way.

Or not.  This might be the most fun I've ever had playing cards.

You know my friend, Lisa, right?  Lisa Rambo, from the Biggest Loser season 14?  Yeah, that's her.  She lost over 100 pounds in 7 months, and now she's inspiring countless people in our community.  She's a rock star.

And she plays cards a little strange.

Want to play?  You'll need a standard deck of cards and a smallish clear area.  Here's how it works:

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Draw a card.  The suit determines which exercise you do, the number indicates how many.  Face cards are worth 10.  

Hearts = burpees

Spades = squats

Diamonds = jumping jacks

Clubs = push ups

So if you draw an 8 of hearts, you would do 8 burpees.  If you draw the King of spades, you would do 10 squats.  When you draw an ace, you get to rest for 2 minutes.

It takes about 30 minutes to play through the whole deck, and when you've finished, you will have done 84 burpees, 84 squats, 84 jumping jacks, and 84 push ups.

If you have another 30 minutes, try playing again to work your core.  

Hearts = fish tails

Spades = side to sides

Diamonds = plank

Clubs = crunches

When you draw a diamond, plank for double the number of seconds--so the 9 of diamonds would mean an 18 second plank.

Since it takes just half an hour and you only need a small area, this is a terrific workout to take on the road when you're traveling.

So, wanna come along next time I play cards with Lisa?

Your turn: how do you workout away from home?