The DIY Easter workout
Hey hey, girlfriends, I'm in a good mood. Because we have a long weekend AND I'm back at home with mom for a bit. I always spend these kinds of holidays with my family and friends, which I enjoy the most. Long dining with my little darlings, high wine with my bestie and giving my eyebrows a little refresh. But to carefreely devour those scones, Easter eggs, and pastries, work also needs to be done. So put on your running shoes, turn on some nice music, and get started with my DIY bootcamp. You can then slide back to the table and eat an extra egg. ONE egg, yes.
1. Sprint
Find two trees that are about a hundred meters apart (this is about 80-100 steps on average). We're going to do a small relay of, yes, six rounds. That means running two rounds at 70% of your maximum speed, two rounds at 80% (close to a sprint) of your maximum speed, and two rounds at maximum speed (sprint). On the way back, jog at your own pace. Between each round, take a twenty-second break, but keep moving.
2. Walking lunges
With this exercise, you train your legs and focus on the glutes (because we want them round and tight). Maintain the same distance as with the sprints. Take a big step forward until your front and back leg form a 90-degree angle and place your arms at your sides. Make sure your feet are in two tracks, so next to each other. Walk back. Do this a total of four times.
‘To carefreely devour those scones, Easter eggs, and pastries, work also needs to be done’
3. Triceps dip
Jog to a bench or wall. No girlfriend, it's not time for a break yet. It is time to get your triceps to work. Stand with your back to the bench and place your hands on the edge of the seat. Extend your legs in front of you and lean on your straight arms. Now slowly lower your hips down by bending your arms. When your butt almost touches the ground, explosively push yourself back up. Repeat this ten to twelve times. If you find this difficult, place your feet a little closer to your butt. Easy? Then do the exercise while extending one leg and keeping it off the ground. Then take a thirty-second break and repeat this exercise three times.
4. Pull-up: climbing frame
Is there a playground nearby? Then find a bar where you can hang and pull yourself up. Hang under the bar and extend your legs in front of you. Now pull yourself up by moving the bar towards your chest while keeping your body straight. Slowly lower yourself again by extending your arms. Repeat the whole movement ten times. Then take a thirty-second break and repeat this exercise three times.
5. Box jumps on a bench or wall
This is an explosive exercise for your legs. Start standing facing a wall. Jump onto the bench and lower into a squat position. Then jump off and repeat the exercise ten times.
6. Toe taps on a bench
Time for toe taps. You can do this exercise on a step or on a bench. The higher you perform the exercise, the harder it is. Stand facing the step or elevation and place your right toes on the bench. Then, in one movement, place your right foot back on the ground and your left toes on the bench, then switch legs again. Perform the exercise as quickly as possible to raise your heart rate. Do it for forty-five seconds. Then take a thirty-second break and repeat the exercise one more time.
7. Abs
Sit on a bench and keep your feet off the ground. Keep your arms straight along your body. Pull your legs in and out and engage your abdominal muscles. Repeat this movement twelve to fifteen times and then immediately move on to the next exercise (the plank).
8. Plank
Start in the normal low plank (on your elbows). Hold this until you really can't anymore. Aim: sixty seconds. Then immediately move on to the side plank; you do this by resting on one elbow and pushing your hips up into the air. Then switch sides and go back to the previous abdominal exercise. This is one round and we do this a total of three times.
Jog slowly home, don't forget to stretch, and enjoy a well-deserved Easter brunch. And uh, I said one Easter egg, right?
