Your 40 Day Winter Fitness Challenge!

Don't let the cold stop you!


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This mini home workout challenge will keep you moving through winter. All you have to do is tackle one bite-sized sweat challenge every day, for 40 days. You can do that, right? 

But why are we asking you to do this in the first place? Well it’s a bit of a BUF Girls tradition!

Every winter we run a 40-day challenge to help to keep as many people as possible consistent with their training throughout the coldest months of the year.

Sometimes it’s the smallest daily actions that fuel the big healthy habits! 

How to get involved

Below is a list of 40 small challenges – simply print them off, stick them on your fridge and do each day’s mini workout challenge as it comes up. This may not be a life-changing exercise program but it could be that little nudge you need to keep moving over winter and who knows, might even inspire you to really step up your winter game!

Choose any start date that works for you, or kick off with BUF Girls around the country on June 13th

Don’t know what a few of the exercises are? No worries, they’re all standard moves, so just pop them into Google for a how-to.

Have fun and show us that you’re sticking to the plan by following us on Instagram @bufgirls or Facebook BUF Girls and #bufgirls #40daysBUF

Oh and if you’ve got kids, get them involved – they LOVE this challenge!

 

Your 40 Days of Exercise

  1. 100 Squats
  2. 10 Push-Ups x 10 sets throughout the day (TV ad breaks have never looked so energising!)
  3. 10 Lunge Jumps + 10 second rest x 8 sets
  4. 10 High Knees + 10 Mountain Climbers x 10 sets
  5. Tabata Burpees! Do 20 seconds of Burpees followed by a 10 second rest for 4 minutes in total!
  6. 100 Bicycle Crunches
  7. 10 Star Jumps whenever your phone rings ;-)
  8. 20 seconds of Squat Jumps + 20 seconds rest x 6 sets
  9. 10 seconds High Knees + 10 seconds rest for 3 minutes
  10. 100 Body Weight Plank Rows
  11. 45 seconds of Walking Lunges + 15 seconds rest x 4 sets
  12. 2 Burpees every time you send a text ;-)
  13. Tabata Plank Hold! Plank for 20 seconds followed by a 10 second rest for 4 minutes in total!
  14. 100 Crunches
  15. 30 Tricep Dips
  16. 10 seconds of Star Jumps + 10 seconds rest for 2 minutes
  17. 40 1-Leg Hip Raises each side (elevate your foot to make it harder)
  18. 60 seconds of Squats + 60 second Plank Hold x 2 sets
  19. 5 Tuck Jumps x 5 sets throughout the day
  20. 100 Superman Rows
  21. Reverse Lunge around your house when you need to get up
  22. Tabata Bicycle Crunches! Do 20 seconds of Bicycle Crunches followed by 10 seconds rest for 4 minutes in total!
  23. 80 Squat to Kick
  24. 20 Lateral Lunges x 6 sets throughout the day
  25. 50 Lateral Skaters
  26. 20 seconds Reverse Lunge to Hop (left side) + 20 seconds (on right) + 20 seconds rest x 4 sets
  27. 60 Russian Twists x 4 sets throughout the day
  28. 20 Burpee Star Jumps at sunrise and sunset
  29. 100 High Knees + 50 Mountain Climbers x 3 sets
  30. 10 Squats + 10 Squat Jumps x 6 sets
  31. 10 Burpees + 30 seconds rest x 4 sets
  32. 100 Star Jumps
  33. 20 Full Sit Ups + 40 Jump Lunges x 2 sets
  34. 80 High Knees + 8 Lateral Skaters x 4 sets
  35. 40 seconds Reverse Lunges + 20 seconds Jump Lunges x 3 sets
  36. 50 Hip Raises + 50 Star Jumps
  37. 50 Push-Ups
  38. 30 seconds Bicycle Crunches + 30 second Plank Hold x 3 sets
  39. 10 Star Jumps whenever you look at the time
  40. 40 reps of your 4 favourite exercises!

 

Keen to get involved with the BUF Girls 40-Day challenge live? Hit up bufgirls.com and see if there’s a local BUF bootcamp near you! 

Alicia Beveridge

1 June 2017

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