For those that haven’t seen it, you can check out Santi Claus’ Christmas message to you all over on our Facebook, or our Instagram page.

The holiday season is made for spending time with friends and families, making memories that will last a life time. You won’t necessarily remember the session that you missed on Christmas eve, but you will remember the good times that you had with your friends, families and everyone else – so there is no need to feel guilty if you find yourself celebrating more than training – you certainly won’t be the only one!

But if you do find yourself wanting to squeeze a quick and easy session in between your wrapping, rushing and celebrating, we’ve got you covered:

Some simple bodyweight exercises

Bodyweight exercises are a really simple way of keeping yourself moving over Christmas. A few squats while you brush your teeth, or pick the kids up to place that star on top of the tree can go a long way.

If you get a spare 15-20 minutes, throw five of the below exercises together into a circuit as follows:

Work: 50s
Rest: 10s

Repeat three – four times through without rest!

1. Squats
2. Squat jumps
3. Lunges
4. Jumping Lunges
5. Wall-sit
6. Glute Bridges (single or two legged)
7. Donkey Kicks
8. Rope skipping
9. Single leg hops
10. In / Out Squats
11. Press ups (any variation)
12. Commandos
13. Plank
14. Mountain Climbers
15. V-Sits
16. Tricep Dips
17. Superman Extensions
18. Butterfly Kicks
19. Russian Twists
20. Burpees

Top tip: Try and choose five exercises that work the same muscle groups to get the most out of your quickfire session!

Getting outdoors

Walking is a great way to get the family involved, whether taking the dog for a walk, or just popping to the shops to get Santa’s mince pies, it’s a beautiful time of year to be outdoors, so if you can swap out the car keys for your running shoes, or your walking boots, and take your two feet for transport, it’s an easy way of keeping your legs engaged!

Recent research suggested that the slight change in energy expenditure to be gained from standing rather than sitting is pretty much all due an increase in fat oxidation (see here)- the power of being on your feet rather than your glutes hey!

Ultra X – The #Holiday100

And if you are looking for something a little more challenging this Christmas, but still want to get the family and friends involved along the way…

Well our friends over at Ultra X certainly know how to do challenging.

Their Christmas Challenge to you is to see if you can cover 100km by foot in just 8 days, between the 24th December, and the 31st December – think you have what it takes?

Check out their page here for more info.

Starting the new year with a bang!

If you are looking to get your New Year off to a great start, take advantage of one of our Christmas deals between now and December 31st!

2-4-1 Performance Testing

Get your baseline performance tested in January, and get your re-test free of charge!

Sign up here using code 241PERFORMANCE

40% Extra Sessions!

Sign up for a 5, or 10 session package, and we’ll throw in 40% extra free of charge. So if you sign up for 10, we’ll give you 4 more for free!

Sign up here using code 40FREE

Merry Christmas from the team here!

Unfortunately Santi Claus is busy beginning his tour of the world in time to deliver your workouts, so we subbed in a familiar face to many of you while he is away.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful New Year. We can’t wait to see you all on the other side of this decade, starting 2020 right!