Listen- I know it is really hard to make time to get to the gym some days, especially in college. So, it is important to have a quick and effective workout routine to do in your dorm. This workout is thanksgiving themed in an attempt to tone before we all eat our hearts out with the best holiday food in about two weeks. All you need for this workout is yourself, a killer playlist of your choosing, and some space in your dorm to workout. It only takes 8 minutes- so lets have fun and get this final burn in before the bird!
1. Cranberry Crunches: 1 minute. These are normal crunches just lift with your core each time.To spice them up: crunch to the left go back down, crunch up to the center then down, and finally crunch up to the right and down.
2. Stuffing squats: 2 minutes. Place your feet hip distance apart. Lower your butt to the ground like your sitting down in a chair. Then lift up to standing and squeeze your butt. Repeat normal for 30 seconds. Then for 30 seconds stay low and pulse up in down about an inch for 30 seconds. Repeat until you finish the full two minutes.
3. Pumpkin Pie Twists: 1 minute. These are Russian Twists with a fun name. Sit down with your legs bent at the knees, then elevate your upper body (it should look like a V with your thighs.) Once situated lift your heels an inch off the ground and then twist right to left, keeping your core sucked in and engaged the whole time. If it gets to be too hard then keep your heels on the ground. Make sure you are squeezing your heels together the whole time.
4. Turkey Leg Lifts (Left Side): 1 minute. Lay on the ground with your left side up. Support yourself with either your elbow or support your head on your upper arm with it completely flat on the ground. Then lift your left leg up and down.
5. Walnut crushers: 1 minute. Hold your arms up like a goal post. Then move your upper arms and shoulders back – squeezing your shoulder blades- and releasing for the full minute.
6. Turkey Leg Lifts (Right Side): 1 minute. This is the same thing you did on the left but just flipped. Lay on the ground with your right side up. Support yourself with either your elbow or support your head on your upper arm with it completely flat on the ground. Then lift your right leg up and down.
7. Pilgrim Plank Walk Out: 1 minute. Go up into a high plank with your palms on the ground shoulder width apart. Engage your core and squeeze your stomach in. Then you are going to go down to your forearms and then back up to palms (staying as stable as you can). Repeat for the rest of the minute.