Two Uses for a Deck of Cards

Two uses for a deck of cards (besides actual card games, that is):

  1. Deck Workout: shuffle 'em up, put them face down, and turn the cards over one at a time. Perform the exercise indicated by the suit:
    • Spades: bodyweight squats
    • Hearts: pull-ups
    • Diamonds: push-ups
    • Clubs: four-count chinnies (left-right-left-right-ONE, etc.)
    Do repetitions in accordance with the value of the card, doing one for aces and ten for all face cards. You might want a multiplier in effect for the squats. And it certainly wouldn't take me long to resort to jumping pull-ups following this protocol.
  2. Use the cards to keep track of circuits. For example, to keep track of the 10 circuits in Work Capacity 101 you'd deal out 10 cards, and turn one over after each time you finish a circuit. When they're all flipped, you're done (in oh-so-many ways).
Mon, Dec 5, 2005