Today’s Lifehacker Workout: The Deck Of Cards


It’s time for another Deck of Cards workout, the fun yet challenging segment of our group exercise program, The Lifehacker Workout.

I’m late posting this reminder, but, as with exercise, better late than never! If you get a chance to fit this workout in, it’ll be worth it, promise.

Here’s a refresher for how to do this workout: Grab a deck of cards. Draw a card, and the suit represents the exercise you do; the number on the card represents how many reps to do. If it’s a face card (jacks, queens, kings), do 5, 10 or whatever number of reps you feel comfortable with. Continue as fast as you can until you’ve completed the deck.

Because this can be intense, you can start with half the deck or a quarter of the deck.

These are the exercises we’ll be doing:

  • Hearts (easy to remember that aerobics work your heart) = Jumping Jacks or Jump rope if you have one (aerobics)
  • Diamonds = chair dips or bench dips
  • Clubs = knee-to-elbow plank
  • Spades = lunges

Tip: Take one card for each suit out and put a post-it note on top with the name of the exercise, as a reminder while you’re working out.

Instruction Videos for Deck of Cards Exercises

Jumping Jacks:

Chair Dips:

Knee-to-Elbow Plank:

Lunges: Front lunge:

Modification: Back lunge or rear lunge, which might be easier on your knees

For variation and a whole leg workout, you can also alternate in side lunges:

We’re logging our workouts on Fleetly and you can join our 1 month challenge there as well. Share your thoughts/experiences with us in the comments.


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