“], “filter”: { “nextExceptions”: “img, blockquote, div”, “nextContainsExceptions”: “img, blockquote”} }”>
Get access to everything we publish when you
>”,”name”:”in-content-cta”,”type”:”link”}}”>sign up for Outside+.
The alphabet workout is a fun way to gamify your strength training and add some “play” into hard work.
To do the alphabet workout, every letter of the alphabet is assigned a specific exercise. You can use bodyweight exercises only, or you can do a strength training workout that utilizes equipment like dumbbells, resistance, bands, kettlebells, and medicine balls.
You can use 26 unique exercises, or repeat exercises for different letters, either varying the reps or keeping them the same.
After each letter is assigned an exercise and a certain number of reps, you choose any sort of phrase or your full name and spell out the words by performing all of the exercises in order assigned to the letters in that word.
Let’s look at an example:
|
Letter |
Exercise |
|
A |
60 seconds alternating reverse lunges |
|
B |
15 chest fly |
|
C |
15 reverse fly |
|
D |
10 pull-ups |
|
E |
15 deadlifts |
|
F |
15 lateral… |
