Christmas gives me the perfect excuse to unleash my silly side, not that I restrain it much throughout the rest of the year! Laughter is great medicine and combining it with movement gives you a real health hack.
Since I started coaching in 1996, I’ve created a Festive Fitness Challenge for my clients, and in recent years, I’ve been sharing them on the internet with friends and followers on my social media accounts. So, I thought I’d store them all here for anyone who wants to find them in one place.
Some are more challenging than others (you might like to share them with people you don’t like haha!) But all of them will get you moving and allow you to see improvement over time if you do them more than once.
So, let’s get Silly!
Festive 50's
In 2025, I reached the grand old age of 50, so to honour my half-century I decided to create a Christmas challenge with a 50’s theme.
We do 50 consecutive repetitions of each exercise, take minimal rest and then move on to the next exercise. There are 10 exercises in total.
The high reps really hit into muscle endurance, and you’ll definitely feel the burn if you’re doing them right.
The full routine takes 30 minutes and is a great home workout that you can do without needing any equipment at all.
All of the videos are in a playlist on my YouTube channel, and the full workout version is there too!
This year, as a little gift to myself, I also recorded some of my clients doing the exercises, and roped my young niece and my mum into the action too!
They were absolutely incredible. We had a right laugh, and I’m truly grateful for them taking part. I created a compilation of the fun, which took me ages to put together because I couldn’t stop laughing at my mum!
If you’re in need of a giggle, watch the compilation video for a bit of medicinal laughter!
12 Days Of Fitness
Festive 300 Fitness Challenge
Festive Top 10 Fitness Challenge
Festive 500 Fitness Challenge
If you’ve done the 300 Challenge and feel like you’ve got more in the tank. you might want to give the 500 a go.
The clue is in the name – 500 repetitions! But this time, rather than do high reps all in one go, I’ve split them over 5 rounds.
You’ll do 10 reps of 10 different exercises in each round. 100 reps per round, adding up to a total of 500 for the challenge.
Watch this video for a quick overview:
As always, I go through each exercise, step by step so that you get the technique right. You can watch the full instructional video for the Festive 500 Fitness challenge on my YouTube channel.
Wrapping Up!
That’s it for now, but be sure to check back on this page each Christmas time to see what new weird and wonderful challenges I’ve dreamt up.
Have a Fabulous Christmas, and if you like this post, please share it to give the gift of Festive Fitness to everyone!
