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I learned about this little workout trick from a friend who is an officer in the U.S. Navy. All you need is a deck of playing cards.

Following is the procedure:

1. Shuffle the cards and place the deck face down.
2. Draw card(s)
   1. Keep drawing until the total number is greater than ten.
   2. Face cards = 10, Jokers and Ace’s = 20.
3. Take the number calculated in step 2 and do that many push-ups, crunches and jumping jacks with no rest in between.
4. Rest for the number of seconds using the number calculated in step 2. Deep breathing and stretching is a good activity for the resting time.
5. Back to step 2.
6. The goal is to get through the entire deck.

Of course, you don’t really need a deck of cards for this, but it makes it a bit more interesting. YMMV.

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