The A-Z Of Exercises: Your Workout Dictionary

Why would you ever need an A-Z of exercises? Well why the eff not, really. The greatest use of a dictionary list like this is to create novelty workouts made up of movements starting with certain letters, commonplace for gyms and coaches especially around holidays or birthdays. For example, if it was Andy’s birthday, you could construct a workout that corresponds to the letters A-N-D-Y like the below:


6 ROUNDS

Air Squat x 10
Narrow Grip Pull Down x 10
Deadlift x 10
Y Raise x 10


The more creative you get with your sessions, the better; spelling out SANTA for Christmas, CHOCOLATE for Easter, or SCREW THIS for lockdown… the only limits are your imagination. Whilst definitely too haphazard a method for a regular training program, injecting a novelty workout serves a purpose, breaking up the monotony of every day training or providing motivation on the days when it is so sorely lacking… and it can happen a lot.


AIR SQUAT

BURPEE

CLEAN

DEADLIFT

ERG CALORIES

FRONT SQUAT

GROUND-TO-SHOULDER

HANDSTAND PUSHUP

INCLINE BENCH PRESS

JUMPING LUNGES

KIPPING PULL-UPS

LUNGE [WEIGHTED]

MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS

NARROW GRIP PULL DOWN

OVERHEAD PRESS

PUSH UP

QUICK FEET

RENEGADE ROW

SNATCH

THRUSTER

UNILATERAL SQUAT

V-UP

WALL BALL

X2 [Use this like a reverse card in Uno, and repeat the previous movement]

Y-RAISE [Superman position]

ZOTTMAN CURL