Body Back is incredible during the week. Early morning workouts give me momentum for five days of working out. Yes, I only go to Body Back class twice a week, but we do other supplement workouts during the week. For me, it’s Stroller Strides. Others in my group do different workouts. We communicate with our instructor Christie through our private Facebook group to stay focused and accountable.

Then the weekends come. Ah weekends! Date nights! Birthday parties! Football watching! Sleeping in for people with children older than mine! So many opportunities to be lazy and eat junk.

I got a great question on from a reader on Instagram today, “What about weekend workouts?”

Christie had a great remedy for combating weekend laziness. This challenge:

• 100 crunches
• 90 jumping jacks
• 80 lunges (front lunge, alternate sides, 40 each leg)
• 70 squats
• 60 secs running in place
• 50 second plank
• 40 jumping jacks
• 30 squats
• 20 high knees (Drive knees to chest, 10 each leg.)
• 10 push ups (Try on toes first. If not, get to your knees and get as low as you can. Be sure form is spot on!)

Seems easy enough, right? Well, we had to do it 4x’s during the weekend. One girl in my group did it 4x’s in one day! I divided it up to keep momentum through the weekend. I did this short, but intense workout Friday night, Saturday morning, Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon. We were traveling for a fun family weekend. We stayed at my sister’s house. I chose times to quickly slip away and get my workout in. Well, not really. I was really in the middle of my sister’s kitchen, or in the living room.

One of my favorite parts of a fun weekend with family and friends was Saturday morning. It was raining and cold and I wasn’t in the mood to workout until my husband said, “I want to do it with you. Come on.” That’s when the love of my life stood in the drizzle with me and did what felt like a million lunges.

I was wearing all black and I said, “Ah! We’re like Frank and Claire Underwood out here!”

How many days until Season 3 of “House of Cards?” Anyway, I’m losing focus. My husband said he was impressed with me and with the workout. It kicked his butt a little and he said he was feeling motivated by Body Back. Who says daddies don’t want their bodies back too?

If you try this, tell me! Anyone done short, intense workouts like this? Are they effective?