EMOM - Your Thanksgiving Travel Workout Guide

You’ve probably seen “EMOM” written on the white board or your sheet by now. If you’re not familiar, EMOM stands for Every Minute on the Minute, it’s a simple way to cram an effective workout in a short period of time.

Let’s say you’re driving 8 hours this week to get to your aunt’s house for Thanksgiving. You get out of the car, you’re stiff, sore and can’t believe you decided to drive instead of fly this year. You have a great night and wake up early the next day itching for some movement, enter the EMOM.

The most simple formula is a lower body exercise on the even minutes, and a core exercise done on the odd minutes. You pick a rep scheme you can complete within 20-40 seconds. Once completing the exercise, you rest the remaining time in the minute before starting the next exercise. If the first few rounds are easy, good. You’ll appreciate those easy rounds as the workout catches up to you on round 8, 9 and 10.

Here’s a workout you can use this week:

EMOM 10 minutes

Even minutes: 10 bodyweight squats

Odd minutes: 10 breaths in low plank

At the end, you’ll have completed 5 rounds of each exercise. Nothing crazy, but the compressed time frame gets you a bit of a cardio boost and you’ll be sure to break a sweat. Give it a shot.

Justin Miner

@portsmouthcoach