Ready for this week's workout? Hope so, because we're back with more Romance Novel Workouts! Time to read, breathe, and probably groan.
Like the last few workouts, can do all these exercises with a mat and your own body. No handweights are needed unless you want to use some. Go get that romance novel you love (or love to hate), and get ready!
Standard disclaimers apply: dude, I'm not a physician. I can recommend books to read but I can't discern your state of health or your physical limitations so by all means work hard but be kind to yourself. To put it another way, ask your doctor before beginning any exercise regimen. However, I am confident in my ability to offer the following advice: drink plenty of water and read plenty of books. Both are good for you.
And now, Romance Novel Reader Workout, Part IV, in graphic form suitable for pinning, sharing, printing, and pointing at!
Expect your new workout to leave you a little breathless. We'll be back with a new one soon. If you have questions or suggestions for future workouts, please share, either in the comments or via email. And if you have pics of yourself doing the workouts, please share them with me. PLEASE.
Remember, above all: KEEP READING! AND BREATHING!
Anytime there’s a “hitch” in the heroine’s breathing 15 oblique side raises….no reason you shouldn’t have a tiny waist while you’re waiting for her to get “there”, right?
Amazon needs to work out an app’ that will incorporate this. Just think – set your kindle to romance work out and every time a scene featuring a workout item occurs you get a little “SBTB Workout – 1 min plank” notice.
I’d either get seriously in shape or hate my kindle – it could go either way.
(The drinking game version that Darlene Marshall keeps suggesting should also be an option – although that could be a little more hazardous.)
Any time the hero rasps/mutters/commands, “Come for me, baby”, and that’s all it takes to fling her over the edge – 10 squats
Anytime the hero claims he’s gonna make her scream his name…
I love these!
Any time the hero thinks of the heroine’s “sweet nectar” – 5 turkish get ups.
I love how the most difficult exercises are Turkish or Russian. IN SOVIET RUSSIA, ABDOMINALS CRUNCH YOU.
If you guys keep this up I’m switching to non-fiction. Or possibly Darlenes drinking game.
Every time you see the word “luscious curves” 20 sit ups to see if you can start to define yours ;D
Extra 5 if he smells said nectar and “hardens”!
LOL – 10 more if he drinks said nectar and it tastes like sweet honey.
@SB Sarah – I would like to know who names these exercises – maybe there’s a drinking game in there somewhere (to counterbalance all of this healthy exercise).
“pebbled”?? Is that because the silicon inside leaked??
You have asterisks but they lead me nowhere. This is troubling me.
Oh – they refer to the contributions from the people thanked at the bottom. There’s supposed to be an asterisk there, too. My bad!
Every time the hero references the heroine’s honeypot or tastes her honey …
Oops, missed that Lynd already mentioned tasting like honey. (gugh – the nectar and honey references really gross me out)
More push ups, or chest flies maybe for every heroine who wears lacy underwear and a sexy bra even while doing mundane tasks. But there should be an extra bonus work out in case you ever find a heroine who is wearing a nude-coloured cotton bra and cotton panties in a different colour!
how about 10 some thing for:
every time the heroine “gushes”
has a BIG “O” 1st time she has sex
heroine makes a strangled cry
hero’s chest hair is matted
hero had a dark sprinkling of hair on body and is totally ripped