Burn Calories with This Fun and Gentle Holiday Workout

Hey there, happy holidays everyone. Happy holiday. April Viesten next here with my mom, Aiko. Hi. Today we have a holiday walking workout for you to get your steps in. We're doing three songs with different moves in each one. So walking is the default move. So if you miss a step, don't worry about it. My mom is going to be doing this one seated. I'll be doing it standing so we can all get in the spirit together. Right. What do you think, mom? I think it's great. Let's go. Ho, ho, ho. All right. Let's go. I love your spirit. All right, we're going to take a quick pause and get moving. Hey mom, you want to have a seat? Sure, thank you. Okay, we're just going to start with some gentle marching like this. This is a pace. Okay. Step and step. Good. And very nice. And breathe. We're going to go into side steps here. Side step, big side step. Good. And breathe. Just warming it up. And this holiday walk. Holiday walk to the mall. Going back into marching. Just march it out. March it out. Good. Very nice. We're going to go into some like little toe taps next. This is a chorus, okay? Toe taps. Yes, just like toe taps. Nice. And arm up, arm up, and arms up. Arms. Good. Keep it going. Going back to marching. Good job. Breathe it out. Good job. And then we're going to go into some step outs, okay? Four, three, two, and one. Step it out. And step it out. Add some arms if you want. Yeah, good. Nice. And march it out. March it out. Get the snow come down. Add some arms if you want. And we go to sides. Those little toe taps. You can add arms if you want here. You don't have to, okay? Well, that's good. I'm glad you said that. But I want double arms up here. Here we go. Three, two, and up. And up. Good. Looking good. And smile, everyone. It's the holidays. Well, you're supposed to be happy. And this is just freestyle walking here. Whatever you want, right? Yes. Holidays are happy. Lots of friends, family, and also treats, right? Right. That's why just move as much as you can. Pop in this holiday workout just to get moving. And breathe. Looking good. Get your body ready for the holidays. Sway here. Nice and cool before we go back into marching. Ah, let's follow it. One more time. And march it out. March it out. And. Very good. And just side to side here. Nice work, everyone. Looking good. And breathe. Arms up. Next, let's walk to the mall, folks. And arms up. Yes. Oh, yes. If you're in a cold climate, you can walk at the mall. Walk at the mall. Breathe. It's hard to believe this year is over. Nice work, everybody. Good job. Okay, we're doing a little quicker pace here, okay? Marching it out quicker. Get that heart rate up. What we're gonna be doing here, if you're standing with me, we're going four, one, two, three, up. One, two, three, back. One, two, three, kick. One, two, three, back, okay? One, two, three, kick. There you go. One, two, three, and kick. And step. Kick, yes. Looking good. And you know what? Don't get the step, just keep those feet moving. Okay, all right? Same thing to the side here. One, two, and kick. And breathe. Looking good. Okay, keep it going. We're going into our chorus. We're just kicking it front. Kick it front. Yes, keep it going. Looks good. We're gonna transition to step outs. Four, three, two, and one. Step it out, here we go. Step it out. Keep it going. And step it out. Good. And nice work, everyone. Go close arms here, if you can. Or no arms at all. And breathe. And march it out. Keep it going, just like freestyle marching here. Get your steps in. Ooh, oh wow. You're sprinting it out, good. Happy feet, okay. Get ready, we're going to that one, two, three, kick again, okay? And breathe. Here we go and go. One, two, and kick, good. And breathe. Nice work. Woo. I don't know about you, but I'm getting dewy with this ugly Christmas sweater on. A cute sweater. Going to the side here. That's a big thing, though. Ugly sweaters. Yes, it's quite a fashion statement. Yeah. The uglier it is, right? Yeah. Good. This one went pretty funny, too. That's right. One, two, three. Okay, kick four. Keep going. Nice work. Keep them in. They have sweaters for every holiday, so that's good. That's right. Okay, we're doing those step outs next. Three, two, one, sit, and step. Yes. Looking good. You're going to do open-pulse arms. Let's open it up. Good job. And breathe. March it out. Just march. Good job. Breathe. Good job. Hope everyone started their shopping. Nice work. All right, good work, everyone. Good job. Okay. Okay, next one. Here's the moves on this one. Knee ups. Okay? Good. And then, kick it back, or you're doing toe taps. Okay? Those are two main moves, okay? We're going knee ups here. Two, three, four. Knee up. Good. Four. Six, good. Seven. Toe back. Toe it back. Good. Go back to knee ups. Knee, do, do, do, knee up. Mm-hmm. You can touch it, yes. Or to the side. Woo! Yes. Nice work. Okay, toe taps. Toe taps. Okay. Toe taps forward. Okay, good. Wanna add a layer here? Doing toe taps with the arms. Yes. And toe taps forward. Good job. You can just march it out. We're going back to knee ups, okay? Okay. Knee ups. Two. Four more. Kick it back. Four more. Four, three, two, kick. Knee ups again. We're doing eight of these. Four, three, two, one. Kick it back. Nice work. Let's kick up, keep it going. Toe taps. The arms. Ooh, ooh, ooh. These are eight of these. Forward. Four, good. Five, six, seven, eight. With the arms again. One, two, good. Three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Forward. One, good. Two, three, five, good. Rainbow arms. You like these rainbow arms, huh? Yes. You're getting ready for the concert. I wish you'd hurry up and go. You know what? This gets your heart rate up big time. Yeah, that's true. Okay, march it out. Just march it. Good job. Just march it out. Very good. Knee ups. This is our finale here. Six, seven, and kick it back. Two, three, four, six. Knee up again. Good job. And kick it back. And just march it out. Okay. March it out. We're getting dewy. Yes. And march it out. Nice work, everybody. Okay, good work on this holiday walk. Feeling dewy? Yeah, I'm very dewy. Let's cool it down, shall we? Okay, arms up and down. Oh, yes. I gotta put the presents down. Oh, good. Even that's a workout, everybody. Putting the presents under the tree. Oh, my goodness. Good work, everyone. Great job. Okay, give me some shoulder rolls back, okay? Yeah. Did a lot of arm work. You got your whole body moving on that workout. I don't know about you, but I'm feeling holiday dewiness here. It's the sweaters. It definitely is a sweater. It's definitely a sweater. Those holiday sweaters. Open clothes. Keep you warm all the time. That's right. Good. Give me two more. You know, I went to sleep last night with my socks on. Kept my feet warm. I really got a good night's sleep. Oh, wow. I don't know what that has to do with anything, but. Well, that says that, you know what? It's winter and it's nice and cozy. Yeah. And the cooler temps are here, which is, you know, if you're lucky enough to be in a place where it gets cool, enjoy it, right? Okay, give me that nice little leg stretch forward. Ah, a lot of leg work. Good job. Straight leg forward. Toe up. Okay, good job. And come on up. Let's do the other side. Straight leg out. Toe up. Reach. Ooh, I love that stretch. Yeah, let's go through this workout. Good, okay. Give me three inhale exhales. Inhale out, inhale up. Inhale up. Exhale out. And one more. Inhale up. Exhale out. Nice work. It was wonderful doing this holiday walk with you. If you want more holiday workouts, check out this one. We wish you a wonderful holiday season and we look forward to seeing you real soon. In the meantime, enjoy yourself, friends and family, and keep moving. Stay safe. See you soon.