The Biggest Loser Drinking…er…Shrinking Game
Remember the Newhart, Cheers, or Seinfeld drinking games? You watch the show and when a specific event happens, you drink. Sometimes, like if George and Kramer had sex, you’d drink everything in the house. Well this game is exactly like that, but different.
If you watch The Biggest Loser on NBC on Tuesday nights, and you think you never have time to work out, this game is great for you. To make it fit you, I’m only including the number of reps for each exercise. You can choose to focus on upper body(bicep curls, tricep dips, pushups, tricep extensions, chest flyes, etc.), lower body (lunges, squats, hip raises, yadda yadda), abs (crunches, reverse crunches, oblique crunches, bicycles, whatever suits your fancy), or cardio (jumping jacks, jump ropes, butt kickers, and so on) You can make this as easy or as hard as you want. I encourage you to push yourself for maximum benefit. If you’re already exercising and something in the “What they do” column happens, no need to interrupt what you’re doing, just tack it on to the total number of reps. Quite possibly you could be doing 100 crunches at once, if Bob goes berserk twice in one episode.
Don’t worry if you don’t have weights, you can use cans of food, or bottles of water, or (I guess) bottles or cans of beer. You might want to wear shoes for the cardio exercises, if you have any knee, foot, or ankle issues. They’ll provide support to your joints, and could help keep you on your feet, and not on your butt, if you have hardwood floors and are wearing only socks.
During a two-hour show, you could probably get at least a 30-minute workout from this. This idea was inspired by Jillian Michaels because she kicks my butt all over my living room for 30 minutes every morning, and so I feel really guilty just sitting here watching her on TV during the show. It’s like she’s looking at me, calling me lazy. I can’t take it!
If you do the workout during the show, be sure to check back in afterward and let me know how you felt when you were done. And please leave suggestions in the comments. Have fun!
| What they do | What you do |
|---|---|
| A man cries (this includes Bob) | 10 reps |
| A woman cries | 5 reps |
| They have a food temptation | 25 reps |
| A contestant has a 2-digit loss at the weigh-in | 10 reps |
| A contestant has a gain at the weigh-in | 15 reps |
| A previous contestant appears | 15 reps |
| Someone says “I’m tired” | 10 reps |
| One of the trainers says “last one!” | 20 reps |
| Product placement (Glad, Extra, Subway, etc.) | 15 reps |
| Someone says “last-chance workout” | 16 reps |
| Jillian yells | 30 reps |
| Bob has a conniption fit | 50 reps |
| The contestants leave the ranch | 25 reps |
| A contestant has a visitor from home | 20 reps |
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What if I watch American Idol on Tuesday nights?
Love this idea! I guess it means I’ll have to stop fast forwarding to the competitions and then the end and actually watch the whole episode.
Could you work up one of these for Lost?
What an awesome idea!! Bob and Jillian would LOVE this!!!
This is fun! I may have to try this rather than eat four Girl Scout Cookies while watching the show on my DVR (which I just did today!). I never know when I’ll watch it, but it could be fun to try!
And I like Sandi’s idea of devising one of these for Lost, too!
I LOVE this idea! I’m going to try this during the next show. Thanks for posting this.