{"id":7220,"date":"2022-03-15T03:50:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T03:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastpthfprod.wpengine.com\/?p=3170"},"modified":"2022-03-15T03:50:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T03:50:31","slug":"april-fools-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/april-fools-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fool\u2019s Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Mike Kubas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve always been a fan of April Fool\u2019s Day, at least until the internet came around, then it just became a day when you HAVE TO assume every headline is from a satire website. Yeah, I\u2019m dating myself there, but truth be told I\u2019ve always been a fan of a good old-fashioned prank. One year I tricked my mother into thinking that me and my then girlfriend had adopted this adorable puppy, only to be met with expletives and a firm smack on the shoulder when she learned it was a prank. Followed by more swearing and a sense of relief when I revealed to her that we did in fact adopt the dog. The thing about April Fool\u2019s Day is the success of the prank is mostly based upon how deceptive or misleading one can be, the resulting humor being tied directly to the degree of the deception and the level of belief held by the target. Here are some pranks you may want to try on some of your fitness colleagues!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Personal Trainers \u2013 Play Nice!<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Maybe I shouldn\u2019t lead off with this, but your personal trainers make great targets for pranks. They\u2019re unsuspecting, distracted, and often still half asleep if it\u2019s early.\u00a0 Simple things like moving their coffee when they aren\u2019t looking, moving equipment they\u2019ve recently set up, or replacing their protein powder with flour are all effective ways to say \u201cApril Fool\u2019s Day\u201d to your favorite gym employee!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Cardio Queens \/ Kings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you wanted to get a chuckle out of a cardio hungry gym-goer you could start by placing an old baseball card in the spokes of their spin bike and speed limit signage near the treadmills! Additionally, replacing their energy chews with Starburst is one prank they might not mind at all lol. You could also try sprinkling some glitter into the folds of the clean towels for a festive conclusion to the workout! (Just don\u2019t take them home!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Gym Bros.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Placing an enormous \u201cNO SQUATTING\u201d sign in the most popular squat rack is an effective way to perplex some on April Fool\u2019s Day. Mixing in confectionary sugar with the chalk at your gym is a great way to see if you can make gains with excess sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4. Yogis \/ Cyclist \/ Group Fitness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    An oldie is to sneak in some music that is just not appropriate for the class at hand. Some Britney Spears \u2013 Toxic in the middle of yoga, or Whitney Houston \u2013 I Will Always Love You during crunch time of the spin class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Lastly, here are some REAL finishers to your workout that you\u2019d think have to be an April Fool\u2019s Day joke, but aren\u2019t!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    KB Swings Pyramid<\/strong> \u2013 KB Swings performed in sets of 5-10-15-15-10-5 for 60 total swings! In between each set of swings, you\u2019ll perform 10 mountain climbers (5 each side) for your \u201crest\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    24-12-12-24<\/strong> \u2013 This one you\u2019ll perform as many rounds as you can for 5 mins! You just need a small box\/step. Start with 24 fast toe touches on the box, followed by 12 squat jumps, then 12 reverse lunges (6 each side), and finally 24 speed squats!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    20-20-10-10<\/strong> \u2013 This one starts with 20 speed squats, followed by a 20 second static squat hold, 10 squat jumps, and finally 10 burpees!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There you have it, a handful of fitness April Fool\u2019s Day Pranks and even some fun ways to finish off your workout! Grab a trainer if you\u2019re not sure on the finishers and we\u2019ll gladly help you through it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Have a go at a few of the pranks (hopefully not at my expense) or see if you can come up with some of your own! I\u2019ve always been a fan of pranks but be sure they\u2019re done at the appropriate time and not endangering anyone! Nobody wants to be doing a back squat and have a herd of sheep come trucking though the gym mid rep, that\u2019s a recipe for injury and lamb chops.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Mike Kubas I\u2019ve always been a fan of April Fool\u2019s Day, at least until the internet came around, then it just became a day when you HAVE TO assume every headline is from a satire website. Yeah, I\u2019m dating myself there, but truth be told I\u2019ve always been a fan of a good old-fashioned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 03:03:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}