Comment by Balgair

Yeah, thanks.

I rotate the exercises. Right now it's squats, push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups. I've done variations on all those in the past. Like, squat variations can be lunges, jump-squats, etc. Since all suits add up to the same number, the association between the exercise and suit is just incidental. I was working on single-arm push-ups, but hurt my shoulder and had to go back down to just regular push-ups.

I'll rotate card decks too. There are some fun little games out there that you can steal card decks from. For instance, take the cards out of a Catan set and then assign exercises and values to them. Go get a 5 suited deck online. Or grab a new game you've not tried before at Target or wherever.

Recently, I've been using a Tarot deck. Minor arcana as I described above, major arcana as individual exercises. So 5 of cups is still something like 5 pull-ups. But the Empress is 10 burpees, the Tower is a 1 minute plank, that kind of stuff.

The key for me was the randomization element. Having the cards and exercises come out at random kept me from 'counting down the miles', so to speak. It keeps my mind fresh and guessing at the next thing and not just waiting for things to be done with.