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11 Shows To Bingewatch While Burning Calories

Perfect for when you want to binge netflix instead of go to the gym.

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It's sunday night, and you're watching The Office for the thousandth time. As you look down at the bag of popcorn next to you and click "yes, I am still watching," you vow to go to the gym the following morning. It is a promise we have all made to ourselves, and yet we wake up and continue our binge watching anyways. It is a never-ending cycle that we repeat each sunday so that we can tell ourselves that we at least made an effort. Well, it's time to get on the couch and bring the gym to you. Yes, you can continue to watch whatever guilty pleasure dramedy you were binging this past weekend while still getting fit. TV show workouts are the perfect way to workout while never being more than a few feet away from the couch.

1. "Grey's Anatomy"

voice over -- 30 second plank

a beeper goes off -- 15 squats

someone has sex -- 20 sit ups

someone cries -- 15 jumping jacks

bailey gives an order -- 10 leg lifts

someone dies -- 10 push ups

someone scrubs in -- 10 lunges

2. "Stranger Things"

theme song -- 30 second plank

lights flicker -- 5 pushups

music plays -- 15 jumping jacks

eleven enters a scene -- 10 squats

demogorgon appears -- 10 burpees

kids get on their bikes -- 10 lunges

upside down is mentioned -- 15 leg lifts

3. "Friends"

theme song -- 30 second plank

joey eats -- 5 pushups

phoebe sings -- 15 squats

someone has sex -- 10 jumping jacks

everyone's at central perk -- 10 leg lifts

ross and rachel kiss -- 10 lunges

chandler is sarcastic -- 10 burpees

4. "Riverdale"

theme song -- 30 second plank

someone mentions blackhood -- 10 situps

someone kisses -- 10 squats

someone argues -- 20 jumping jacks

someone is at pop's -- 10 bicycle crunches

betty's ringtone plays -- 5 pushups

someone cries -- 10 crunches

5. "The Office"

theme song -- 30 second plank

jim looks at the camera -- 15 squats

dwight says "fact" -- 10 leg lifts

angela gets annoyed -- 10 burpees

michael offends someone -- 5 pushups

jim pranks dwight -- 10 lunges

stanley is annoyed -- 20 situps

6. "Criminal Minds"

theme song -- 30 second plank

someone says "unsub" -- 10 squats

reid says a fact -- 20 jumping jacks

a weapon is drawn -- 10 bicycle crunches

morgan & garcia flirt -- 10 situps

unsub is caught -- 5 pushups

unsub dies -- 20 lunges

7. "Parks and Recreation"

theme song -- 30 second plank

leslie compliments ann -- 10 crunches

someone insults jerry -- 10 squats

chris says "literally" -- 5 pushups

tom praises himself -- 10 lunges

ron scowls -- 10 jumping jacks

april gets irritated -- 10 situps

8. "Supernatural"

theme song -- 30 second plank

someone dies -- 20 jumping jacks

sam is on his laptop -- 10 lunges

castiel teleports -- 10 crunches

someone hugs -- 10 leg raises

dean flirts -- 5 pushups

dean says "son of a bitch" -- 10 situps

9. "Game of Thrones"

opening credits -- 30 second plank

someone says their house words -- 20 russian twists

arya is called "boy" -- 10 pushups

stark's wolves are shown -- 10 leg raises

someone has sex -- 10 lunges

jon is called "bastard" -- 20 jumping jacks

10. "How I Met Your Mother"

barney says something inappropriate -- 10 crunches

lily and marshall talk -- 15 bicycle crunches

ted goes on a date -- 5 pushups

ted's kids are shown -- 10 squats

the narrator speaks -- 10 lunges

robin complains -- 10 leg raises

11. "The Big Bang Theory"

opening song -- 30 second plank

sheldon says a scientific fact -- 10 pushups

comic book reference -- 10 lunges

hallway/stairway conversation -- 10 pushups

howard hits on penny -- 15 jumping jacks

sheldon misunderstands sarcasm -- 10 squats

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