Just because tax day is approaching doesn’t mean you can skip leg day. Planet Fitness, the ubiquitous gym chain present in virtually every town, has introduced a Tax Week special and a corresponding workout to help ease tax-related tension while keeping you on track with your fitness goals.
From Saturday, April 12, to Saturday, April 19, Planet Fitness is offering free sessions of its popular HydroMassage beds. Normally reserved for PF Black Card members, these massages will be open to all members and non-members during this time.
The complimentary massages provide stress relief whether you’ve just completed your taxes or simply need to relax. The HydroMassage is ideal before or after workouts, targeting tight muscles and offering a well-deserved break during this stressful period.
This popular gym chain has played a crucial role in helping Americans stay committed to their fitness goals. Whether you’re at home or on the road following your favorite country artist, you’re bound to find one of the club’s 2,700-plus locations nearby.
The Planet Fitness Tax Day Workout
The team at Planet Fitness has come up with a quirky but effective six-move total-body workout for all athletic levels. Perform for as many rounds as possible, or as soon as you’ve worked out all your tax day trauma.
- Tax Return Squat & Twist (10 reps, each side): Start with feet hip width apart, lower into a squat, then drive up through your heels into a trunk rotation. This will not only work your legs and core, you’ll also twist away any remaining tax stress.
- Refund Reach & March (10 reps, each side) Step out with one foot, reach high like you’re grabbing that tax refund.
- Audit-Dodging Jacks & Jabs (as many rounds as possible): Perform 4 Jumping Jacks, then transition to Plyo Jabs—jumping forward while throwing punches that knock out financial stress.
- Deadline Lunge & Kick (10 reps, each side): Step back into a deep lunge, then power up into a front kick to boot away tax anxiety.
- Extension Side Lunge & Knee Tuck (10 reps, each side): Move laterally into a side lunge, then drive up bringing your knee to chest—perfect for when you need that filing extension.
- W-2 Bicycle Crunch & Skyrocket Jacks (10 reps, each side): Perform standing bicycle crunches to crunch those numbers, then transition to Plyo Jacks raising your hands to the sky.