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Monday Night Fitness is the Steelers-Titans drinking game for your body

It’s that time again! We’ll whip you into shape WHILE you watch football.

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Bill Hanstock
Bill Hanstock is a writer, author and Emmy Award-winning producer. He began writing for SB Nation in 2011.

Monday is the day you’re supposed to hit the gym. Gotta work off all those wings and pints of beer, right? Yeah, yeah, but you gotta work all day and then there’s FOOTBALL at night again! Well, we’ve got the solution: get fit WHILE you watch football. With the ultra-predictable Monday Night Football broadcast, it should be a breeze!

It’s real simple. Think of it like a drinking game, but with more sweating (or less, depending on your drinking regimen). Something on the list happens, you do the appropriate exercise. Got it? Get to it.

Here are your Monday Night Fitness assignments for Steelers at Titans on Monday night:

EVERY TIME: DO THIS:
Someone talks about how both quarterbacks have long names 20 crunches
Any mention of "Music City" 5 minute plank
Any mention of the Nashville Predators (it's a hockey team) Run a marathon
Any reference to Taylor Swift 20 lunges
ESPN shows aerial view of the stadium 20 squats
Any reference to Carrie Underwood 25 squats
You hear "I WAS BOOORN FREEEE" 20 crunches
Any mention of the Memphis Grizzlies 20 jumping jacks
B-roll of the Grand Ole Opry 10 pushups
Any group of fans with team name spelled out across multiple chests 2 laps around your block
ESPN shows any footage of stadium food 15 pushups
ESPN cuts to a cute kid in the crowd 10 second plank
ESPN uses country music as a bumper to go to or come back from commercial 15 squats
That stupid "fans singing" NFL app commercial comes on 20 lunges
Cameras find a fan with a sign using the letters "ESPN" in a clever way 20 bicep curls with a canned good
Camera cuts to bar interior with someone playing acoustic guitar 15 second side plank
Jon Gruden cries while quoting "Remember the Titans" 10 handstand pushups
Cameras cut to Mike Tomlin looking like he wants to kill someone Finish watching on treadmill
Announcers have discussion about facial hair selfies 20 crunches
Jon Gruden doesn't know what a common word means 20 burpees

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