Fat Blasting Kettlebell Workout

Hi everyone,

What an eventful 24 hours I’ve just had! So, yesterday I sang at my friend Rachael’s wedding which was one of the most nerve-wracking things I’ve ever done. I think it went well, but I know I made a few mistakes – hopefully the audience didn’t notice 🙂 So, then I stayed over at the hotel last night, so I could enjoy a little wine and a LOT of food. I love my grub, so I think I might have eaten EVERYTHING in sight lol, then a 3 course breakfast this morning.

And I wondered where all my energy came from today LOL

So I unfortunately had to video myself today, my lovely cameraman was working 🙁 So I hope the quality wasn’t too bad etc I think a few times my hands were out of the shot when I was holding the KB above my head, so sorry about that.

The Workout

I thought I would devise a full-body, fat-blasting workout to work off my sins from last night. The workout was initially supposed to be 18 minutes long, but I had surplus energy to use up at the end, so I added Tabata 😉 The first section has 6 exercises and 3 rounds.

Setting my Gymboss Interval Timer for 18 cycles of 20 seconds rest and 40 seconds effort I performed the following exercises, and managed the reps (in brackets) :

1. Overhead KB Swings with 16kg  ( 15 – 12 – 13 )
2. Burpees with Push Ups ( 14 – 11 – 12 )
3. KB Single Leg Deadlift (right) ( 12 – 10 – 11 )
4. KB Single Leg Deadlift (left) ( 13 – 11 – 11 )
5. KB Snatches (left) with 16kg for round one and 12kg the rest. ( 10 – 14 – 15 )
6. KB Snatches (right) same weights as above ( 12 – 15 – 16 )

I reset my timer for the usual 8 cycles of 10 seconds rest and 20 seconds MAX effort and performed the following routine of KB swings, all with 16 KG.

1. 2-Handed KB Swings x 2 sets
2. 1- Armed KB Swings Right / Left x 2 sets ( total )
3. Alternating KB Swings x 1 set
4. 2-Handed KB Swings x 1 set
5. Alternating KB Swings x 1 set
6. 2-Handed KB Swings x 1 set

I probably could’ve managed another set of Tabata, but I’m working tonight and these videos can take a while to put together, so that’s my excuse today.

I hope to be back soon, but I’m working all weekend, so it will probably be Monday. Let me know how you did with the workout, if you try it and I’ll see you soon.

Marianne