Hi everyone,
A short, but sweet workout today to make up for the Easter laziness 🙂 Sometimes I find it difficult to motivate myself, using excuses like, “it’s Easter” to justify not exercising or sticking to my diet.
I have previously touched on the benefits of Tabata training in my Kettlebell Booty-Camp video where I used this type of interval training for my post-resistance cardio. Another time to use Tabata is when you’re short of time, or even just to vary the type of cardio you do. It will provide your body with a metabolic boost which will improve fat burning at the time and for several hours after the workout.
The Workout
So I set my Gymboss Interval Timer to run for 8 cycles. Each cycle was made up of 10 seconds rest and 20 seconds MAX EFFORT. The whole workout lasted 4 minutes. You should nearly feel physically sick by the end of the 4 minutes, it’s meant to be that intense! I chose 4 exercises and performed each exercise twice before moving on.
The exercises I performed today were:
- Skipping (high-knees) x 2 sets
- Lunges Jumps (fast paced) x 2 sets
- Burpees x 2 sets
- Dynamic Squats x 2 sets
As soon as I finished this workout and started to stretch out, the sweat started pouring, it was like a delayed reaction!
Hope you enjoy the rest of your Easter – I’m unfortunately working again tonight 🙁
Marianne
hi how many days you do exercise per week?
About 4 or 5 usually. But this changes depending on how tired I am 🙂