Monday, September 24, 2012

4 Minutes of Hellacious Fun

So what if I told you that in 4 minutes, you can have an amazing workout?  Would you believe me?  Most will say no, but I'm telling you the truth!  I swear!

If you've ever heard of the term HIIT or Hight Intensity Interval Training, than you know where I'm going with this.

Tabata is all about doing high intensity moves for 20 seconds, resting for 10 seconds then repeating that cycle 8 times for a total of 4 minutes of work.  If you want to learn more about the origins of Tabata, you can check it out on Wikipedia.

But I'm going beyond just educating you on the method, I'm delivering a "People's Choice Tabata" to your doorstep just for you!

You might be asking what makes this a "People's Choice" Tabata?  Well, all weekend, I've asking the Twitter-verse what moves they would do if they only had 30 seconds!

I turned those responses into a Tabata perfect for everyone!  Moms, I'm thinking of you a ton!

Before I reveal the workout, here are some of the responses that didn't quite make the cut.

Good 'ole Adam aka "The Boring Runner" wasn't so boring with this idea.
Adam | The Boring Runner

Now Adam, while I agree that this can be a good workout....well, let's just leave it at that.

Thanks for playing our game Adam, you get the consolation prize.  :)  Now we did get some excellent answers that made it in!

Here's a quick preview of what you'll see:
Kara | Miss London

 Janice | Fitness Cheerleader
 Becki | Fight4Wellness
Llene | Fierce Diva Blog
So now that you've seen some of the recommendations, let's get this party started (or workout).

You have 4 minutes?  Then let's do this!!  I did this tonight at the gym after my 3 mile run and HOLY COW!!  You'll sweat!


Do you Tabata?  What do you do? 

I should've posted this earlier.  SORRY! I demonstrate a Push Away in this youTube Video. 

9 comments:

  1. That looks like a great workout. I have never done HIIT in only 4 minutes though...I'll have to try it and see.

    What is a "push away"?

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  2. Getting ready to do this workout during my lunch break... What are push aways?

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  3. Hahaha! Of course a guy would come up with that workout! I'm a huge fan of Tabata hell! Great way to squeeze in some intense moves.

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  4. Looks like a good one! Will have to throw it into today's workout session.

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  5. I LOVE Tabata! I think it's such a great workout. makes me feel so out of shape, even though I'm not. ha!

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  6. Very cool... i had never heard of that before. Great video and form.

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  7. Love Tabata and so perfect for me now! Going to give your routine a go this afternoon :)

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  8. My tummmy is full but I am going to "test" this out in the a.m. You are so good!

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  9. Great workout, I love Tabata and this circuit looks like a good one for tomorrow morning ;) THANKS!

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