[Body] A Taste of Tabata

I have recently taken up an interest in personal training. I have no formal training, nor am I the best ...yet ;) But I'm very passionate about seeing people become better in all areas of their lives. This includes my involvement with the U of T Iron Dragons dragonboat team and my workouts and adventures with friends.

The workout below provides a taste of Tabata. The Tabata routine takes any exercise and turns it into a high-intensity interval workout. As a general overview, one would take a given exercise and perform 8 sets of 20s ON and 10s OFF. ON periods are used for executing repetitions. OFF periods are for resting. The goal is to execute the highest number of repetitions.

The following workout was done with Lorraine and Fiona. The routine is 16 minutes of high intensity training. There are no rests. Their scores are posted below. Post scores to comment.
  • Squats: depth, hips below knees. weight mainly on heels. stand all the way up.
  • Pushups (*knees): Chest to the ground for guys. Girls have the option of using knees, but must use either knees or feet for all 8 sets.
  • "Break Dance": Start in a pushup position (facing 12 o'clock). Shuffle to kick your right leg out to your left (to 9 o'clock) and balance on your right arm, resume pushup position, and then kick out your left leg to 3 o'clock and balance on your left arm. Both legs count as 1 repetion.
  • Burpees: Squat completely. Kick out. Kick in. Jump up. Land back in squat position. Easy :)
  • Note: The descriptions are merely supplementary. Please post any questions you have or search online for descriptions.
Scores: Record your reps for each 20s set. There are two ways to record scores for Tabata workouts: 1) Total number of reps per exercise, and 2) Lowest number of reps per exercise. When posting scores, use the 1st method (total number of reps).

Do your best!

== Scores ==

Lorraine
Squats: 133
Pushups (Knees): 87
Break: 45
Burpees: 29

Fiona
Squats: 135
Pushups (Knees): 82
Break: 50
Burpees: 28

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