Happy Friday!
I was happy to read all your opinions regarding yesterday’s post. I personally appreciated Kara’s sentiment when she said, “I’m a size 4 or 6 too, and I’d love for someone to call me plus sized to my face :)” My thoughts exactly!
As you read this, I should be in the car, on my way to the mountains for the next four glorious days! I’m heading to Copper today for a decent day of skiing (finally!). As of Thursday, they had 8″ of new stuff with more on the way, so I figured it was time to get out there! And after that? You guessed it–I’m into the woods for 3 days of hut trip madness!! Happy, happy weekend!
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I recently received a Gymboss timer (hint, hint, maybe a giveaway coming soon?!) and was anxious to test it out. However, I wasn’t in the mood to do running intervals, so I went to
Blonde Ponytail’s website and looked up a few of her moves (girl is tough!). In the end, I came up with a decent
Tabata workout that I was excited to try out.
I shouldn’t have been so excited. I got annihilated!
In essence, tabata basically takes one exercise of your choosing and breaks it into 8 sets of 30 seconds, for a grand total of 4 minutes. Each set is composed of 20 seconds of all out maximum effort, followed by 10 seconds of complete rest. I did the following four exercises:
1. Plank Jacks on a Stability Ball
2. Medicine Ball Push Ups
3. Split Jack Lunges
4. One Armed Clean and Presses
(For videos of each exercise, go check out BP’s My Moves page)
I split each set up with a one minute break in between for a grand total of 20 minutes. And I was breathing like a maniac when I was done. Actually, more like Chris Farley dancing to She’s a Maniac. It was bad!!
And you know what else? Tabatas or not, those plank jacks on a stability ball are
no joke. As I sit here on the couch (cause get it, I’m writing the night before?!) I can feel my abs and my shoulders feeling tired. Like the good kind!!
**Edited to add: It’s Friday morning now and my core is sore! Love it cause very rarely do I get a good ab workout!**
Everyone have a great weekend!
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Y’all know my plans this weekend, but what are you up to?
Have you ever done a tabata workout?
Do you like the crossfit/tabata/interval style of training or would you rather just go for a long run or ride?
