May's Weekly Tabata Challenge! - Week 1

It’s May!  That means Memorial day is just around the corner.  Are you ready for summer? Or do you need to push a little harder the next few weeks to get beach ready?  

Cardio is a great way to burn extra calories when you need that extra push!  Keep performing your weekly strength training workout to keep your metabolism up and muscle looking hard.  But now it is time to add in the cardio to shred those last few pounds.  Do not worry we have your workouts covered! 

Every Tuesday for the next 5 weeks we will have a new Tabata workout made. Each week it will  progressively become more intense to allow you to slowly progressively overload your cardio training sessions the smart way! 

Ready to get started?  

This week is Body Weight only Tabata! We are sticking with Traditional tabata timing of 20 seconds work 10 second of work, repeated 8 times for 4 minutes total per round. We will also keep the movements simple and repetitive to allow you to learn the timing and push yourself for each of those 20 seconds!  That is the point of tabata, to give it your all!

Circuit 1 

Jumping Jacks - 20 seconds work

Rest - 10 seconds

Repeat 8 times, for 4 minutes

Rest 1-3 minutes and go on to the next Circuit

Circuit 2

Mountain Climbers - 20 seconds work

Rest - 10 seconds

Repeat 8 times, for 4 minutes

Rest 1-3 minutes and go on to the next Circuit

Circuit 3

Squat Jumps or Air Squats to heel raise- 20 seconds work

Rest - 10 seconds

Repeat 8 times, for 4 minutes

Rest 1-3 minutes and go on to the next Circuit

Circuit 4

Bicycle Crunches - 20 seconds work

Rest - 10 seconds

Repeat 8 times, for 4 minutes

And you’re done!  Unless you want to repeat 1 or more of the circuits 1 more time!

Take a sweaty self and tag SHREDZ!