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Workout: Tabata Time!

three people lined up in the plank position in a gym

Time: 45 minutes

Equipment Needed: Weights & Rope or Medicine Ball (optional)

Warm Up: 5 - 10 minutes (½ mile suggested)

Tabata:

Tabata exercises need to be completed 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off for 2 minutes (not 4 minutes). 

Example for the 1st Tabata: 20 seconds Overhead Walking Lunges, 10 seconds Rest, 20 seconds V-Jumps, 10 seconds Rest, 20 seconds Overhead Walking Lunges, 10 seconds Rest, 20 seconds V-Jumps, 10 seconds rest, and keep repeating for a total of 2 minutes.

Recover 60-90 seconds between EACH Tabata and then REPEAT Tabatas 1-4 after a ¼ mile recovery jog.

Tabata #1:

  • Overhead Walking Lunges

  • V-Jumps

Tabata #2:

  • Battle Ropes (any variation) - if no ropes, then medicine ball slams, burpees, or any other cardio

Tabata #3:

  • Push Ups

  • Spiderman Plank

Tabata #4:

  • Jackknives

  • Hollow Hold

¼ mile recovery jog and repeat

Cool Down and Stretch: 5 - 10 minutes

Workout by: Saara Haapanen

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