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Tabata

Workout: Tabata Time… Then It’s All Going Down!

people doing reverse lunges

Time: 45 - 60 minutes

Equipment Needed: A stopwatch, dumbbells, and a bench/chair.

Warm Up: 5 - 10 minutes

Tabatas:

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

Example: for the 1st Tabata: 20 seconds reverse lunges (left leg), 10 seconds rest, 20 seconds revers lunges (right), 10 seconds rest, 20 seconds reverse lunges (left), 10 seconds rest, 20 seconds reverse lunges (right), 10 seconds rest…. For a total of 20 minutes.

Recover 45 seconds between EACH Tabataand then REPEAT Tabata 1 - 4.

Tabata #1:

  • Reverse Lunges (left)

  • Reverse Lunges (right)


Tabata #2: 

  • Presses (left)

  • Presses (right)


Tabata #3:

  • Overhead Triceps Presses

  • Mountain Climbers


Tabata #4:

  • Rows (left) 

  • Rows (right)

¼ mile Recovery Run

Going Down:

Complete ladder from 10 1.

Complete 10 reps of each exercise, then 9 reps of each, then 8, and so on until they reach 1 rep of each exercise!

  • Pistol Squat Negatives (over a bench if necessary)

  • Dips

Rest as needed.

Finisher:

Finish with a 2 minute set of Tabata sprints!

Cool Down and Stretch: 5 - 10 minutes

Workout by: Saara Haapanen

Photo Credit: Canva by EmirMemedovski from Getty Images Signature

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