Cardio Tabata Workout

Posted on November 14, 2013 by admin

Hello, it’s time for another Home Workout of the Week! With all the previous workouts I’ve posted the main focus has been on resistance training using just your body weight. The following routine though is more focused on the cardiovascular component of a workout.

There are many ways to achieve a good cardiovascular workout without having to use a treadmill, bike, or elliptical. You can go for a walk, jog, bike ride, or swim for example. By far, the best type of cardiovascular training for boosting your metabolism, fat loss, and strengthening your heart and lungs, is interval training. Interval training has been shown to cause your body to burn more fat and calories for 24 hours after the workout than it would if you did a steady pace cardio workout.

A very effective type of interval training is the Tabata so this week I would like you to try my Cardio Tabata Workout. It’s intense and will also work your legs too but the focus is on the cardiovascular component. This workout has 4 rounds of 4 different Tabata’s and should take you approximately 20 minutes to complete. This is a great workout to do between your strength training sessions.

Get ready to sweat and let me know how you do!

Cardio Tabata Workout

Tabata Protocol – 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest; 4 rounds of each pair of exercises followed by a 1 minute rest before moving on to the next Tabata

Tabata 1

Burpee
Spider Jump (like a spider man climb but jumping to each side instead)

Tabata 2

Jumping Jacks
Running Mountain Climber

Tabata 3

Cross Country Skier
Seal Jack

Tabata 4

Speed Skater
High Knee Running

Full Body Tabata Workout 2

Posted on October 17, 2013 by admin

It’s Home Workout of the Week time again! We just finished celebrating Thanksgiving this past weekend here in Canada so for many of you that means a little over indulging in turkey dinners and pumpkin pie! So to help you burn some of those excess calories consumed over the weekend I have another Full Body Tabata Workout for you to try.

This Full Body Tabata Workout has a little bit of a different structure than the last one. Instead of 8 rounds of 5 pairs of exercises there are 5 rounds of 8 pairs of exercises. This will give you more variety and work the muscles even more!

Give it a shot and let me know how you do!

Full Body Tabata Workout 2

Tabata Protocol – 20 seconds of as many reps as you can do followed by 10 seconds of rest; 5 rounds of each pair of exercises followed by a 1 minute rest before moving on to the next pair of exercises

Warm-Up

30 seconds of Jumping Jacks
10 Spinal Rotations for each side
10 Shoulder Circles for each arm
10 Pushups
12 Spiderman Climbs

Tabata 1

Dumbbell Swing – you can use any heavy object for this one
Crunch and Hold Leg Scissors

Tabata 2

Tabata 3

Tabata 4

Alternating One Arm Side Balance Plank – add a pushup between each side plank
Reverse Bicycle

Tabata 5

One Leg Deadlift – alternate legs for each rep
Seated Ab Twist

Tabata 6

Tabata 7

Tabata 8

Full Body Tabata Workout

Posted on October 3, 2013 by admin

Hello everyone! It’s time for another Home Workout of the Week and this week’s workout is a little more intense than usual. It’s a Full Body Tabata Workout which means the cardiovascular aspect of the routine is high so you will be burning tons of calories. You will also be working pretty much every muscle group of your body using your own body weight for resistance.

The Tabata protocol for this routine is 5 pairs of exercises with 8 rounds of each. You will work for 20 seconds followed by 10 seconds of rest until the 8 rounds are complete then rest for 1 minute before going on to the next round. A great amount of endurance is needed to complete this so if you need longer breaks in between that’s ok. You can build your way up to shorter rests over time.

So give it a try and let me know how you do!

Full Body Tabata Workout

Tabata Protocol – 20 seconds of as many reps as you can do followed by 10 seconds of rest; 8 rounds of each pair of exercises followed by a 1 minute rest before moving on to the next pair of exercises

Warm-Up

30 seconds of Jumping Jacks
10 Spinal Rotations for each side
10 Shoulder Circles for each arm
10 Pushups
12 Spiderman Climbs

Tabata 1

Squat and Hold – hold squat for entire 20 seconds
Burpee – add a pushup with each burpee

Tabata 2

Tabata 3

Tabata 4

Tabata 5

Plyometric Lower Body Workout

Posted on September 10, 2013 by admin

Hey everyone! It’s Home Workout of the Week time and this week’s workout is going to really challenge your cardiovascular endurance.

I have a Plyometric Lower Body Workout for you to try and if you never heard of plyometric training before, it basically consists of powerful and fast movements which will improve the working of your nervous system which in turn will improve your overall performance. Some benefits of plyometric training include enhanced performance, increase in muscle power and calorie burning, and increased endurance.

Plyometric training is not easy and if you have knee and back problems I don’t recommend this workout as there is higher joint impact and increase risk of injury.

The following Plyometric Lower Body Workout is a shorter workout consisting of 5 exercises with jumping jacks in between each exercise. The goal is to do 3 rounds of the superset.

Have fun and let me know how you do!

Plyometric Lower Body Workout

Warm-Up

30 seconds of Jumping Jacks
10 Spinal Rotations for each side
10 Shoulder Circles for each arm
12 Body Weight Squats
12 Spiderman Climbs

Superset

Burpee – 10 reps
Jumping Jacks – 30 seconds
Jump Squat and Hold – 4 jumps with a 10 second hold between each jump
Jumping Jacks – 30 seconds
In and Out Squat Jump – 15 reps
Jumping Jacks – 30 seconds
Jump Lunge Hold – 8 jumps with a 5 second hold between each jump
Jumping Jacks – 30 seconds
Running Mountain Climber – 30 seconds
Jumping Jacks – 30 seconds

Rest 60 to 90 seconds then repeat the superset 2 more times

Legs, Back, Core Workout

Posted on September 3, 2013 by admin

Hello there! It’s time for another Home Workout of the Week. Last week I showed you a Chest, Shoulder, and Tricep Workout and this week we will switch things up and work the muscles of the legs (quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and calves), the back, and your core.

There are 3 rounds for each superset and to burn some extra calories and increase your cardiovascular endurance, some jumping jacks have been added in to each superset.

Try out the Legs, Back, and Core Workout and let me know how you do!

Legs, Back, Core Workout

Warm-Up

10 Spinal Rotations for each side
10 Shoulder Circles for each arm
12 Body Weight Squats
12 Bridges
12 Spiderman Climbs

Superset 1

Jump Squat and Hold – 6 reps with a 5 sec hold after each rep
Plank Back Row – 20 reps total
Around the World – 15 reps
Jumping Jacks – 30 seconds

Rest for 60 to 90 seconds then repeat the superset 2 more times

Superset 2

Reverse Lunge Leg Kick – 10 reps each leg
Superman Back Row – 12 reps (hold the superman position while doing the back row)
V Crunch – 15 to 20 reps
Jumping Jacks – 30 seconds

Rest for 60 to 90 seconds then repeat the superset 2 more times

Superset 3

Reverse Lunge 1 Leg Deadlift – 10 reps each leg
Sea Turtle – 30 seconds
Bird Dog – 20 reps
Jumping Jacks – 30 seconds

Rest for 60 to 90 seconds then repeat the superset 2 more times

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Cardio Tabata Workout

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Full Body Tabata Workout

Plyometric Lower Body Workout

Legs, Back, Core Workout