I’m feeling awesome. Maybe it’s because I have Olympic fever right now. After watching a spectacular display during the Opening Ceremonies I got up this morning motivated to work out doing Tabatas 2 days in a row. What is a Tabata you ask? It is an intense workout of your choice at full strength and speed. 20 seconds on, 10 seconds rest. For 4 straight minutes full speed ahead. Take a look at my last 2 days.
Yesterday
Tabata 1 – Body Weight Squats: Using my own body I would squat down as fast as I could for 20 seconds. Then rest for 10. Then back to it. 8 sets! And boy does it burn.
Tabata 2 – Spin Bike: Got on the spin bike and set it up for full sprint.
Tabata 3 – Skiers with Medicine Ball: Lay a jump rope down on the ground and jump over it left to right with my feet together. Holding an 8 lb medicine ball in both hands as I jump, I raise my arms over my head and end my jump with the ball out to my side making sure I keep my arms outstretched. During this Tabata I also did high knees. Just running in place bringing my knee up high. Lets say that towards the end my knees were less than impressive.
Today
Tabata 1 – Sledge Hammer: With a 12 lb sledge hammer all of us motivated men got up at 8am to pound a huge wood stump. You know the scene in Meet the Parents where Ben Stiller says you will have to pry it from my Kung Foo grip? Well, after 4 minutes of pounding a wood stump, my fingers wouldn’t extend for a solid 2 minutes. And yet I felt great!
Rest of Workout – Stair hops, deep push ups, curl presses with a kettle bell and snatches with the kettle bell.
Get someone to work out with you and bring a good stopwatch. You can do 3 Tabatas and have an amazing workout done in 20 min. Try sit-ups. Jump rope. Or hopping on stairs. Hear the Olympic music. Have a medals ceremonies. Whatever you need to get motivated to move and feel healthy.
SB
