Oh you know it’s that time. All of the most delicious food on the planet is coming for your lips, your hips, and your saddle bags. So let’s get ready!!!
We always talk about burring OFF the food AFTER we indulge. But the best way to keep the weight off is about what we do BEFORE we eat pie and drink until dawn.
Four words: High Intensity Interval Training.
Taking your heart rate to the roof and then back down to where you left your lunch on the floor burns fat, burns sugar, builds strength, increases your cardiovascular ability, and revs up your metabolism for 24 hours.
Sounds rough, I know. Personally, I love a kick-ass, go-all-out workout, my favorite being BLAST in Atlanta. Total exhaustion is almost as a satisfying as an orgasm for me. (When the workouts are daily and the Big O’s are so few and far between, it doesn’t feel like such a stretch….)
Ok, so let’s not make this sound so intimidating by using the Tabata method.
You choose your exercise. It can be a cardio move or free-weight lifting.
Do 20 second intervals of 100% exertion, 10 seconds of rest.
Six to eight rounds.
Your workout can go between 4 and 20 minutes. Then you’re done.
I’ve never incorporated HIIT with Tabata precision until recently. Trainer, spinning instructor, and hot mamma Judi Brown from Daily Burn SWEARS by Tabata. She gives all of the credit for her rock-hard wall of abs to this method of exercise. Check her out, pretty convincing if you ask me:
She made me dingo renegade rows the other day with 8 pound weights for 6 Tabata intervals.
My lats were sore for week! I loved it :)
Here’s how you do a renegade row. Remember to keep your core tight and hips facing the ground.
Remember, you can do anything! Burpees, jump squats, punches with weights, the list goes on.
PopSugar has a great collection of Tabata workout videos you hit up at home as well!
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