Simple Upper Body Pulling/Lower Body Tabata Training.

Here is a continuation to my prior post on Tabata Training.  This time you are using a upper body pulling movement with a lower body movement.  Everything else is the same.  A four minute workout at your own pace.  Try it out.

Simple Upper Pushing/Lower Body Tabata Training for Anyone.

After reading a Facebook post about an inspector in NY wanting her officers to better themselves physically for the job, I thought I would describe and show a quick workout anyone could do without having "Not enough time in my day" as an excuse.  This is where Tabata Training comes.  Tabata training is a High Intensity Interval Training (H.I.I.T) workout that lasts four minutes.  You make the workout as tough as you would like depending on your fitness level.  The name Tabata comes from the Japanese scientist Dr. Izumi Tabata.  The program goes like this:

•Workout hard for 20 seconds
•Rest for 10 seconds
•Complete eight rounds which equals four minutes

 

You push yourself as hard as you can for 20 seconds and rest for 10 seconds. You continue in this manner until the four minutes are up.  You can do pretty much any exercise you wish.  In the video I use the pushup and squat as the exercises.  20 seconds of pushups, 10 seconds rest, 20 seconds of squats, 10 seconds of rest, and then repeat for the remainder of the time.  Simple as can be.  Try it out.

 

 

NO EXCUSES! GET YOUR WORKOUTS IN!!

If you want a better you, physically and or mentally, you will find the time to improve.  Look at your daily routine for the day, week , or month and I guarantee there is time to work on yourself.  In the video I talk about a block of time tons of parents get a few days a week to workout, but instead spend that time sitting around or gossiping.  I am talking about that hour when your kid has practice.  While they practice, work on yourself.   

The 3 Fitness Mistakes Almost Everyone Makes (Athlete Journal 110) | Breaking Muscle

Charles Staley has been in the fitness industry for many years, and like me, has not stepped into a commercial gym in a while.  He recently made a trip into one of these gyms and what he saw was rediculous.  People making the same mistakes gym goers have been making for years and no one in these facilities is stepping up and correcting them.  You may be one of these gym members making these mistakes.  Find out below. 



The 3 Fitness Mistakes Almost Everyone Makes (Athlete Journal 110) | Breaking Muscle

EMPTY PARKING LOT=OUTDOOR GYM!! TRAIN ANYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

People need to get rid of the mindset that they can only get a quality workout in a gym, with machines, or even weights.  Get your ass outdoors when the weather is great and get shit done.  Body weight movements are key to balance out your training, especially if all you do is workout with weights.  Move that body so that you are not a stiff, immobile, and weak human being.  When I say weak I mean can't move your own body weight weak.  Yeah you might be able to throw some barbell weight around, but when it comes to training with movements consisting of body weight, YOU SUCK!!  Man up and get shit done.
The following video shows examples of movements that anyone can start doing.  Obviously scale to your own fitness level.  When was the last time you sprinted anywhere?  Sprinting is an awesome power, coordination, and conditioning movement that EVERYONE needs to put into their routines.  Remember this, in the event of an emergency, will you be walking or jogging to safety?  NO, you will be running for your fucking life!!