18 minute Fat Blasting Tabata Workout!

Hey everyone,

During the past week, we had several evening commitments.  Thus we switched to morning workouts.  This can be difficult (and a shock to the system), especially when you need to be at work by 7:30am! Even a quick workout, however, is better than nothing.  When we are short on time, we try to choose exercises that will recruit the major muscle groups and challenge our cardio too, maximizing the fat-burning benefits!

We chose a simple Tabata-style workout format for efficiency on the days that we had the least time available.  As a reminder on Tabatas, each exercise is completed for 4 minutes (20 seconds work, followed by 10 seconds of rest, for 8 cycles). After each exercise, you have 2 minutes of rest.  We chose three different exercises, to complete this workout in 18 minutes.

 Here is what we did:

1. Kettlebell swings
2. Kettlebell alternating deadlifts
3. Burpees

 Despite this workout being short in duration, it was exhausting.  By the end of the 8 burpee cycles, we were gasping for breath! This is a great morning workout and is also good for those busy days when you don't have a lot of time.  Give it a try and let us know how it goes for you!

-Tannys & Alex