Challenge Of The Week: Brutal Abs Tabata

Photo credit: Project Swole

This HIIT workout is guaranteed to leave your core tight and burn inter-muscular fat. Simply put, tabata workouts are short and extremely effective! You will have a fat burning total-body workout in a matter of minutes.

A traditional tabata technically calls for 20 seconds of intense exercise (i.e. the fastest you can go) followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated 8 times for a total of 4 minutes. Yes, 4 minutes. 

The Challenge

This week’s challenge is only a 8-minute workout but you have to give it your best shot. This workout involves not 1 but 2 Tabata combo workouts and where Tabata intervals normally only involve one exercise, these feature two.

 
1. Tabata Russian twist and leg raise

• 20 seconds of Russian twist
• 10 seconds rest
• 20 seconds of leg raise
• 10 seconds rest
• Repeat 4 times

2. Tabata plank hold and plank jack

• 20 seconds of plank hold
• 10 seconds rest
• 20 seconds of plank jack
• 10 seconds rest
• Repeat 4 times