4th of July Tabata Workout

I don’t know about you, but I had an awesome weekend. It just really felt like summer. I needed one of those. It reminded me how great it is to be alive and young. So much fun.

And this coming weekend: 4^th of July! Who is excited?! A short workweek followed by a long weekend. What’s not to love? I hope you are all planning on lots of sunshine and lake time and BBQs and watermelon. I am. That is fo sho.

Inspired by the 4^th of July, I put together a little tabata workout.

July 4 = 7/4 = 7 rounds of 4 exercises. Get it?

The awesome thing about tabata is that it is super quick and extremely effective. Remember this HIIT workout when I explained the benefits of this type of training? The science around tabata is the same.

This workout will take you less than 20 minutes. It is quick, but it is not easy! It actually is harddddd. In order to make it worth your time, you have to push it – really make yourself work. You should be huffin’ and puffin’ and sweatin’. Then afterwards you will feel amazing. Your metabolism will be all revved up and you won’t feel as bad about indulging in hot dogs, s’mores, and flag cake.

Do it a once or twice this week to prep for all the lake/pool time, delicious food, and cold beverages.

Maybe you are going out of town and won’t have access to a gym. That is no problem! You can basically do this workout anywhere. The only thing you need is a timer, because if you can easily and evenly count to 20 seconds through all these exercise it means you are not working hard enough. Luckily for us, there is a plethora of timer and stopwatch apps.

I will be doing this workout outside of my cabin on Friday morning before throwing on my swimsuit and chilling by the lake. Maybe I will get the rest of my family to join in. The sound of loons will be our background music.