Fwd: S90: Day 4: Tabata Inferno

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--- S90: Day 4: Tabata Inferno

Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:45:23 -0400

From: Festival City Concrete Ltd / & Carolyn Visser

this is an effective cardio workout, and very athletic. not

'fun' in the way a dance workout, or something like that, might

be. but 'fun' in the sense that it is challenging and gives a

real sense of accomplishment. i was surprised at how much i

could do in this workout, and that was fun! i have found that

the s90 workouts i have done so far have been well designed.

they are manage-ably tough, if that makes any sense. of course

i had to modify some of this workout, but i was ok with that.

sweat was still dripping onto my mat, even after i had repeatedly

toweled off and i sure felt great afterward.

first of all, i added on the usual warmup only to find that tom

does the exact same warmup as part of the workout. oh well,

that was ok, i didnt mind the extra warmup but it did make the

workout a little bit longer than expected. apparently the

cooldown selection on the menu is supposed to be applied to all

workouts, as needed. but the optional warmup is meant for the

strength training workouts only. whatever!

tom leads 7 circuits of cardio exercises. each circuit consists

of either 4 or 2 exercises. you do the first exercise in the

circuit for 20 seconds, rest for 10 seconds (used to get into

position for the next exercise), then do the next exercise in the

circuit for 20 seconds, rest for 10 secs. then the circuit is

repeated either twice or four times. you then get 60 seconds

rest before moving onto a new circuit.

lots of getting up from/down onto the floor as you move through

the circuits. i did jump squats and high knee running on the

rebounder. i discovered that i still detest burpees and need an

acceptable modification for those, any ideas? tom is

encouraging, telling me to 'even just do one!', which is about

all that i did...lol.

i substituted planks but planks really arent challenging for me.

tom does 'plank jacks' later in the workout, maybe i will

substitute those for the burpees. i did as many pushups as i

could on my toes but then i did go to my knees. i changed plyo

lunges to regular lunges as i dont think the rebounder is big

enough to do them. will try the rebounder next time to see.

same goes for 'pop squats'.

here is the breakdown of tabata inferno in case anyone is

interested. this info is from VF.

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Supreme 90 Tabata Inferno 43:42

20 sec. on/10 sec. off/60 sec. rest between circuits

Warm up and Workout (37:45)

Circuit 1:

Jump squat

Mountain climber

4 sets

Circuit 2:

High knees

Thrusters (squat/overhead push press)

Push ups

Bicycle

2 sets

Circuit 3:

Plyo lunge

V up

Spider

Seated twist

2 sets

Circuit 4:

Wood chop

Pop squat

4 sets

Circuit 5:

Burpee

Push up

Bicycle

Mountain climber

2 sets

Circuit 6:

Plyo lunge

Triangle push up (diamond push up)

Plank jacks

Thrusters

2 sets

Circuit 7:

Jump squat

Spider

Seated twist

High knees

2 sets

Cool down (5:57)