Love Workout 8 min
2012
This 8 minute metabolism booster workout is made up of 2 parts. Both parts are 4 minutes long. The first part is as many rounds as possible of 2 exercises back to back and the 2nd part is made up of tabata intervals. The time goes by quick so push yourself to get as many reps as you can in before it’s done. I always find it amazing how these short workouts can give you such a good workout. I think it’s that the tendency is to push more because it is short and we almost always do our best and push hardest at the start of the workouts. So with these, you get the most effect in the least time!
Love Workout
Workout Breakdown
Part 1
Do as many rounds as possible in 4 minutes of:
10 Knee Hug Crunches
10 Sandbag Swings
Part 2
Tabata intervals. Set your timer for 8 rounds of 10 seconds rest and 20 seconds work and alternate these 2 exercises during the work intervals:
Dynamic Push Ups
Dynamic Squats
Remember to write down your reps so you can go back and see how you have been improving and you can compare if you do this again later.
See it in Action
I go through the whole workout in this video. In part 1, I started doing Double Crunches instead of Knee Hug Crunches and so I kept on with doing the double crunches throughout each interval. They are very similar exercises and you can choose and do whichever you like best!
I will put descriptions for both exercises below.
Exercise Descriptions
Sit on mat and lean back, stretch arms out to side and lift legs up from mat, still kept low and stretched out, then bring in legs bending knees and at the same time bring arms around and hug around legs, just barely touching them and then lean back out of it bringing arms back out to sides and legs straight and kept raised above mat. Each knee hug is one rep. Try to keep legs up off the floor as much as possible throughout movements.
Laying on ground, bring both knees and chest up to center then release and extend body, with torso and legs both extended but still off ground, arms are held outstretched along sides of body parallel to ground and stay in this position throughout movement. Repeat bringing both knees and upper body in and extending both back out.
Standing with legs shoulder width apart, hold onto middle handle of sandbag with both hands. Hold it low, at or just between legs, and swing up so that arms are parallel to ground at shoulder height. Squeeze glutes and push with hips as you swing the bag forward and up, let your hips do most of the work. Then let the bag come back down to just between legs and repeat. Each swing up is one rep.
From push up position jump legs out wide as you lower your body to ground, as you come back up jump feet back in together.
From standing, jump legs out and squat down simultaneously touching ground with fingers while in squat, then jump feet back in and stand up.
