WOD: “Tabata a la Moose, anyone?”

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So you think you’re tough, eh?  Well if you are in need of a quick burner, here’s a little workout  (WOD) of the day I created.  This is a great workout if you are in need of a good pump and just can’t find the time to get into the crossfit gym for a group class.

Warm-up:

• 2,000 meter row for time (or just go for a 1-mile run if you don’t have a rower)
• 6 rounds of jumping rope x 3 minutes with 1 minute between round

Before I go into detail on the workout at hand, let’s review the concept of Tabata workouts.

Exert from a previous post: “Complete 20 seconds of each exercise as quickly as you can, followed by 10 seconds of rest, then repeat another 7 times for a total of 8 intervals.  Note, the trick is that you want a high amount of reps per interval because your personal score is the lowest number of completed reps in a single set.”

Workout (total time to complete 24 minutes):

1. Tabata Double Unders, 1 minute rest;
2. Tabata Sit-ups,1 minute rest;
3. Tabata Push-ups,1 minute rest;
4. Tabata Squats,1 minute rest;
5. Tabata Rows (or sprints)!

Scoring this workout:

Take your lowest scored round for exercises 1 through 4 and add together, then add the total calories burned for the tabata rows and you have your final total.

My score was 15 + 10 + 7 + 20 + 60 = 112 total

Give it a shot and post your total to comments ~ good luck!

The Happy Moose