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Today’s workout was focused on anaerobic capacity. I like to work Tabata Intervals in any chance I get — they’re a great way to increase anaerobic capacity. Tabata Intervals consist of 20 seconds of intense exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest; repeat eight times for a total of 4 minutes. Intense exercise can consist of anything from rope skips, to hitting/kicking the heavy bag, to burpees, and everything in between. If it sounds easy, try them. In fact try several sets of Tabata Intervals with 1 minute of rest in between each 4-minute set.

Today’s workout focused on the following:

Tabata Intervals (Rope Skips)
Clean and Press X 10
Crunches X 35
Burpees X 10
Clean and Press X 10
Crunches X 35
Burpees X 10

Repeat the above set of exercises twice. No rest between exercises or sets.

Time to complete 20 – 25 minutes.

I journal my workouts in a little notebook. It’s cool to look back on the variety of exercises and workouts I’ve done over the past couple of years. I thought I’d move this journal to my blog. While I can’t directly pinpoint a reason for blogging versus journaling, I might best sum this move to the digital realm as keeping my workouts fresh in some way.

Kept it simple today. Here it is.

Cable Pushups x 10
Medicine Ball Squats x 15
Pull-ups x 5
Crunches x 15
Medicine Ball Lunges x 16

I repeated this five times with no rest. Took about 20 minutes. Tomorrow will include more cardio – probably more anaerobic in nature.