A Strong & Steady Week of Training, Plus My Intro to Tabata's

This week has been pretty good with the workout schedule, feels like I finally found a nice blend of workouts to get in.  I'm mostly doing them in the mornings with some rides in the evenings.

The weekly schedule is pretty much:
Monday - Tabata Run - 16 minutes, 4 min easy, 4 min Tabata x 2
Tuesday - Kettlebell Circuit in AM, 8 mile Fat Bike ride in PM
Wednesday - Tabata Run - 16 minutes
Thursday: Kettlebell Circuit in AM, 6 mile ride in PM
Friday: Tabata Run, 16 minutes
Saturday: 3 mile run, easy/moderate pace

After next week, I won't have summer classes going on, so I will probably get more rides on the bike in, after my work days.  With a little more free time, I am planning some good rides.

The KB circuits have been Tabata based as well, working in 20/10 work/rest formats and alternating sides.  This makes for a very efficient workout, moving from left side to right side and keeping the body moving, while resting parts of it actively.  Tuesday was a series of 2 minute rounds with the 40# bell, doing Swings, Cleans, Presses, Swings, and Snatches.  Thursday was the same routine, but I also added a 4 minute Tabata circuit of good old cross-body mountain climbers.

I've really liked the Tabata format of workout design for about 15 years now. 

If anyone remembers the magazine, Muscle Media, I was introduced to it back around 1999 or 2000 in that magazine. It was a magazine published by Bill Phillips of EAS fame.  2000 seems like the right time in my memory, because I remember trying it as a 12 minute workout to do with 4 minutes easy, 4 minutes Tabata style, and 4 minutes easy as a cool-down. I experimented a lot with this format, mainly with my running workouts.  It became a staple workout for me, adding in 16 minute circuits and also 20 minute circuits. When I first worked as a sports performance trainer, I needed short brief workouts for my running ones, and the Tabata format did wonders for me. 

Fast-Forward to today, and I was introduced to Craig Ballantyne's 20/10 Home Workout Revolution system.  I liked it a lot, because:
1. Its more workouts than a P90X or Insanity or any other system's lineup of workouts.
2. The workouts were much, much shorter and less time-wasting overall. I'm sorry, but workouts like P90X Yoga were painful to do and go through, plus Insanity's 'recovery' workouts were far from it.
3. The videos were all downloadable, and I could CREATE my own series of workouts to put on a DVD myself.  I basically have my workout selection, all on one DVD, and no massive amounts of DVD's sitting around.
4. It follows my favorite workout pattern, the Tabata format!

Another bonus: it was far, far less than the cost of a P90X program or other infomercial system!

The other big bonus: I could sell this system and make more commission off of it, versus trying to sell P90X and those other programs.

Slight Rant: Yes, I used to sell the Beachbody lineups of their workout programs, back when P90X was the 'best thing ever' it seemed.  I did the programs, tried to sell the systems, and simply got tired of the same old rhetoric from the company that kept telling me to sell a big program plus their supplement packages, mainly Shakeology.

I get it: you want people on supplements because its a recurring thing to buy each month. But not everyone can afford $100 bags of powder to mix with milk or juice and only get a month's worth of servings out of it.

The reality of it: I would maybe make $30/sale on a $120 P90X program. Plus I'd still have to purchase so many 'points' worth of stuff, PLUS pay a monthly fee for my website that sold the stuff.

Now I make more money off one sale of HWR that I'd every bring in on a sale of a $120 program from BB. Needless to say, I've made more money selling HWR than I ever did off BB.

Anyways, back to HWR: it is a solid bargain to obtain this complete system. Check it out further at http://tinyurl.com/cbhwrevsale

If you like it, you can also sell it by signing up as an affiliate. There is no magical 'team' to be a part of, just sell it straight up like me and tell others about it. I've been selling it for a couple of years now through my blogs and websites.  Give it a look and see if it is right for you.

Maybe you want to read up on it while enjoying some OG Coffee: check out the many flavors of coffee, tea, and even hot chocolate from Organo Gold. Yes, you can also sell OG like I am doing, too. It is a pretty low-cost start-up and you can get a great discount on OG products on top of that. http://tinyurl.com/kbcoffee

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Coach Rick
Kettlebells & Coffee