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The 2 Best Time-Crunch Tabata Workouts

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The 2 Best Time-Crunch Tabata Workouts
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The 2 Best Time-Crunch Tabata Workouts
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The popular HIIT style known as Tabata is the ultimate time-crunched workout method in that you can work your entire body, if you want to, in just four-minute increments. It may seem too good to be true, but โ€œthe short duration of a Tabata workout increases a personโ€™s willingness to complete it and the possibility to build the habit and do it regularly,โ€ says trainer Selena Watkins. Shorter durations also means less stress on the body.

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Workout 1

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 2 of 4

High Knees

Equipment
Sets
8
Reps
4 minutes (20 seconds on, 10 seconds off)
Rest
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How to
Exercise 4 of 4

V-Up

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No Equipment
Sets
8
Reps
4 minutes (20 seconds on, 10 seconds off)
Rest
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Alternate exercise โ€” jackknife

Workout 2

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 5 of 4

Pushup

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Sets
4
Reps
4 minutes (20 seconds on, 10 seconds off)
Rest
--
Exercise 7 of 4

Burpee

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Sets
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Reps
4 minutes (20 seconds on, 10 seconds off)
Rest
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