At home kickboxing

Sunday my husband and his buddies finished our mancave in the basement and spent the entire afternoon and evening watching the football playoffs on the new flat screen.  I stayed upstairs and got some more unpacking done, watched football without the bickering of what calls the coaches should've made and played on Pinterest.  I was searching for Tabata workouts and found a fun one for boxing.  Who got super excited? This girl! The original was only the first two sets (crosses/jabs and upper cuts) but when I did it last night, I added 2 more sets of kicks.  The total workouts was 20 minutes and I did it while watching Biggest Loser in my living room.  It doesn't get much easier than that, does it?  Also, I found a great app called Tabata+ Lite which does your countdown timer for you and even keeps track of the rounds.  This is great for me because I can barely count to 8 when I'm not doing anything, let alone kicking and watching a timer and keeping track of how many rounds I've done.  That's just not happening without a little help from technology. So here's my at home kickboxing tabata workout if you want to try it.  I love it.  It's simple, quick and effective.  What more can I ask for?

Quick Tabata boxing workout

5-10 minute cardio warmup (I had just done 60 minutes of pool class so I skipped this but you could do any kind of walking in place, jump rope, squats, lunges, stairs, etc.)

1^st set- Repeat for 8 cycles

20 secs of jabs & crosses (high speed and power)

10 secs of rest or squats

Rest 1 minute

2^nd set- Repeat for 8 cycles

20 seconds of upper cuts (high speed and power)

10 secs of rest or lunges

Rest 1 minute

3^rd set- Repeat for 8 cycles

20 seconds of side kicks (alternate legs per round)

10 secs of running in place

Rest 1 minute

4^th set- Repeat for 8 cycles

20 seconds of front kicks (alternate legs per round)

10 secs of running in place

Cool down and stretch