Ever wonder what we look like behind the computer screen whilst doing a Tworkout?
Well that’s Beki, all headbanded and ready to go! We strapped on our headbands, we grabbed our water bottles and we fastened our kneehighs (like @LissaJoy) and we had an amazing group of women (and even some dudes who jumped in!) together on Twitter to sweat it out.
So there I was, thighs burning, yelling at my husband who had the timer going, “How much longerrrrrrrr?!”
OK, maybe it was more of a whine. But as Tara said, “You can do anything for 3 minutes!” And we did. Our legs were shaking, our hearts were pounding, beads of sweat were forming and we burpeed and lunged and squatted and dipped and crunched Tara Costa Jillian-style.
It.Was.AWESOME.
We chit-chatted about fitness, about our awesome sponsor, Subway, and about working out with a pair of panties stuck to our backside Lisa.
Really, we laughed, we cried, IT WAS BETTER THAN CATS! Then we felt the burn. We were one with the burn. (Right Nancy?)
If you didn’t get a chance to catch the Tworkout last night (and Twitter + Workout = Tworkout, if you don’t know what Im talking about), don’t despair! You can still do it! And we’ll even give it to you in more than 140 characters!
We started off with lotsa squats. There was full on leg-shaking-burning stuff going on and yes some complaining, but honestly, it didn’t matter how in shape any of us were or are. We were equal opportunity out-of-breath-burners. I actually LOVE thigh-burning, it actually feels really good to me and I love it! Maybe I’ve said it enough that I believe it now, but so be it! I do love me a good thigh burn. For this #tworkout you do need weights, I used a 5lb medicine ball, but some people used soup cans, others used 8 lb weights, kettle bells, small child, whatever you have lying around!
So here went the first set (Note: everything in quotes directly tweeted by Tara):
-45 seconds Squats -45 seconds of recovery – your choice: jumping jacks, jump rope or side step. -45 seconds “SQUAT w/ LEG LIFT – as you come into squat position alternate picking up foot about 6 inches off the floor #tworkout” -45 seconds active recovery – your choice again
– 45 secs: “POWER SQUATS – JUMP in & out (on out it is a larger stance than previous squats)”
Whoo-eeee! Legs a shakin!
Next set was some cardio. My lungs were actually on fire for this. But don’t let me scare you. That means it’s working!
-“45 Secs: SCISSOR JUMPS holding your weight extend your right arm hold it there! This is cardio and balance – DON’T DROP IT!” – I must admit I had to Google these and watch a You Tube video. Which is HERE in case you need to too. -15 seconds active recovery -“45 Secs: TURNING JUMP SQUATS – hold object center as you do a 180 jump start in squat position” -15 seconds active recovery -“45 Secs: SCISSOR JUMPS holding object to the left side Remember BALANCE we all need it, focus on tightening your core”
-15 seconds active recovery
Serious thigh burnage.
Next up: Lunges and Dips! Everyone’s favorite! -“45 Sec: BACKWARD ALT LUNGES w/ HAMMER CURL: use what you have in house for weights” NOTE: “as you lunge backwards watch knees – make sure they dont go over your toes & dont allow your knee to touch floor!” -15 seconds recovery, jumping jacks
-“45 Sec: FORWARD ALT LUNGES w/ BICEP CURL: keep elbows close to ur body & focus on tightening biceps &buttocks as U come up” (huh huh, huh huh, she said, “Buttocks.”)
-“45 Sec chair or couch triceps dips – legs straight or bent depending upon level. Goal is to drop your waistline below your hands”
Next up: ABS! -“45 secs: OBLIQUES: On your back, knees bent, feet on FLOOR, hands to your side and touch hands to side of toes/ankles” (right hand to right ankle and left hand to left ankle, etc etc) -15 seconds recovery: regular knee-bent crunches – “45 secs: LOWER ABS: ON ur back, Hands under butt, lift legs UP & DOWN. Don’t let feet touch that floor!”
-“45 secs: ABS: on back, hands to side lift knees up to your chest and slowly bring them down – keep it controlled”
And then the FINALE!
-“45 Secs: MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS – count how many you can do and let me know! #tworkout 15 sec active recovery – jacks! GO!!!!” (Can’t you just feel the energy???!! and ps. if you don’t know what these are, like me, you can see for yourself HERE.) -“45 Secs: PLANK HOLD on elbows rising to hands – count how many times your right hand touches the floor and tweet back to me!” (No holds barred!)
-“45 Secs: BURPEES Standing position, jump down into squat, hands down in front of u & extend legs out then jump legs in & jump up”
Whew. That was quite a workout. My legs still hurt but they hurt so good.
We want to thank Tara Costa (@tara_costa), former contestant from Biggest Loser Season 7, so so much for being our guest Tworkout-er and for putting together such an awesome #tworkout and for sticking around for some Q&A at the end! Thank you! We had a blast!! And we also want to thank Subway (@subwayfreshbuzz) for the awesome giveaways! And THANK YOU to all of YOU who came and worked out with us! We had a lot of new faces and we are working on more goodies for future Tworkouts, so stay tuned m’kay?
Did you join us? Did you have fun? How do you feel today?!
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