Snowed In: The At-Home Winter Workout

Fit Snowed in but determined to stay on track with your summer bod?

Let the inches pile up on the ground and not on your waist with a customized home workout from celebrity trainer Noah Neiman.

“Time based callisthenic/plyometric circuits for at home workouts are big calorie burners. They are wildly effective for gaining muscular endurance while conditioning the body,” says Neiman.

The no equipment routine is a series of four minute circuits that keep the body safely under duress to perform strength training movements.

Strict body building moves, coupled with a plyometrics get the heart rate up and engage the muscles in a targeted attack.

Short bursts of high-intensity workouts have gained in popularity over the years thanks to the Tabata training method.

TABATA is a move or series of moves performed intensely for 20 seconds, followed by a ten second rest period, repeated for eight rounds for a total of four minutes.

However, most people cannot effectively perform Tabata with the appropriate energy for the intense portion for the whole 4 minutes. Neiman’s approach modifies the Tabata timing sequence to allow a stronger and more consistent workout.

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