Fitness Quest: 30 Days of Tabatas

Tabata intervals are one of the most underestimated yet difficult HIIT-style workouts. They get your heart rate super high for 20 quick seconds — this is where you’re putting in the work and hustling as fast as you can — followed by 10 seconds of rest. A classic Tabata segment has eight movements in one circuit for a total of 4 minutes, so we’re going to build up to that in the next month.

The combination seems simple but leaves you sweaty and helps put your body in the fat-burning zone, meaning you’ll truly see results. We’re going to go through 30 days of straightforward yet difficult Tabata-style workouts.

Valiant Fitness Quest leader Angela Gargano, American Ninja Warrior athlete and Oxygen cover model, has some tips before you dive into the plan below.

The following plan is your blueprint for mastering Tabata-style intervals.

Remember, you’ll be doing each exercise in the circuit for 20 seconds, followed by just 10 seconds of rest before starting the next exercise. By the end of the plan, this will mean one eight-move Tabata takes four minutes before you catch your breath and do it all over again.

Day 1 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins Repeat x 2	Day 2 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins Repeat x 2 20 seconds	Day 3 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins Repeat x 2 20 seconds	Day 4 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins Repeat x 2 20 seconds	Day 5 Rest
Day 6 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges Repeat x 2	Day 7 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges Repeat x 2	Day 8 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges Repeat x 2	Day 9 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges Repeat x 2	Day 10 Rest
Day 11 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees Repeat x 2	Day 12 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees Repeat x 2	Day 13 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees Repeat x 2	Day 14 Rest	Day 15 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees Repeat x 3
Day 16 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold Repeat x 2	Day 17 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold Repeat x 2	Day 18 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold Repeat x 2	Day 19 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold Repeat x 2	Day 20 Rest
Day 21 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold - Jump Rope Repeat x 2	Day 22 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold - Jump Rope Repeat x 2	Day 23 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold - Jump Rope Repeat x 2	Day 24 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold - Jump Rope Repeat x 2	Day 25 Rest
Day 26 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold - Jump Rope - Punches Repeat x 2	Day 27 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold - Jump Rope - Punches Repeat x 2	Day 28 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold - Jump Rope - Punches Repeat x 4	Day 29 Rest	Day 30 - Side Shuffle - Push-up - V-ins - Jump Lunges - Burpees - Plank Hold - Jump Rope - Punches Repeat x 4

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Think you’re a badass? Want to take it to the next level? Instead of doing just 20 seconds, try 30 or 45 seconds of work while keeping the 10-second break.

Stay tuned for the midpoint and final check-ins with Gargano, and check out more Fitness Quests here!