HIIT Sexy Arms & Abs Workout

Mar 15, 2012 by

HIIT Workout

 

Hi everyone,

I have another amazing workout routine for you :) , this workout is focused on the upper body ( arms, back and abs ) and it was done in HIIT style. This is a follow up routine to “ Circuit Training Tightest Booty Workout “. I’m not gonna lie, I was struggling, this workout was very hard, a lot harder then it looked in the beginning.

I invented a cool new exercise, and this is the third time I’ve done this exercise and every single time after I do it my obliques go on fire!

It was one of those days when our community gardeners were outside making a noise with all kinds of annoying machines, and all those noises were getting me extremely irritated, we had to reshoot the workout explanation several times, over and over. As soon as it would get quiet and we begin to shoot the workout explanation again, the gardeners would turn on their machines again, by the 5th time I was just trying to go through workout explanation as fast as possible.

Anyways, in today’s workout all I was using was a pair of dumbbells ( 10 lbs each ), my GymbossMax timer, my new Pull-Up bar
( I got it on ebay for 25 dollars, I wanted a new one cause I was ready for more pull-up variations ), and my my pink toy Loving Fit Lebert .( For those of you who don’t have Lebert, you can use 2 dumbbells for grip in the last exercise and chair for dips, but don’t be skipping your training – I’m watching you ;) )

 

HIIT Sexy Arms & Abs Workout Video

 

 

Workout Explanation

 

Make sure you do a good warm-up before beginning to exercise.

This is a HIIT routine that was broken down into 4 parts. In between each part I did a back raise exercise. This workout took me about 27 minutes all together to complete. Each interval training part was only 6 minutes long.

Remember – Proper Form is more important then speed.

 

Part One

 

Set Your timer for 2 intervals of 10 sec ( rest ) and 35 sec ( max effort ), for the total of 8 rounds. There is only 2 exercises and you will go through them 4 times each.

  • Dumbbell Shoulder Raises
  • Oblique Climber Jump ( my new exercise I invented, I hope you like it as much as I do )

 

After the interval training part, there is one more exercise

 

  • Bird Back Raises – 20 reps total

 

Part 2

 

Your timer stayes the same and there is also 2 exercises.

  • Hammer Curl
  • Neutral Wide Grip Pull-Up

 

After the interval training part, there is another set of

 

  • Bird Back Raises – 20 reps

 

Part 3

 

Timer stays the same, and there is only one exercise that you will do one one side per interval.

  • Side Plank Lift & Forward Jump

 

After the interval training part there is one last set of

 

  • Bird Back Raises – 20 reps

 

Part 4

Timer stays the same, there is 2 exercises total.

  • 3 way push-up jump
  • Dips

 

My Scores

Part one

1) 13, 12, 12, 11

2) 14, 13, 12, 12

Part 2

1) 14, 13, 12, 12

2) 6, 5, 5, 5

Part 3

1) 8, 7, 7, 6

2) 7, 7, 6, 6

Part 4

1) 13, 11, 11, 10

2) 13, 12, 11, 10

 

Share your scores!

 

PS – If you would like to build your own dip bars like my Lebert, here is a link to a video with instructions.

 
Lebert Equalizer Total Body Strengthener



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  • Kane

    Tatianna, I am taking 5 days off like you said I should, because I haven’t taken any weeks off from working out for months. And it sucks. I feel SO FAT. I can’t wait to get back and do this motherf***ing workout.

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Ha Ha Ha LOVE IT!!! I’m glad you are finally taking that very well deserved rest!  Enjoy it and when you are back this workout and more will be waiting for you.  Also make sure you eat well and don’t get too naughty on your time off :) .

  • http://homefitnessmanual.com/ Mitchell Wright

    Tatianna, I love your Oblique Climber Jump. Awesome!

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Thanx Mitchel :)

  • Marijkab85

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    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Spasibo za dobrie slova :)

  • WorkItOutYourself

    I did this one today Tatianna. I couldn’t finish it, last part was really tough for me, I still did something for each interval, but my muscles were aching ! I hope I won’t be in too much pain tomorrow. :D .
    I looked through some of your other posts today. I really liked them and I really like your approach toward fitness. And your body is like wow ! you look so healthy and toned and great. I am going to incorporate more of your workouts in my routine and try the format you do (split workouts for upper and lower body with the rest days ). It really sounds wise and gives great results looking at you :) . Keep up the great work !

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Hey WorkIT ( I sooo love your nick – adorable !!! )

      Thank you girl :) .  Yes you did the right thing in listening to your body, if you feel aching it’s time to stop – very wise!  
      I do love using the splits for few reasons, cause one you get a better workout per muscle groups, two you give your muscles and your joints time to recover.  This way you will avoid getting overtrained as well as get much better and healthier results.  

  • ltwin

    This workout was a lot of fun.. I did it today..(today was my Upper-Body-Training-Day ;)
    Thanx again for another GREAT workout!
    I love this idea to split the body parts to train… It’s a new way of exercising for me and I’m feeling great so far…
    Tomorrow will be my day off.. With this kind of working out I feel that I have more time.. I used to work out every day.. and like you said in your video today: I didn’t see the results… I’m so looking forward to see the changes…
    Ogromnoe spasibo Tatianna!
    Lilja

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Privet Lilja :)

      Ya vsegda rada pomoch.  It’s a problem that’s a lot of people make when they begin to workout, is thinking that the more they workout the better results.  But our body needs breaks otherwise it will not produce results.  I don’t know how some people can even train 5-6 days a week, there will be no time left for any thing else.  Splitting gives our body time to recover and take time for other things in life :) .

      • ltwin

        you are an angel! spasibo za otwety!!!
        I have a question: what workouts would you recommend for Semi intense Cardio-Days?
        Thank you in advance
        Privetik iz germanii :)

        • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

          Privet Lilija :)

          I would say that for semi intense cardio day’s you can pick any of the full body workouts that includes skipping, I’m still organizing them into sections, I think it will be much easier to find them.  I’m half way done :) , I will finish of the rest tonight.

      • ltwin

        Oi Tatianna, izwenjajus…I just saw the new sections of full-body workouts…
        It’s just puuurrrfect ;) spasibotschki
        spokojnoj no4i iz germanii

  • ltwin

    I did this one again today.. and my arms feel like jelly :D
    Tatianna, I must say: I have been doing your workout routines for about 3 weeks and already can see changes in my arms an core (my week parts ;) )
    Spasibotchi boljschoje.. ja tak radaaaa ;)
    poka i prekrasnogo dnja!

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Ya ochen ochen rada :) , vam toge prekrasnogo dnya!

  • Swiss_BodyRocker

    Did this one this morning! Love that your workouts are divided to upper, lower and full body workout, its hard to over train when u workout like this.
    Thanks again for amazing workout!
    Have a wonderful day!

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Hi There, 

      Yes, full body workouts can easily overtrain but with split routines it almost never happens and the results are great, glad you enjoyed it!

  • http://www.facebook.com/kendra.oberhauser Kendra Lee Oberhauser

    Great workout, once again! I am on vacation this week, so I was at home all day and had energy galore. I usually do cardio afterwards, like you suggest, but all that pent-up energy really wanted to burst out, so I listened to my body and started with a 10-min mostly cardio workout of Zuzka (ZWOW 6) and then I was ready to go.

    Can I just say that I feel SO amazingly good right now? oh–I used 2 10lb dumbbells (20 lb total) for all the dumbbell exercises. I had to use a regular grip on the pull ups (no neutral grip), and because I don’t have a lebert I used 2 weights as handles for the push up jumps (by the way, love those). Did dips with feet on the ground in front of me on my walker. Scores!:

    sb shoulder raisers: 14-11-10-10
    oblique mountain climber: 20-19-18-18

    hammer curl: 15-12-10-10
    wide grip pull ups: 5-6-5-5

    side plank and half burpee L: 7-7-7-7
    side plank and half burpee R: 6-7-7-7

    3 way push up jump: 9-7-8-7
    dips: 15-13-13-13

    • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

      Ahh vacation week sound amazing!!! I’ve been working so much lately, today I took a day off, the first day off in a really long time from working and it was still a semi day off. Yesterday I tried taking a day off but sometimes I can’t because I have to answer a lot of emails and letters.

      In the morning we are back to filming, I want to film that ” One Leg Squat Tutorial Video “, so we can start the One Leg Squat Challenge next week :)

  • http://www.lovingfit.com Tatianna

    You can use regular dumbbells, the grip would look the same.

  • http://www.facebook.com/kendra.oberhauser Kendra Lee Oberhauser

    I love this workout! Second time for me. I love how couplets really exhaust the muscles. Like, on the first one, while the second exercise is abs, it uses a lot of shoulders so by the time you go back to the shoulder raises, they’re much harder. Same with the pullups and curls combo–I usually use 20lbs for curls (well, 15 would be more appropriate, but I don’t have those), but paired with the pull ups the two 10lb dumbbells were plenty. I warmed up with a revisit to Sharper Abs Challenge and finished off with about 7 min of cardio.

  • tee_w

    Hi tatianna! I did a version of this workout today! I made it a full body workout and adjusted it a little for my level and to ease up on my shoulders a little. Altered intervals to 10/30 and 6 rounds, then added back lunges to the birds, I didn’t do the dip part of the side plank, and changed pushups to one legged bridges, and ended with a little abs and hula hoop!
    Shoulder raises – 11, 9, 8 (10 lbs)
    Oblique climber jump – 16, 13, 16
    Dumbbell curls – 11, 11, 10 (15 lbs)
    Pullups – 3, 4, 3
    Side plank/forward jump L- 6, 7, 4
    Side plank/forward jump R- 7, 5, 5.5
    One leg bridge lift L – 12, 9
    One leg bridge lift R – 11, 10
    Dips (in dip station) 10, 10 (8 unassisted, 7 unassisted)
    In between each I did
    Back pause lunge L 10 reps
    Bird 10 reps
    Back pause lunge R 10 reps
    Bird 10 reps
    Thank you very much!

  • http://www.facebook.com/iris.gomez.31 Iris Gomez

    Loving workout at the gym. My time was 26 minutes and ended up with 12 minutes of sprinting on the treadmill. I just love it.
    Thanks!

  • http://www.lovingfit.com/ Lvette_1

    Time does fly…done week 1 of 8 weeks planned work out.
    Warm up: 5 mins; GPC: 3 mins
    GL’s Finisher : 13:28 Fun! Fun! The goal for next time is to complete this in 10mins.
    100HKS – 50 JJ
    100 SSS – 50 JJ
    100 RS – 50 JJ
    Part 1: 13-10-9-10 (8lbs) / 15-13-15-13
    Part 2: 12-11-10-10 (8lbs) / 9-7-9-8 (chair assisted Pull-ups)
    Part 3: 4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 (back & forth from right to left)
    Part 4: 3-3-2-3 / 11-8-11-10
    Cool down /stretching 10 mins. Happy for the next two days off …I need the rest from execerising.