YOU’VE SEEN HER ABS ON
THESE VERY PAGES as WF’s resident
PT – and by now you’ve probs seen them
on the small screen, too. As this year’s
newbie addition to The Biggest Loser:
Transformed, Libby says she is “dedicated
to making sure every contestant on my
team makes the shift from working out and
living a healthy lifestyle being something
they fear or begrudge, to it becoming
something joyful that gives them a jolt
of happiness and a sense of control over
their own state both now and in the future”.
She’s making that happen through fun,
immersive workouts that change the way
people feel about fitness. “I wanted my
team to develop the habit of continually
taking action and looking for ways to
improve their skills, talents and abilities,
both in the gym and outside of it, too,” says
Libby. “And I really wanted them to start to
embrace living an outdoor Aussie lifestyle...
training to live life to the full, to be strong
and useful, to feel energised and capable of
anything, not just to get a ‘hot body’. It was
all about a complete lifestyle shift.”
Keen to work out like the members
of the orange team on The Biggest Loser:
Transformed? Below is Libby’s giant tabata
circuit – one of the exact workouts she
gave her TBL:T contestants as homework
on the show, so you can literally walk –
and jump – in their shoes.
“Tabata is scientifically proven to be
one of the most incredible fat-burning
workouts around,” she explains. “But this
one has a ‘Libby’ spin on it with more
variety and some cool combination moves
for your little black book of sweat tactics.”
Your prize? You can do it in a small
space with zero equipment, get serious
body-shaping results and have lots of fun.
Now that’s what we call #winning.
HOW TO DO IT:
Run through the moves in a circuit format,
one after the other, using traditional tabata
timing of 20 seconds work per exercise, with
10 seconds of rest before the next move
begins. You can pick the number of sweat
minutes that work for you on any given
day – this workout lasts either 12, 20 or 32
minutes, depending on whether you decide
to tackle three, five or a seriously impressive
eight rounds of the circuit.
Libby recommends doing it three to
four times a week for maximum benefits.
Switch in other workouts or weights to
keep things interesting and make sure you
add between two and five hours of basic
movement like walking, cycling, swimming
or kayaking into your weekly workout, too.
Technique
■ Start on all fours on the ground,
hands directly under shoulders, and
knees directly under hips.
■ Lift your knees off the ground just
a few centimetres and rotate from the
hips, and kick your left foot under yourbody and out towards the right as
you lift your right hand off the ground.
■ Return to your start position
and repeat in the other direction,
this time with your right foot kicking
out to the left and your left hand
lifted off the ground.(^1)
BREAKDANCER
A WINNER ’CAUSE: It’s a rotational exercise that works shoulders, arms,
core and back, while improving movement skill and flexibility through the hips
Focus on moving smoothly with great technique
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