2010

Tabata Training: 4 minutes to a stellar body, guaranteed

Tabata Training: 4 minutes to a stellar body, guaranteed
4 minutes to a stellar body .  Don't believe me?  Try incorporating tabatas into your workouts.

What is Tabata Training?


Below is an exert from the FitnessGoGoGo site.  It explains Tabata training as:
" Tabatas are named after Izumi Tabata, phd. a former researcher at Japan's National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya. It is an interval routine that was developed by the coach of the Japanese speed- skating team to give his team an edge in competition. A Tabata protocol is a very high intensity anaerobic interval program that involved eight rounds of 20 second work periods at 170% of your VO2 max with a negative recovery period of 10 seconds..."

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="161"]Dr. Tabata himself[/caption]

My workout today consisted of mixing up 5 exercises and executing each of them a la Tabata!

Good times... for a reference and more details on how to incorporate tabata training, check out my blog post:  Tabata Squats, so think you are tough do you?

WOD (Workout of the Day): " Tabata a la Moose "


Instructions, complete each of these exercises tabata-style and record lowest rep-round as your score.  Note, for the rowing machine add up your total calories burned through the 8 working sets.

  • Tabata Push-ups (10)

  • Tabata Sit-ups (12)

  • Tabata Squats (20)

  • Tabata Static Pull-ups (6)

  • Tabata Row (55 calories)


My total score was 103.  I marked my numbers above in RED.

Give it a rip and post scores to comments.

BTW: Need a good Tabata Timer?


Check out the Gymboss timer here. (note, this is a referral link)

Gymboss Interval and Tabata Timer
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