Tabata

Def recommend doing it!

I go to the tabata classes at my gym about 2 times a week. It's an amazing workout and I usually burn about 500-600 calories in 45 minutes. Definitely need a rest day or a light workout the day after it though :laugh:

If you can do 45 minutes you are not doing Tabata. Tabata is a type of interval training where for 8 intervals of 20 seconds a person works basically as hard as they can for those 20 seconds, then rests for 10 seconds. I can't remember the number, but when Izumi Tabata did his study, the subjects worked on special bikes designed so they would work at something like 90 or 95 percent of VO2 max, which basically means really really hard during those 20 seconds. If you do this correctly the 20 seconds seem like an eternity by interval 4 or so, and the 10 seconds seem like nothing. I do this and I am left gasping by the end, and that is only 4 minutes total. A whole Tabata type workout can be done in 10 minutes if you include warm-up and cool-down time.

The first time I have ever done a Tabata workout was the program Supreme 90 Day. The workout is called Tabata Inferno. It's a good workout. A lot of people don't like Tabata Inferno.

Hmmm thanks for info, Im looking for an extra workout to squeeze in so if I need a rest day next day i may find something else don't want to spoil my running program

You shouldn't have to rest a day between Tabata workouts (if they are true Tabata sequences... not an extended HIIT workout labelled Tabata). In the original Tabata study, the participants did the workout 4 days a week, with a 5th day of a longer, steady state workout.

http://www.kettlebellscience.com/hiit-training---the-tabata-protocol.html

I do tabata battle ropes, box jumps, and burpees. 20 mins and I'm toast.

I do tabata battle ropes, box jumps, and burpees. 20 mins and I'm toast.

I want to try battle roping, but I've checked the price of the ropes and they are high. I will create my own version.

Tabata is a tough workout, but it's good too.

Yup, the ropes are pricey, over 2$/ft. of rope. I got a 50 ft., 1.5" diameter rope.

I do tabata battle ropes, box jumps, and burpees. 20 mins and I'm toast.

I want to try battle roping, but I've checked the price of the ropes and they are high. I will create my own version.

Tabata is a tough workout, but it's good too.

Yup, the ropes are pricey, over 2$/ft. of rope. I got a 50 ft., 1.5" diameter rope.

So where did you get yours?

I'm just starting Interval training.
I sprint for 1min treadmill on extreeme, then walk for a minute in a moderate pace for a minute.
By the end of my 20 mins (which includes a 3 min warm up walk) I've wroked hard and burned about 200 cals.
It's a new way to shake it up and push yourself....and you are finished quicker.
I've dropped a little weight this way too.

Where the tabata interval 20/10 is different than that is that it is negative rest. I have done the same with other intervals say 30/20. By taking less rest time than work time it causes even more metabolic disturbance. By the end those rest seconds seem like nothing and the work one seem to last forever. I did a 20/10 for 8 intervals today to finish off my workout. If it was not for my Gymboss MAX timer I would have completely lost track of how many intervals I did.

[Yup, the ropes are pricey, over 2$/ft. of rope. I got a 50 ft., 1.5" diameter rope.

Where did you get your ropes from?

http://www.knotandrope.com/Store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=2

The 1.5" manilla rope is $2.25/ft. Don't get the nylon, it's not very heavy.

http://www.knotandrope.com/Store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=2

The 1.5" manilla rope is $2.25/ft. Don't get the nylon, it's not very heavy.

Thanks.

[Yup, the ropes are pricey, over 2$/ft. of rope. I got a 50 ft., 1.5" diameter rope.

Where did you get your ropes from?

http://www.knotandrope.com/Store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=2

The 1.5" manilla rope is $2.25/ft. Don't get the nylon, it's not very heavy.

Thanks. How long should I get if I decided to go this route?