tabata..just love em!

imagymrat
imagymrat Posts: 862 Member
edited September 21 in Fitness and Exercise
Are you ready for 4 minutes of pain? It might not seem like a lot, but there’s a ton of work you can get done within just 4 minutes of exercise.
There are two reasons why exercise takes so long for most people:

1.Too many exercises

2.Too much rest between sets.Tabata training helps you solve these two problems and helps you get a fast, intense workout in a matter of 4 MINUTES.

1.Choose an exercise
2.Perform the exercise for 20 seconds all out, then rest 10 seconds.
3.Repeat for another 7 times
That’s 4 minutes of pain. If you’re brave enough and survive the first 4 minutes, you can start adding in more exercises into the mix. MostTabata workouts have you performing 3-5 exercises for workouts that last 12-20 minutes.

If you can recover from Tabata workouts, then you can perform them 2-3 days a week and burn a tremendous amount of fat in the process. This might be the only fat loss program you need, EVER., no kidding it's that intense!

I’m going to share with a quick and simple beginner bodyweight workout:
Tabata rounds of:

•Jumping Chinups: get under a pullup bar. Grab the pullup bar with a palms facing you grip. Jump up as high as possible and complete the movement by pulling your body towards the pullup bar. Let your chin clear the bar. Drop back to starting position


•Parallel Jump Squat: Drop down into a parallel squat, then explode up.

•Knee Pushups: Get on the ground with you arms besides your body. Bend your knees and place them on a soft surface (mat, grass, carpet). Keep your back straight and push your body off the floor until your arms are fully extended.

One of the best ways to help you with your intervals is to use a timer, it's really a necessity.

Please feel free to add your tabatas, i've got a ton, but always looking for new stuff....tabatas are INTENSE! they are meant to be that way. add em in, you'll see amazing results!

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  • UltimateLover
    UltimateLover Posts: 306 Member
    bump for later
  • Rhaeven
    Rhaeven Posts: 123 Member
    bump to print later :) This is something I've been reading about lately and am very interested in trying to add :)
  • unknownndoll
    unknownndoll Posts: 161 Member
    thanks again... bump
  • mooz
    mooz Posts: 101
    New to fitness/exercise and this confused me.

    Can I use this method for running?
  • KeriD
    KeriD Posts: 324
    love it....THANK YOU!!!!!
  • HealthyChanges2010
    HealthyChanges2010 Posts: 5,831 Member
    You know I always love your workouts! Thanks for another great one:drinker:
    Becca:heart:
  • gingerra19800
    gingerra19800 Posts: 67
    thank u again for ur help!! very appreciated!!
    ginger :flowerforyou:
  • GrammaPower
    GrammaPower Posts: 49 Member
    Thanks again - good new stuff (to me - NEW)
  • imagymrat
    imagymrat Posts: 862 Member
    Thanks again - good new stuff (to me - NEW)

    Tabata training, is taking an exercise, for example, sprinting on the treadmill, you will go into a full out run, as fast as you can handle for only 20 seconds, then you would rest for 10 seconds, (I find with the treadmill you have to jump and jump back on because you just don't have the time to adjust the levels) so i'd say start on a track if you plan on running, you would then keep repeating this process until you've reached 4 minutes, it's seriously brutal. You can do this with squats, squat for 20 seconds keeping your hands out in front of you the entire time, then on the 10 second rest, hold the squat postion, repeat. Burpees, are another, box jumps...cycling, jump rope..the list goes on and on, You really have to pay attention to time here, yo udo not want to go beyond the 20 seconds and you cannot rest longer then 10...keep reminding yourself it's only 4 minutes! lol :laugh: you'll know why these little 4 minutes will seem like an eternity once you try out tabatas! They are FANTASTIC!
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