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Tabata

christinamarie2008
christinamarie2008 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Has anyone tried Tabata workouts? I did my first one today and I have to say I'm pretty impressed!

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  • nplastow
    nplastow Posts: 1 Member
    I love tabata. There are some very scientific articles about the fat burning benefits of tabata vs. other cardio routines. It's all quite a bit over my head, but I still enjoy the workouts! I am glad you were impressed!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,538 Member
    I do tabata intervals on the rowing machine sometimes - warm up, the tabata intervals, finally cool down. Intense! Great for occasions when I have less time available.
  • bwonderwoman
    bwonderwoman Posts: 2 Member
    How do I log a "tabata" session (it's also called HIIT --High Intensity Interval Training) in my exercise section??
    I have started this routine on a recumbent bike --I do a five min warmup and then go into 20 secs all out - 10 secs slow/ to stop and then I repeat the session anywhere from 9 cycles to 17 cycles - I walk away from roughly 15 minutes of this routine …sweating bullets…
    Great burn! I have been doing this for only a week or so now and will work my way up to doing this more often and or longer …I look forward to reporting in because I am excited about the research that says that High Intensity workouts like this are extremely effective in "torching" the fat …
    again I would like to track not only the calories burned but my progress---I definitely struggle to get into the gym but find it worth it when finished and would be more motivated if I could track this!
    Fit Bit and My Fitness Pal programmers please update your apps to allow an easy way of logging this …or provide instruction!!! or anybody….help!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,538 Member
    I'd log a rowing machine tabata workout as "Rowing, stationary, moderate" for the warm up/cool down (or maybe "light" for the cool down depending on what I did), and "Rowing, stationary, very vigorous" for the tabata intervals. That's only going to result in something between 200-300 calories for the workout, but that's probably close to what I'd see on a HRM, or maybe a tad low. (My HRM died; if I get a new one, I'll just log what it says.) I don't see any great way to log the calorie-burn after-effects, if there are any.

    I was under the impression that tabatas were more a fitness improvement thing, rather than weight loss magic . . . Tzumi Tabata's initial research showed a greater improvement in V02max and anaerobic capacity from the Tabata intervals than from an hour of steady state done the same number of days a week.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    That's only going to result in something between 200-300 calories for the workout, but that's probably close to what I'd see on a HRM, or maybe a tad low.

    Probably a bit high actually. An HRM will significantly overestimate.
    I don't see any great way to log the calorie-burn after-effects, if there are any.

    They're negligible, something like 6-10% of net cf 3-6% for steady state.
    I was under the impression that tabatas were more a fitness improvement thing, rather than weight loss magic . . .

    It is, but lots of people on here don't really want to differentiate. It's all about calorie burn for many, and there's a lot of nonsense about HIIT on here.

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