Tabata

It’s HIIT, Uses Interesting Exercises and Claims to be Tabata. What Do You Think?

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What I like about his video: It provides some exercise variants that are suitable for people at a range of fitness levels The instructor states that this is a ‘Tabata Style’ workout It starts with a clear warm-up period. Interestingly, the warm-up exercises also follow the Tabata 20s effort 10s rest pattern. In general I […]

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Tabata – Now This Is What We Mean By Max Rate Workout

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We absolutely love Tabata. Done well you really can get all the workout you need in just 3 x 4 minute sessions each week. In practice each session should be a minimum of 20minutes. A good warm-up is essential to avoid injuries and to prepare you for the intensity of the Tabata session. We work

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Characteristics of Good Tabata Exercises – This is Why Most Tabata on YouTube is Useless

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In Tabata each 20 seconds of exercise must be done to your absolute capacity each and every time. Good Tabata exercises satisfy 2 basic criteria: They engage the whole body They are capable of being performed repeatedly at maximal capacity. Good examples include: Sprinting Rowing (machine or water) Cycling (static or spinning) Cross-trainer Squat thrust

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High Intensity Interval Training – What’s It All About?

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High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is the name given to a form of exercises and workouts characterized by: High levels of effort for a (relatively) short period of time A period of rest or much reduced effort Repeating the effort and rest cycles for a prescribed time or number of repititions Tabata Training is probably

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Tabata – The Mother of High Intensity Interval Training

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Tabata is ofter cited as the Mother of all High Intensity Interval Training. In fact, this is not the case. High Intensity Interval Training has been documented way back through the ages – right back to ancient Greece and Roman Gladiator training. In my early military days I remember doing many exercises that would now

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