Do you Tabata?

Do you Tabata?

1Tabata training is high intensity interval training(HIIT). In a HIIT workout the most common intervals are twenty seconds of work and ten seconds of rest. You end up having a 2:1 work to rest ratio and that is usually where you want to stay around.

Tabata training usually changes as you change movement.

For example, if you were to do squats, you’d do that at the 20:10 second ratio for a total of four minutes. Then, if you’d like to change workouts, for example from front squats to burpees, you would start after you finished your first four minute workout. The idea in the four minutes of 20:10 seconds ratio, is too push yourself as much as you can take. If you absolutely don’t feel it after the four minutes, then you weren’t properly doing this exercise. It’s meant to push your limits! 1Although, it has recently became popular to change the intensity between workouts but many don’t consider it actual Tabata protocol. Tabata is very intense and most suggest you try to perform this exercise twice a week.

It is great for boosting your athletic endurance.  This is a common form of working out for high tempo sports. Relating to football, The University of Oregon uses a fast paced offense. For this to be beneficial for them, they are properly trained  using Tabata. This allows them to have the endurance needed and to be able to  pressure the defense they face. This way of working out creates muscular endurance that can be used and applied to any sport or exercise.

With everything that has been said, I’m sure you can see how this exercise is very beneficial to your health. If you have your doubts, I challenge you to try it. Any way of working out, where you work more than you rest is usually going to have the greatest benefit.

Refrences

1Obadike, O. (2016, April 18). ASK THE RIPPED DUDE: WHAT THE HECK IS TABATA TRAINING? Retrieved from http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/ask-the-ripped-dude-what-the-heck-is-tabata-training.html