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Tabata is the name of a Japanese researcher who discovered a way to increase both
anaerobic and aerobic pathways at the same time. It's an excellent training program that
seems to fit across all training disciplines for athletes looking to increase their VO2max
and lose fat quickly.

What is it? It's simple: after warming up, take one exercise and perform it in the following manner:

1) For twenty seconds, do as many reps as possible, or run, bike as hard as you can

Eight sets of "as many reps as you can get done," followed with a brief ten second rest—
simple and effective. This isn't "eight sets of eight," although the goal of doing eight reps
in each of the twenty second clusters is about right. Instead it's "as many reps as I can
get in" during the twenty seconds, followed by ten seconds rest. If running, biking, or
rowing, go as hard as you can.

The best exercise options for the Tabata method are exercises that use a large number
of muscles such as, squats, front squats, dead lifts, thrusters, sprints, stationary bike, rowing
machine.

Use the "lowest rep number" of any of the eight sets as your measurement to compare workout
to workout. If you go too heavy, that last set may be two. If you go too light, you might get around
15 reps or more.

And by the way, ten seconds is not getting a drink, looking in the mirror, talking to the cute girl on
the bike, looking at the clock, walking back to the bar, chalking up, adjusting the belt, talking to a
friend, then doing the next set. Ten second is ten seconds! No cheating!

Why should you do this workout? The Tabata program might be the single best "fat burning workout"
that I know, not to mention the increase in VO2max. It might only be four minutes, but you seem
to keep sweating and breathing hard for a long time afterwards. Tabata truly teaches a person the
mental focus needed to push and to help reach their athletic goals.

Using a GYMBOSS makes timing Tabata intervals easy, simply set timer to a work interval of 20
seconds followed by rest interval of 10 seconds alarming with your choice of beep, vibrate or both!
Timer continues these intervals until you stop!! Or drop!!!!