Tabata interval training is the single most effective type of high intensity interval training, its also the most intense by far, and surprisingly its the shortest in duration, it only last for four minutes... but those four minutes produce remarkable effects
The Tabata Workout
The full Tabata program takes only four minutes to do - BUT it will probably feel like the longest four minutes of your life.
If you are going to try it I would recommend going light with the weights until you find your range, there’s a good chance you will underestimate this workout and be begging people around you to help you off the floor.
Tabata intervals follow this structure:
- Push hard for 20 seconds
- Rest for 10 seconds.
- Repeat this eight times.
The secret to making this effective is in your sprint interval. You have to go all out, so do as many reps as you can in the 20 seconds, put it down for 10, then pick it up again and go hell for leather for another 20 seconds.
Tabata Cardio intervals follow this structure:
- Burpees for 20 seconds
- Rest for 10 seconds.
- Repeat this eight times.
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