Thread: Tabata workout
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Old 10-25-2013, 09:44   #5
DontPanic
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The whole point of Tabata is to increase VO2 max and anaerobic capacity; a bastardization of tabata is what you typically get in CrossFit gyms. Think of it like this - you need to be moving as fast a humanly possible and sucking wind like your going to die in order to reap the benefits. Think heavy power snatches, or running with a weighted vest on a steeply inclined treadmill.

Here is a link to the abstract of the original study
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8897392

Note where it says - 170% of VO2 Max.

If you just want to do some kind of interval training go for it; a minute on minute off is good. Tabata's 20sec on 10sec off is not some magic recipe for fitness unless your doing it as intended.

Good luck.

Last edited by DontPanic; 01-07-2014 at 11:50.
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