4minutes Tabata circuit.AVI

Sunday's first Tabata wourkout was fun.
We heard about how intense Tabata training was from a friend then started some research on it.

Here are a few things i learned:

Tabata Training was developed by Izumi Tabata (imagine that) at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Tokyo, Japan. They did a study on comparing the effects of moderate intensity endurance(aerobics) and high endurance intermittent training(tabata training intervals) on VO2 max and anerobic capacity.

To cut to the results of the study: the moderate intensity group training program produced a significant increase in VO2 max of about 10%, but had no effect on anaerobic capacity. The high intensity group improved their VO2 max by about 14% while anaerobic capacity improved by 28%. The study was done over a six week period. Both groups working out 5 days per week.

The way the wourkout works is pretty simple. You pick a compound exercise like Burpees and try to get as many explosive reps as you can in 20second. Then you have a resting period of only 10seconds, then back at it again for a total of 8 rounds.

We decided to modify it a little bit and picked 4 exercises (for the sake of hitting a larger group of muscles) and took a crack at it. I'd like to hear your ideas on the different Tabata workouts you've done.