| Can you get an excellent aerobic and anaerobic | | | | using bodyweight, dumbbells, barbells, sandbags, |
| workout in less than 4 minutes?... You bet you can! | | | | Indian clubs, medicine balls and others. |
| The Tabata Protocol was created by Dr. Izumi | | | | Now... some people are afraid of the intensity of the |
| Tabata at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports | | | | Tabata Protocol. |
| in Tokyo, Japan. | | | | Let me put those fears to rest... |
| The basic concept of this cardio interval training | | | | You do not have to work at an extremely high |
| method is to do intense exercise for 20 seconds, | | | | intensity that leaves you laying on the floor gasping |
| rest 10 seconds and repeat for 8 cycles. | | | | for air as your friends call the paramedics. |
| The entire workout only takes 4 minutes... 3:50 to be | | | | The Principle of Overload states that the stress |
| exact. | | | | placed on the body only has to be slightly greater |
| Just like Cardio Interval Training, the rest period can | | | | than normal to instigate bodily changes for |
| be either complete rest or reduced intensity. | | | | performance improvement. |
| That's all there is to it... an extremely quick and | | | | In other words, you can still get great results with |
| effective metabolic conditioning exercise method that | | | | the Tabata Protocol while going at your own safe |
| improves both aerobic and anaerobic capacity | | | | pace. |
| simultaneously. | | | | Cardio Interval Training of any type stresses the |
| I personally love the Tabata Protocol... It is a great | | | | body both physically and mentally. |
| way to get a very intense workout in a very short | | | | This is what makes the Tabata Protocol so great... |
| period of time. | | | | the short 10 second rest gives you a break both |
| As a matter of fact, I like it so much that I use the | | | | physically and mentally, allowing you to keep the 20 |
| Tabata Protocol not only for metabolic conditioning | | | | second work intervals intense. |
| methods like sprinting, biking, rowing, jumping rope | | | | If you have not experimented with the Tabata |
| and calisthenics... but also strength training exercises | | | | Protocol... I suggest you do. |