Tabata Training, amazeballs and so much fun

The past few months quite a few people have been talking about HITT training, specifically Tabata training.  I had NO clue what this word meant until last week when I was looking at Dr. Sara Solomons webpage for inspiration and workout ideas and came accross it.  According to TabataTraining.com....

"Tabata was founded in Japan by Izumi Tabata. He conducted tests on two groups of athletes; comparing moderate high intensity training with high intensity interval training.  The results were that the athletes training in high intensity interval training improved their aerobic systems as well as their anaerobic system. The athletes who did the moderate high intensity training only improved their aerobic system and had little to no increase in their anaerobic system."

What this means for us normal, non athlete people is WEIGHT LOSS! You are burning more calories in a smaller amount of time however you are working stupid hard for a good chunk of it. There are a bunch of different things you can do for your Tabata training.


- For your 20 seconds of |GO GO GO GO|

     -run like a lion is chasing you

     -jumping jacks like a starfish

     -hyper marching band leader (see my video)

     -dance party like a 5 year old (see my video)

For your 10 seconds of |zzzzzzz......|

     - stop moving (not ideal if a lion is chasing you)

     - bounce lightly up and down

     - bounce side to side

     - march on the spot

basically you are doing anything that is giving you a second (well actually 10 seconds) to catch your breathe before your loose it again for the next 20 seconds.

As far as I have researched, it doesn't really matter the timing 20 seconds/ 10 seconds or 30 seconds/ 15 seconds or 1 minute / 30 seconds.  As long as your GO GO GO GO period is longer than your zzzzzzz..... period.  This can be your workout (so a few circuits of this for 10-15 minutes) or if you have no time you can do this for 4 minutes (or 1 song) as soon as you wake up and it will keep your metabolism going in high drive all day long.  Its fun, its easy, you need NOTHING - which for me is most important because I don't have anything :)

Some good songs to Tabata to...

Bruno Mars - Locked out of Heaven

Rihanna - Jump

LMFAO - Party Rock

Sean Paul - Get Busy

Justin Bieber (i know i know) - Beauty and a Beast

Madonna - Give me all your lovin

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire

Try it out, at least once this weekend and you'll see how much fun it can be.  Alrighty kids - im off for the day!!!!!