In this article, the author describes :
"With short, all-out blasts of energy and even shorter breaks, the 30-minute workout technique is drawing clients who want results fast."
So usual Tabata is only 4mn, but including warm up and cool, plus 2 or 3 sets of Tabata, you can work out around 30mn;
Interestingly, one fitness manager says ""We've used interval training before, but we started offering Tabata classes in January because we were getting so many requests," . So the demand is there and increasing! No surprise, Tabata works
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As usual however, the exercises chosen are not always intense enough or sollicitate enough large muscle groups to reach the 170% of VO2max, so the sessions are probably more like a HIIT:
"Adherents use four or five different exercises during a workout, and often different ones during the next one. Often included are pushups, situps, squats, chin pulls, punches, kicks, sprinting in place, riding stationary bikes and lifting weights."
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