High-intensity training a hot trend for 2014

HIIT and Tabata type of training are definitely popular.

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At this time last year, when the American College of Sports Medicine released its predictions of fitness trends for 2013, high intensity impact training was nowhere to be found.

What a difference a year makes.

With the year coming to a close, the group has once again released its list of fitness routines that are expected to be big in 2014. And the No. 1 spot belongs to HIIT – workouts that involve short bursts of high-intensity exercise followed by a short periods of rest.

It’s a prediction that fitness professionals locally and nationally tend to agree with. After all, reasoned Shannon Fable, who is director of exercise programming for the international Anytime Fitness franchise and who serves on the San Diego-based American Council of Exercise’s board of directors, the workouts usually take less than 30 minutes and deliver “twice the results in half the time.”

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/Nov/26/high-intensity-training-workouts/?#article-copy

‘Tabata' will put a burst in your training

In this article, we can see that one of the major benefit of the Tabata training, ie the short time required, helps to make it popular.

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“Many of my clients struggle with finding time to commit to an exercise program,” LaPlace says. “Tabata offered effective workouts and high caloric burn without spending an hour in a gym doing boring cardio or the same weight routine.” 

Full article:

http://www.dailytribune.com/lifestyle/20131118/tabata-will-put-a-burst-in-your-training

 

5 Keys to Metabolic Conditioning

5 Keys to Metabolic Conditioning

In this article, Metcon, EPOC and Tabata are used to explain how your body can benefit from HIIT.

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Your goal during a metabolic conditioning circuit is to develop efficiency in a particular energy system to help improve your performance and physique. The great benefit in doing this is to increase caloric burn not only during your workout, but also after your workout. This is known as EPOC (excessive post-exercise oxygen consumption). This can leave your metabolism raised above your resting metabolism 24-48 hours after your workout according to multiple studies in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
Some examples of work-to rest period methods to increase EPOC are:
Tabata: 20 seconds of hard work, followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 total rounds.
30 On/30 Off: 30 seconds of hard work, followed by 30 seconds of rest for 6 total rounds
Circuits: Perform 3-6 exercises in a row with minimal to no rest between sets. When performing a circuit, keep in mind that the exercises you combine should make sense. Push, pull, squat, hinge, full-body and loaded carries make for a balanced approach for circuit training.

X Factor star Sam Bailey battling to lose weight in bid to win show, using Tabata

In this article, "The talent show contestant is is on a strict diet and exercise regime in a bid to shed some pounds"' Interestingly, the Tabata training is used to counter effect the lack of gym equipment and the busy schedule.

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 “Sam first came down at the time when she was at the judge’s houses. Then when she moved in to the X-Factor house I designed a programme for her which she could do without any equipment.

“She has found a little space in the house and does body weight exercises every night which are short and sharp.

“She does a work-out called Tabata training which is a high intensity 4- minute session and is the quickest way to lose fat.

Full article http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/x-factor-star-sam-bailey-2670986#ixzz2jZfe3ByS