Tabata: the four-minute workout that could replace your hour-long run

In this article, we see again British gymnast Louis Smith and the video demonstrates a Tabata training.

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Tabata training takes off

In this article, the author proposes a Tabata routine to do at home.

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Try this at home

This Tabata combination torches calories. Repeat each exercise for 20 seconds, take 10 seconds to rest, and repeat four times:
Round 1
Jump Squat: Start with your feet shoulder-width apart. Squat down until your hamstrings are parallel to the ground, keeping your hands out in front of you. Then use that stored energy to propel yourself up. Land with bent knees.
Military Press: Grab dumbbells that are at least 8 pounds. Lift your arms up as though you are flexing your muscles. With palms facing front, push up until your arms are extended straight above your head.
Round 2
Clockwork Pushups: Get into pushup position. Don’t move your feet, but walk your right hand out and push up (moving like the second hand on a clock). Switch sides.
Lunges: Step one leg back, and drop down so your back knee is an inch off the ground. Remember to keep your chest up. Switch sides.
Round 3
Butterfly Situps: Lie on your back, with your legs bent so the bottoms of your feet are touching. With your arms straight, keep them on either side of your head as you begin to sit up, pulling up with your abs.
Froggers: Start in pushup position, jump your feet forward to the outside of your hands and then jump back.
Round 4
Side V-ups: Lying on your side, place your bottom arm out in front for stability, with your other arm over your head. Lift your entire body up in one fluid motion, keeping your legs straight and together. Try to touch your feet as you come up.
Plié Squats: Stand with your legs apart, feet facing out on a diagonal. Squat down and keep the hamstrings parallel to the ground. Jump and bring the feet in, then jump back down into the plié.
Round 5
Dive Bomb: Get into downward dog, with your hands and feet touching the ground in an inverted V position. Drive your body forward, with your chest leading the way into an upward dog. Scoop yourself back into a downward dog.
Toe Touches: Lie on your back, with your feet straight up in the air. Lift your upper body to touch your toes, keeping your legs as static as possible

http://www.tabataofficial.com/ and the DVD

Another step in the promotion of Tabata training!

http://www.tabataofficial.com/

And the DVD in Amazon:

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Top 9 Fitness Trends for 2014: Out with some old and in with some new

Tabata is still hot in 2014!

Extract:

3.HIIT

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) will be the cool kid in school in 2014. Life is spent on the go these days, meaning less time can be spent on a treadmill and on a weight bench. Short workouts at maximum intensity have set the stage for staying fit with a lot on your daily plate.

“Workouts like Tabata and Les Mills GRIT are hot buttons right now,” Beth Underhill, owner of Bella Forza Fitness, said.

The traditional mindset of a long workout has changed.

“You can get more out of your workout if only going for 35 minutes with max intensity,” Underhill said.

Compressing time, she feels, can help incorporate exercise onto a full plate. According to the Les Mills GRIT series website, short explosions of effort allow you to reach your maximum training zone. Students will use their own body weight, barbells and weight plates in each 30-minute class.

The Tabata training website explains Tabata workouts as HIIT sessions that have more spice than traditional cardio. A study by Japanese scientist Izumi Tabata showed athletes who trained with short, high intensity drills improved in their athletic abilities and anaerobic systems more than athletes who trained with a traditional model.

“It can really make a difference in your overall well-being both physically and emotionally if incorporated into your lifestyle,” Underhill said.

Full article: http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/top-9-fitness-trends-for-2014-out-with-some-of-the-old-and-in-with-some-new

 

I'm aiming for sexy that's my goal

Olympian Louis Smith gets fit after piling on pounds

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AFTER winning a silver medal on the pommel horse at the London 2012 Olympic Games Louis was at the peak of physical fitness but after a lapse in training and a few too many beers he started sporting a slightly rounder midriff. Here he tells us how he used Tabata high intensity interval training to get his six pack back in just three weeks.

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http://www.dailystar.co.uk/diet-fitness/359129/Olympic-gymnast-Louis-Smith-gets-fit-using-Tabata-interval-training-after-weight-gain

More on this story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2534159/Olympic-medalist-Louis-Smith-completes-gruelling-work-public-beat-bulge.html

Heart specialist questions benefits of high-intensity Tabata workout regime

"We've never seen something introduced to the market and catch on so fast."

That's true, Tabata training and HIIT are taking he fitness scene by storm.

But is it safe?

In this article "Warning comes as gym chain launches 'scientifically proven' fitness programme across Britain".

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"The dangers of HIT training, especially for people who are middle-aged, was highlighted this year when Andrew Marr said that the stroke which almost killed him occurred in the middle of an intense workout on his rowing machine at home."

Full.article: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/dec/15/fitness-tabata-high-intensity-regime

VIDEO: Tabata class proves too much for reporter

This article and video demonstrates that for practicing Tabata, it's better to be fit already. Not the other way around, practice Tabata to become fit!

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Timing is key for Tabata intervals

Do you think this workout is Tabata or not?
full article: http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20131203/FEAT/312039992/1011/FEAT

Workout

This Tabata combination torches calories. Repeat each exercise for 20 seconds, take 10 seconds to rest, and repeat four times:
Round 1
Jump squat: Start with your feet shoulder-width apart. Squat down until your hamstrings are parallel to the ground, keeping your hands out in front of you. Then use that stored energy to propel yourself up. Land with bent knees.
Military press: Grab dumbbells that are at least 8 pounds. Lift your arms up as though you are flexing your muscles. With palms facing front, push up until your arms are extended straight above your head.
Round 2
Clockwork pushups: Get into pushup position. Don’t move your feet, but walk your right hand out and push up (moving like the second hand on a clock). Switch sides.
Lunges: Step one leg back, and drop down so your back knee is an inch off the ground. Remember to keep your chest up. Switch sides.
Round 3
Butterfly situps: Lie on your back, with your legs bent so the bottoms of your feet are touching. With your arms straight, keep them on either side of your head as you begin to sit up, pulling up with your abs.
Froggers: Start in pushup position, jump your feet forward to the outside of your hands and then jump back.
Round 4
Side V-ups: Lying on your side, place your bottom arm out in front for stability, with your other arm over your head. Lift your entire body up in one fluid motion, keeping your legs straight and together. Try to touch your feet as you come up.
Plie squats: Stand with your legs apart, feet facing out on a diagonal. Squat down and keep the hamstrings parallel to the ground. Jump and bring the feet in, then jump back down into the plie.
Round 5
Dive bomb: Get into downward dog, with your hands and feet touching the ground in an inverted V position. Drive your body forward, with your chest leading the way into an upward dog. Scoop yourself back into a downward dog.
Toe touches: Lie on your back, with your feet straight up in the air. Lift your upper body to touch your toes, keeping your legs as static as possible.
– Danielle Douglas, Washington Post

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