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I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
Something called Tabata.
I'm in love. LOVE.
It's twenty seconds on, ten seconds off. For a total of four minutes.
The twenty seconds on is balls to the wall, hardcore work to failure. You feel it the first second and wonder how you will last the next nineteen.
You can do any exercise as long as it is completely hardcore (and safe)
I will share more information when I come home, but I learned so much about why we work out until we are blue in the face and don't see the changes we want to see.
In the meantime, go google Tabata exercise if you are like TabaHUH?
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Posted 2/27/11 11:06 AM |
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Re: I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
Woah, that is intense. I watched a video for squats and I can see that after 4 mins I would be DYING
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Posted 2/27/11 11:42 AM |
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LDrinkh20
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Re: I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
It's awesome right? I do Tabata sprints on the treadmill, and on the spin bike as part of my cardio workouts each week.
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Posted 2/27/11 11:48 AM |
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Re: I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
What I love most about it is that you can take any exercise and use it for tabata drills...
Supposedly, 4 minutes of tabata drills is equivalent to 40 mins of standard exercise!
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Posted 2/27/11 4:00 PM |
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LDrinkh20
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Re: I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
Posted by lipglossjunky73
What I love most about it is that you can take any exercise and use it for tabata drills...
Supposedly, 4 minutes of tabata drills is equivalent to 40 mins of standard exercise!
Exactly! Also, they talk about tabata timers...if you have an iPhone, you can get the gymboss interval timer as a free app ont he phone! I LOVE mine!
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Posted 2/27/11 4:13 PM |
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missfabulous
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Re: I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
I do these during boot camp and personal training with a bunch of different excercises. It's definatly an amazing workout and not time consuming at all!
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Posted 2/27/11 4:26 PM |
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Re: I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
Posted by LDrinkh20
Posted by lipglossjunky73
What I love most about it is that you can take any exercise and use it for tabata drills...
Supposedly, 4 minutes of tabata drills is equivalent to 40 mins of standard exercise!
Exactly! Also, they talk about tabata timers...if you have an iPhone, you can get the gymboss interval timer as a free app ont he phone! I LOVE mine!
I got the tabata pro. It was 2.99. Definitely not breaking the bank!
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Posted 2/27/11 4:27 PM |
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Twstdvenus1
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Re: I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
Thank you so much for telling us about this!!
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Posted 2/27/11 5:20 PM |
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MrsSpring
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Re: I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
oh wow looks cool.
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Posted 2/27/11 6:29 PM |
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onlylisa
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Re: I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
I have been doing something similar called Peak 8. It is 30 seconds on, 90 seconds off for up to eight intervals. I also was at a health expo last year and there was yet another version, but I don't remember the details of that one. I'll have to check this one out, too!
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Posted 2/27/11 7:22 PM |
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summerBaby10
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Re: I'm at a fitness convention for the weekend but NEED to share with you....
looks awesome!
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Posted 2/28/11 9:51 AM |
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