Official March Tabata Challenge Thread

I wont be able to do my drill until late tonight but want to kick this off for you guys....

You Guys asked great questions on the other thread....

Here's what the format is:

Pick an intense exercise. It can be anything. Some ideas are:

Any plyo move
Any type of sprint: running, cycling, stairs, stepping, soccer drills on ball
Push ups, burpees, squat jumps
Mountain runs
Etc

Whatever exercise you choose, it must be intense and full effort right from the start

You are planning on working to failure. What that means is by the end of the interval, you should be crying and banging out the last one. Your muscles should be going on stile and hating you.

The timing is, twenty seconds of the exercise. From second one, you should be ready to die. By fifteen seconds you have no idea how you will get through those final five seconds. But you will because it is only five seconds.

Then, do nothing for ten seconds. Just breathe, curse, etc.

Then you are on again for twenty.

Eight cycles of this until you get to four minutes.

You can download a tabata app called tabata pro for 2.99

If anyone has any other apps or suggestions for splitting the time on whatever device you have, please share on this thread.

Also, on this thread, share your exercise in detail if you can. Share how you feel, etc..... I want to make this a sharing thread as well as a support thread.

Then in April we will come up with a new challenge.... Maybe see if we can do two of these a day.....

Looking forward to seeing how this goes!

Have fun!!

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Here's my first tabata workout!:

Spin bike
Bicep Curls
Elliptical
Hammer Curls
Burpees
Punches with DBs.

I did the four minutes for each exercise and took a break after each 4 minutes before starting the next tabata interval. I had downloaded the gymboss interval timer for the iphone a few months ago and they have the setting for tabata already programmed in. The app is free, too. I was TOTALLY dripping. I need to get the battery replaced in my heart rate monitor but I was definitely way up there..most definitely anearobic! I really loved it!

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So you did 24 minutes worth????

Way to take this challenge to a whole new level.... I still have to do my 4 minutes, I just got home

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Posted by lipglossjunky73

So you did 24 minutes worth????

Way to take this challenge to a whole new level.... I still have to do my 4 minutes, I just got home

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Do we do this everyday? I will start tomorrow.

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I did two minutes of squat jump tabata then made a mid-tabata decision to switch to mini-kickback jumps for the last two minutes in order to avoid a heart attack! LOL.
maybe next time, I'll make it to 2.5 minutes

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Also, sincerely, thanks for inspiring us, Liza!

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So I did 4 minutes of burpees and all I have to say is that those 10 sec rest intervals go by FAST! I consider myself to be in decent shape, but my lungs were burning!! I've never experienced that before. I don't know if it's because I'm just getting over being sick or if it's just because it's so hard are we supposed to do this every day?

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Yeah...so....lol. I attempted to do it but two mins in, I had to stop. I still have a nasty cough and my lungs are just not up for the challenge. I will continue to do it for two mins until I am 100% better.

Day 1= FAIL

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I did 2 minutes of burpees and I was done! Maybe tomorrow will be better...I think I will try to do it in the morning.

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Posted by lipglossjunky73

So you did 24 minutes worth????

Way to take this challenge to a whole new level.... I still have to do my 4 minutes, I just got home

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Posted by LDrinkh20

Posted by lipglossjunky73

So you did 24 minutes worth????

Way to take this challenge to a whole new level.... I still have to do my 4 minutes, I just got home

Hahah yeah I guess I did 24 minutes...i didnt really think about it. I have been dong tabata intervals for a while but figured I would make an entire workout of it, rather than ust cardio. I think my next one will combine cardio with squats and lunges and dead lifts!

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I just did squat thrusters.

For anyone interested I found a good online tabata clock that I used:

tabata timer

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I did plyo squats and lunges last night and all I have to say is HOLY BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPP!!!!

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I plan to start mine tomorrow.

Can I do a 4 min set AND go to the gym to take a class? Or do you think that is too much?

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I did 4 mins of plyo squats last night after my classes and it was AWESOME! I'm thinking I'm gonna have to integrate tabatas into class tonight. The students are going to hate me

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I officially started today and holy bleep is right...

I did burpees, but had to be a psycho and add push ups and plyo jumps in between to make it even more challenging.

One set and I nearly died!!!

I am aiming for everyday.... Do what you can do.

Go for the full 4 minutes even if you have to modify it in between!!!!

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Woohoo did my tabata challenge for the day! I did burpees today and it felt great

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Holy cr@p! I just did my first tabata workout. I still am breathing heavy.

I started out doing jump squats. I did 2 rounds. Skipped the 3rd round because I was so tired. Then alternated between jump squats and regular squats. I feel sick, it was so hard.

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Hey guys..... You must do all e sets, but you can very up the intensity. For one or two sets, take put the plyo jump, for example.

Or, you can do a less intense version, but do all four min!

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Tabata Day 2! I figure I will do this on my days off from training!

I did:

Sprints
Mountain Climbers
Heizman (from Insanity)
Jumping Jacks


Loved it!! SO GOOD!

I love that I can do this anywhere! So convenient!

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Did my usual treadmill HIIT routine and then decided to do it TABATA style and those were the most GAWD AWFUL 4 minutes of my life!!!
Then I decided to do punches and curls with 5lb free weights....
I'm gonna be hurtin' something wicked tomorrow I just know it.....

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I did all 8 rounds today but I switched up exercises.

1 round of burpees but realized my floor is too slippery

Then switched it up between jump squats and running up and down the step in my living room.

I feel better today than yesterday. Of course, I guess the true test is to do the jump squats again and see how I do with those again.