Comments on: Tabata Method – 4 Minutes of Intensity

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:24:00 +0000

Dude I’ve been doing this everyday for the last 4 days. I’m OK but I’m starting to wonder if it’s effective doing it everyday. It almost kills me everytime but then after the recovery I feel like superman all day. I know you mentioned that it’s not something to be performed everyday but I wonder if you have experimented with such frequency?

By: Two Interesting Books « Tim R

Two Interesting Books « Tim R — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:42:32 +0000

[...] some of the training programs I’ve been interested in over the last few years such as the Tabata Method, or CrossFit, Yoga and body-weight exercises such as push-ups, squats, chin-ups and handstands. [...]

By: Jose escobar

Jose escobar — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:25:33 +0000

I have done the tabata routine for almost 3 months now, and boy this is a very tough workout. I started with 50% of the maximum weight now I am lifting 70%. I work 1 muscle group each day and do 4 or 5 exercises when working the chest, back,legs and shoulders. To meThe most difficult muscle group to workout while doing tabata is the legs, the firt month I tried it I could barely walk and got extremly exhausted after doing squats, leg press, squat and lounges, leg extentions and curl. If you do tabata you got to put the full in your tank dude. otherwise youll fail in my opinion,.the results are just great, I got a lot of strength, and a good gas for my soccer games hehehe

By: ChewyElk

ChewyElk — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:23:37 +0000

Did Tabata exercises for the first time with my trainer. WOWZERS!! It is an intense 4 minutes. We did burpies, bench press and pull-ups.

By: Fat Loser

Fat Loser — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:19:55 +0000

There was a 1997 study done in Japan at the Japan’s National Institute of Fitness and Sport. They tested cyclists that cycled for an hour at 70% intensity, and another group that did 20 minutes of 20 second intervals on/off at 100%. Although they worked out for only 20 minutes, the 100% intensity group gained twice the VO2 max that the hour at 70% group did. It seems that Japanese have been on the the high intensity thing for quite a while.

By: tryingfitness

tryingfitness — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:33:01 +0000

@Michael – very new to me as well. Let us know how it goes!
@Rebecca – Awesome. Haven’t tried them yet myself but sounds like it will definitely kick butt!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:27:32 +0000

I’ve done the Tabata squats on several occasions and man do they burn. Sometimes I will do Tabata squats and during the rest period, I will squat in a down position and hold it. Now that is nasty!!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:11:36 +0000

This is something I never did and heard. The technique seems to be very effective. I will definitely give it a try. Thanks !

By: tryingfitness

tryingfitness — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:43:29 +0000

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I am anxious to give Tabata a try. I know it will be difficult!

By: David at Animal-Kingdom-Workouts

David at Animal-Kingdom-Workouts — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:12:59 +0000

This looks extremely interesting to me. I’ve always found high intensity exercises done for brief periods to be extremely effective. This is one of the reasons I would prefer doing something like 30 second hill sprints as opposed to a 10 mile run. The first really builds your body, while the second wears it down. Tabata seems to agree with this. Thanks for the post and the videos!

- Dave