Tabata Nightmare

[Old_Fart2]

This was posted in a different section and didn't get much attention, so I though I'd reprint it here:

Originally Posted by kingmonkey

Hi all thought you might like this little workout.
It will kill you if done properly:
"Tabata This!"

Tabata Row
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Squat
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Pull-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Push-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Sit-up

The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals.
Warm up first of all and then do 20secs flat out and then 10 secs at an easy pace...repeat this 8 times and then move onto the next exercise..

Looks like a nice little routine if you want to break things up a bit.

[Adonis]

He wants me to do 5 tabata workouts in a row. Fucking nuts, I love tabata method and all, it is an outstanding workout, but that is...wow.

It got me thinking however, and I came up with a similar layout for a body weight routine: Would be best performed in a park with a playground.

Day 1
Tabata method: Body weight squat
Rest 1 minute
Tabata method: Push up, half with a narrow grip, half with a shoulder width grip
Rest 1 minute
Tabata method: Supine row from a bar

Day 2
Tabata method: Split squat, change legs after one 20 second set. 4 times per leg
Rest 1 minute
Tabata method: Dip from a chair
Rest 1 minute
Tabata method: Chinup

Each workout would take 15 minutes. Remember each tabata set will be 8 sets of 20 seconds all out effort, followed by 10 seconds rest. One could expect some nice results with a program like this. If combined with a good diet plan (Check out the nutrition section) you could expect to loose fat or gain muscle depending on calories consumed.

Also this program would probably work best if performed with a partner, so one of you can monitor the stop watch. After 15 minutes just switch places.

Good luck!

[Doughboy]

Wow thats something I remember like a year or 2 ago I saw the tabata cardio workout, I did it once I felt like I was 100 years old afterwards, I could prob do better now but Im afraid to try it

[Killa_Z]

excuse the newbieness but i've stupidly ignored tabata when ever i've seen the word in the past so i've never actually read up on it so.................what is tabata???

[Sasaku]

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=490160

4 minutes or less(you might slip on your puddle of sweat before the time runs up)