Tabata 5 Times More Effective Than Traditional Cardio
Tabata 5 Times More Effective Than Traditional Cardio, Study Say
More good news for those of us short on workout time: A new study shows that Tabata definitely lives up to its reputation as a 4-minute fat-burning miracle workout.
In the study, participants performed 20 seconds of bodyweight squat jumps, then rested 10 seconds. They repeated this sequence eight times for a total of 4 minutes and ended up blasting away an average 13.5 calories per minute (some participants burned even more!) and doubling their metabolic rates for at least 30 minutes afterward.
“This particular style of interval training has profound effects even on short-term post-exercise metabolism,” says lead researcher Michele Olson, Ph.D., principle researcher at the Auburn University Montgomery Kinesiology Laboratory. “It would take five times the amount of typical cardio exercise to shed the same number of calories you can in a four-minute Tabata.”
So the next time you are ready to blow off your workout because of your busy schedule, skip the treadmill and crank out an intense 4-minute bout of Tabata instead for some seriously efficient fat-blasting, better-body benefits.
Join Terry for Tabata Boot Camp begining Monday November 7th at 7:25am. This 30 minute class consists of performing specifically chosen exercises at high intensity for 20 seconds, followed by 10 seconds of rest. These short microbursts of 20 seconds at high intensity is doable and the 10 second rest allows for brief recovery before moving on to the next exercise interval. These 20-10 microburst intervals are stacked in the 30-minute group workouts in specific sequences of different exercise movements that target every part of your body. Challenging for intermediate and advance fitness levels.
Jessica Smith