Comments on: Busy Voices: Quick Tabata Exercise for Physical Stamina

By: Judy Rodman

Judy Rodman — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 23:00:04 +0000

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By: Lance Robbins DC

Lance Robbins DC — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:58:31 +0000

The Tabata protocol is awesome! I use it with clients all the time and you r right, you can use any exercise movement you want doing as little as 1 up to 4/5 tabatas in a row. The protocol has been largely popularized by Crossfit.

Another great protocol is the AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) protocol. It's wear you select couple exercises to do with a set amount of reps and then you blow through as many rounds as possible in a set amount of time. For example:
12 minute AMRAP-
5 push ups
10 sit ups
15 squats

So in the above example you would do 5 push ups, 10 sit ups, and 15 squats and then you would repeat that sequence for as many rounds as you could for 12 minutes.

I think it's great you are implementing these new exercises! Congrats!

Lance Robbins DC

Robbins Family Chiropractic
Chirolates

By: Judy Rodman

Judy Rodman — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:56:00 +0000

I really am loving it… amazed at the difference it's making in my energy level already!

By: Leigh Ann

Leigh Ann — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:28:29 +0000

Interesting. I've never heard of this style of working out. Sounds like a fun and challenging technique to try.

By: Salem Jones - "One Soul Thrust"

Salem Jones - "One Soul Thrust" — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:27:34 +0000

Tabata?!? ROCKS.
Have used it as part of my workouts and it’s fabulous. But you have to sprint it like there’s a tiger chasing you…LOL

Another one when you have more time- 6 sets of 30 second tiger sprints w/3-4 mins moving rest in between.

A tiger sprint: go "like a tiger is chasing you" :)I call that a tiger sprint. And it's that- like the world is ending- that's the way to make those kinds of HIIT's work for you, otherwise the law of diminishing retuns kicks in.(HIIT=High Intensity Interval Training) Those babies burn fat like nothing else can, when properly done.
Xo Salem