Sounds too good to be true, right?
A 4 minute workout that can scorch away body fat and get you ripped.
4 MINUTES??? C'mon!
Well - I'd like to introduce you to a training concept called Tabata.
WHAT IS IT?
Tabata is the name of a Japanese researcher who discovered a way to increase both anaerobic and aerobic pathways at the same time. It’s an excellent training program that seems to fit across all training disciplines for athletes looking to increase their VO2max and lose fat quickly.
HOW DO YOU DO IT?
It’s simple: after warming up, take one (or more) exercise(s) and perform it in the following manner:
For twenty seconds, do as many reps as possible, or run, bike as hard as you can
Rest for ten seconds
Repeat seven more times!
Eight sets of “as many reps as you can get done,” followed with a brief ten seconds rest— simple and effective. This isn’t “eight sets of eight,” although the goal of doing eight reps in each of the twenty second clusters is about right. Instead it’s “as many reps as I can get in” during the twenty seconds, followed by ten seconds rest. If running, biking, or rowing, go as hard as you can.
BEST EXERCISE OPTIONS
The best exercise options for the Tabata method are exercises that use a large number of muscles such as, squats, front squats, dead lifts, thrusters, sprints, stationary bike and rowing machine... kettlebells also work really well here.
Use the “lowest rep number” of any of the eight sets as your measurement to compare workout to workout. If you go too heavy, that last set may be two. If you go too light, you might get around 15 reps or more.
And by the way, ten seconds is not getting a drink, looking in the mirror, talking to the cute girl on the bike, looking at the clock, walking back to the bar, chalking up, adjusting the belt, talking to a friend, then doing the next set. Ten second is ten seconds! No cheating!
WHY SHOULD YOU DO THIS WORKOUT?
The Tabata program might be the single best “fat burning workout” that I know, not to mention the increase in VO2max. It might only be four minutes, but you seem to keep sweating and breathing hard for a long time afterwards. Let’s face it – if you can’t do 4 minutes of cardio a few times per week… you need to take up knitting!
FOR NEXT LEVEL RESULTS...
One thing a lot of our guys are doing to really get the most out of Tabata workouts is take 4-8 Tridenosen-H about 30-60 minutes before a Tabata workout – the huge surge in ATP gives you a lot more energy and stamina to get through the 4 minutes of HELL!!! Click Here to check out Tridenosen H.
-Dave
