Tabata This

Crossfit Oahu workout of the day 11-3-08 - "Tabata This"
20 seconds on, 10 seconds off
8 rounds of squats, pushups, situps, pullups
Score is total reps

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• crossfit
• tabata
• oahu
• fitness
• squats
• pushups
• pullups
• situps

[laganas03]

@dronga Read Dr. Tabata's 1996 research befor you call it a rip off of "professional interval training". then you may understand who Dr. Tabata is and what the principle is all about

[dronga]

@bsumiko ill have to agree with you, the speed of the reps, the form of execution is really risky for unprepared people and is the best way to end up having (joint, muscle, tendon) injuries, And tabata workout looks like a rip off of professional interval training (which happens to have aerobic\ power training combined but in an ordered matter and perfect execution)

PS.

The sit-ups were just horrible, unless they were training ileopsoas and not the abdominals (again may end up with injury...)

[MrMentix]

how many reps of each? 20 of each 8x?

[KrisKTF]

Crazy !!!

[aliendrool]

Just tried it out... and now I feel like throwing up !

[jeff4bucks]

@tadams1111 those are called kipping pullups...not a "traditional" pullup, but also not easy if done correctly. its actually more functional than a pullup.

[ZaleY4i4]

what is this song name

[vcadiente18]

I do sleep for tabatas!

[tadams1111]

all that swinging bullshit is not pullups

[laganas03]

and does not negate any of the other forms or types of HIIT training. I would like to ask what the "whole crap load of better training programs" you are refering to ass the tabata system is a principle is a "principle" not a "programme" and each individual would have a different programme designed around what works for them and the "principles" that are most aligned to that. I would like to know, could you elaborate?

[laganas03]

@dronga I read quite a lot thank you for your most eloquent and well informed response, I am sure that you are aware then that most if not all "professional interval training" is based and adapted from research that goes back far beyond that and in-fact the Tabata principle is in-fact just a further study into the overall HIIT principle itself so it is not a "rip off" but is however a search for more in-depth knowledge on the subject

[dronga]

@laganas03

Too bad we are 15 years ahead of his research, And to bad we developed a whole crap load of better training programs since then.

So go read something at all, might help.