Destination Europe


Jan

15

Tabata

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While I’m still going to the gym every now and then, I’ve also started working out from home. I’m trying to focus on doing HIIT (high intensity interval training) which also includes Tabata. Tabata is a 4 minute super high intensity workout which is supposed to be better than 45 minutes of jogging on a treadmill.

It works like this:

  1. Do a high intensity exercise, as hard as you can, for 20 seconds.
  2. Rest for 10 seconds.
  3. Repeat 7 times.

That’s it. So you are doing 8 rounds of 20 seconds of hard work and 10 seconds of rest.

It’s a really simple concept but it seems to work really well.

I learnt about Tabata from Zuzana at Bodyrock.tv. She is amazing! I love her and she has the most incredible body, the perfect body in my opinion. She is from the Czech Republic and is living in Malta with her Canadian boyfriend. She does a lot of her workouts on the roof of her building and sometimes she works out at the beach. Great life! She works out for 20-30 minutes every day and he records her workout and then they post it on her site. You can follow along with her workouts, which are really challenging, and it’s great if you want to add a bit of variety to your workout.

This is one of her cardio workouts, a 20 minute HIIT workout based on Tabata:

Comments

5 Responses to “Tabata”

  1. anne on January 15th, 2010 8:53 pm

    Oh my word, just looked at Zuzana website, if I had a body like that …it would be amazing. I need to sort my belly out…and also had no work at all for over a month, which involves a lot of walking, so not done any of that either…

    How great that she lives in Malta..that is where my fathers family comes from, but alas no one left there now, they and my father passed away years ago and my cousins live in Italy and dubai.

    I am loving your movie trips..very interesting ..!

    Take care Anne x

  2. Andrea on January 15th, 2010 10:11 pm

    Have you ever been to Malta? I would love to go. F thinks he would like to live there but I think it might be a bit small for my liking. I imagine they have great weather and great food, though.

  3. anne on January 20th, 2010 8:14 pm

    Hi Andrea , yes I have been to Malta..a lovely place , great weather and food too. I think you are right, it is a bit small for your liking..Maybe you should go for a visit :-)

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