Tabata Sprints on a Saturday morning
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 under Workout | 25 Comments
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Cool Video about sprinting. Take a look:
As part of CrossFit training, we started doing Tabata sprints once a week. This was one session. Tabata interval: One interval is 20 seconds of intense work, 10 seconds of rest. Work can be sprinting, pullups, pushups, etc.. Do 8 consecutive intervals (total 4 minutes). If you have anything left at the end of the last interval, you didn’t push yourself hard enough.
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August 31st, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Absolutely brutal.
August 31st, 2010 at 6:32 pm
how about everyone just shut up?
August 31st, 2010 at 7:09 pm
@MrSub4 Oh, you’re smooth. Way to judge my training, character, and form by a single video without actually providing any valuable information. Classical YouTube trash commenter.
August 31st, 2010 at 7:57 pm
@mat1583 You seem dug in very deep. I have read all your posts on this video and you don’t follow the Tabata method correctly to make an informed opinion. You are probably a very cool guy and your family and friends surly love you unconditionally.
I will make you a deal Mat1583.
You stick to defending unmeasurable inconsistencies by way of Saturday morning Tabata sprints and I will continue to produce world class athletes.
August 31st, 2010 at 8:50 pm
you tube is great
August 31st, 2010 at 9:18 pm
@MrSub4 Get over your high and mighty self. I’m an IT professional not a personal trainer, so I do Tabatas because I have evidence they work. If you want to prove someone wrong, then publish something refuting Dr. Tabata’s research.
August 31st, 2010 at 9:46 pm
The reason is temperature. I have given you the answer, now it is up to you to perform your own experiments. Has your entire life been conducted in this manner? That is, someone else always giving you the answers. You probably don’t have one solid opinion of your own based on your own evidence. Keep reading all the experts and one day you will be qualified in confusing others.
I give you this with much respect.
August 31st, 2010 at 10:29 pm
@mjjlives4ever The conventional wisdom associated with modern exercise and nutrition is ridiculously incorrect and potentially even harmful for the modern person. So, people have two options: follow what they THINK is right or what people who are NOT in the know tell them and die quicker and unhealthier or REJECT it and seek out legit health advice. (With that being said, I’m still learning…and am not a pro…and Sub4 is right, I’m young… But I can think for myself.)
August 31st, 2010 at 11:15 pm
@MrSub4 Look at crossfit endurance. Look at the Chris Solinsky video of him doing the 10k. (And you’re the one who’s probably more likely to be tokin’ up, with your Berkeley/Stanford listing over there…but good response, nevertheless. I’m sure you recommend the FDA’s food pyramid to your clients too. Keep eating all of those carbs before a race…hahaha)
August 31st, 2010 at 11:46 pm
@mjm2005 Have another hit off the bong young one. Your not even close.
September 1st, 2010 at 12:44 am
@mjm2005 What is your point?
September 1st, 2010 at 1:04 am
@MrSub4 Ha, I’d hate to see what your clients look like. I’m on the ground like that after EVERY workout.
September 1st, 2010 at 1:40 am
@OhSnapitsJuzDin Read the description
September 1st, 2010 at 2:22 am
what are Tabata sprints ?
how are they diff. to regular sprints?
haha im just getting into running. sorry for the noobness
September 1st, 2010 at 2:52 am
nice job not knowing anything about what tabatas are.
September 1st, 2010 at 3:14 am
a great feature of tabata protocols is the ability to perform them with weights or body weight. this makes it a great alternative to traditional steady state cardio for people who perhaps due to injury, weather, equipment availability or just preference dont like long bouts of running, swimming, biking, or any other form of steady state cardio.
September 1st, 2010 at 3:38 am
the tabata protocol and the HIIT protocol both have heavy scientific backing that they 1. increase both aerobic and anaerobic threshold, 2. are superior to steady state cardio in total calories burned (this is largely due to EPOC which is in the most basic terms, calories you burn after the workout has concluded, 3. are better at conserving muscle mass than steady state cardio.
September 1st, 2010 at 3:40 am
there is a common progression used where you start with 10 on 20 off then move to 15 on 15 off then eventually to 20 on 10 off, give this a try, give each stage of progression 1-4 weeks then move up.
September 1st, 2010 at 4:08 am
hey your training method is solid. BUT you need to start getting INTO it man! start yelling put out some ENERGY! get them pumped up! get them motivated!!! but than again man once you get some really dedicated people you will start to notice how effective you are. i would place the cam somewhere and go out there by there side i would be on the side she looked a little too far to hear you. than again it might be camera angle throwing me off
September 1st, 2010 at 4:22 am
Great explanation.
September 1st, 2010 at 4:59 am
The Tabata protocol is a very intense form of conditioning that drastically increases the body’s lactic acid threshold. In sports where quick maximal bursts of effort are needed as seen in Martial arts, basketball, etc… an athlete typically does not maintain them for more than 20 seconds; however, he/she might need to immediately follow thru with another maximal effort (throw to reversal in Judo).
September 1st, 2010 at 5:01 am
The point of any Tabata is to give maximal effort every single round, even if that means a slow walk. Of course you’re not going to maintain a full sprint for every round. You are keeping your heart rate at its max, which is why there significant aerobic benefit to Tabatas. You would have known this had you read the study associated with it.
September 1st, 2010 at 5:23 am
I agree Tabata just make you tired of course…. especially sprints….I like as a mental challenge for athletes maybe at the end of a workout…… these sprints are useless… Even that fastest humans can only maintain a full sprint for about 24 sec….and to do that again with only 10sec in between….ha….these people are getting about one “sprint” out of this and 7 Horrible (form) runs
September 1st, 2010 at 5:39 am
expecting the average person to do sprint for 20 secs for 8 rounds ..is nuts …just call them striders…..Even an athlete not SPRINTING even half the time……So why even start off with the first all out sprint…
September 1st, 2010 at 6:30 am
If you don’t push your client/friend/partner to give it all they’ve got, you’ve failed as a coach.