TABATA EXPLAINED

WHAT IS TABATA?

•TABATA TRAINING IS A HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING (H.I.I.T) WORKOUT DEVELOPED BY DR. TABATA.

•IT CONSISTS OF EIGHT ROUNDS OF ULTRA-HIGH-INTENSITY EXERCISES IN A SPECIFIC 20-SECONDS-ON, 10-SECONDS-OFF INTERVAL.

TABATA EXAMPLE• PUSHUPS

•CURL-UPS

•SQUATS

• PLANK

• START WITH PUSHUPS. DO 20 SECONDS HARD. REST FOR 10 SECONDS AND THEN BACK TO PUSHUPS FOR 20 SECONDS. ONCE YOU COMPLETE 8 SETS OF PUSHUPS, REST FOR ONE MINUTE AND THEN MOVE ON TO CURL-UPS AND REPEAT THE SEQUENCE OF 20 SECONDS ON 10 SECONDS OFF. ONCE YOU FINISH 8 CURL-UPS, REST FOR ONE MINUTE AND THEN DO SQUATS . FINISH UP WITH CURL-UPS.

PUSH-UPS

MUSCLES WORKED:

• PECTORALS (PRIMARY)

•OTHER MUSCLES ARE DELTOID AND TRICEPS

MEASURES:

•MUSCULAR STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE

CURL-UPS

MUSCLES WORKED:

•ABDOMINAL MUSCLES

MEASURES:

•ABDOMINAL STRENGTH

SQUATS

MUSCLES WORKED:

•GLUTEUS MAXIMUS

•QUADRICEPS

MEASURES:

• MUSCULAR STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE

PLANK

MUSCLES WORKED:

•ABDOMINALS

•OBLIQUES

•GLUTEUS MAXIMUS

•DELTOIDS

MEASURES:

•ABDOMINAL STRENGTH