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Tabata – 4 Minutes of Fat Burning Hell

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

I had heard of this Tabata thing for a while – mentioned here and there – but I never gave it much thought. Then I tried it.

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The name says it all. Wait, no it doesn’t.

The Tabata Protocol was named after Japanese research er Dr. Izumi Tabata. The workout was developed to increase the performance of Japanese speed skaters. The beauty of the protocol is its simplicity- 20 seconds of all out effort followed by 10 seconds of rest or moderate movement. Repeat that 8 times for a total of 4 minutes. Sounds easy right?

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