wow what a work out ..
 

so someone just mentioned to me on another thread about the Tabata exercise so i found this video on youtube and it works AWESOME :carrot: (even though i think im stuck in the sitting position my legs are like jell-oooo) .. lol .. just wanted to share it if anyones interested .. i liked it because she timed it for you!! ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBEeH...eature=related

whenever i get the urge to do Tabata squats, I seriously cannot walk for 3 days afterwards (nor sit on the toilet without screaming! lol).

~CGH~

if they work i think ill having to find the courage to do them every other day .. lol im scared to get out of my seat .. lol i know what im in for

Wow! I just gave that a try, and my thighs ache now!

My dog was sitting in front of me staring at me like I'm a lunatic. (I think he may be right ;) )

I've never heard of a tabata. I you tubed it and wow....interesting. I think I will give it a shot! Thanks for the 411

you can apply the Tabata method to ANY exercise of your choosing. I use an elliptical. you can even do a circuit with it.

it's just a method...(5 min warm up) 8 reps of 20 secs hard work, 10 secs rest, (5 min cool down).

Um, ouch? That was the hardest exercise I've had. But I did it. I didn't follow the youtube girl's video though. I did a little research and they say that for the best results, follow the 20 seconds of squats and 10 seconds of rest for 4 minutes. I couldn't imagine dragging it out another minute.

And I made the mistake of sitting down and then getting back up...just to sit down again. And may I say? It was excruicated!!!! :(

I think I've heard about this type of interval training before. The premis (I think) is that you burn more calories when your heart rate is climbing. So if you let it rest and then get it back up again with each rep you are burning more calories than if you keep your heart at the same pace. At least thats what I heard.

I wanted to add, if you have asthma, have your inhaler around if you decide to do this exercise. Even if you're not having an attack, it'll help you breathe better.
It's been about 45 minutes and I still sound like I'm wheezing. Whew.

Sorry, one more thing. I found this video from fit tv and it shows alternate ways of doing the tabata method.

Also, if you scroll down into the comments, there's someone who has a link to a tabata clock that makes noises when the 20 seconds are up. That way you don't have to look at a clock :).

http://www.madefittv.com/2009/01/tab...2-made-fit-tv/

holy wow! that was funny to watch with the volume turned off. I will have to give that one a try when I get home.

how do you find it again after you download? I downloaded, but when I closed it it was gone....all that opened up in my bookmark was the homepage.

I'm pretty sure that you can save it instead of just openning it. I would just save it to my desktop (something I'm going to do later when I'm home) and that way it's easy access.

I couldn't get that one to work, but here's a link to one that I really love. Don't have to download anything, and you can change the numbers if you want to modify it from 8 reps of 20 and 10 to 10 reps of 15 and 15.

wow, that actually looks fun.....shhhhhhh don't tell anyone I said that!:^: